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You are Alabaster Soliloquy, siscon and mega tsundere.

PREVIOUSLY:
-Your sister's 26th birthday arrived, but she wasn't happy to cross that milestone.
-You cheered her up with an unbrotherly kiss, which your mom unfortunately witnessed. It made the ensuing birthday party more than awkward.
-However, in a surprise move, Mom seemed to give her blessing to the relationship afterwards.
-Alex assisted Cerise in getting her circuit-bending livestream up and running again, which you interrupted with a lewd display.
-You took your older sister's virginity. Excellent!
-Tyrus arrived at your house and forced you to come with him, along with Alex and Cerise, to a strip club he owns, where he was to hold a summit with Stasi Lebedev and the Russian mob.
-Stasi, having found and captured Sable, wanted Tyrus to give her possession of you, Alex and Cerise. Tyrus refused, and the scene dissolved into a bloodbath.
-You found an opening to help Alex, Cerise and Sable flee -- but when Rose showed up, shotgun in hand, you stuck around to help her finish the job.

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Episode 1 ("New Game!!!"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3207742

Episode 2 ("L.A. Blue Girl"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3227871

Episode 3 ("Food Wars! Shokugeki no Mama, Part 1"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3248193

Episode 4 ("Food Wars! Shokugeki no Mama, Part 2"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3268859

Episode 5 ("The Princess of Tennis"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3291491

Episode 6 ("Ore no Okaasan ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3311702

Episode 7 ("Girls und Scanner"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3334553

Episode 8 ("Boku no StuCo"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3355485

Episode 9 ("Revolutionary Girl Camelia"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3373994

Episode 10 ("Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashikunai"): https://archived.moe/qst/thread/3413961

Smut Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/u/CeriseSoliloquy (content not allowed on /qst/ will go here)
Season 1 Index: https://pastebin.com/u/DirtyCeriseFaggot
Season 2 Index: https://pastebin.com/iDiki7kt
Season 3 Index: https://pastebin.com/FAC5emid
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeriseSoliloquy
Fan Wiki: https://fquest.miraheze.org
Season 1 Smut Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/rkSCNTEa

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AND NOW, EPISODE 11 OF FUCK QUEST:
"Gunslinger Girl"
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>>3431655
first for running out of things to be first for but here's a cute pic anyway
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First for the beginning of the end.
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>>3431655
I want to shoot down Russians with Rose!
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Benjamin Gurlick, 47, of Diablo Grande, CA sits in his office reading yesterday's Sunday funnies. They never fail to put a smile on his rotund face. With a high-pitched belly laugh, he says to himself: "Oh, Marmaduke. You crazy dog."

His opposite number, Cynthia Strupple, 30, the team lead who covers the night shift, packs up her lunchbox and backpack. "Got it all covered from here, Ben?" She asks. Same question, every day, and now the same answer:

"Sure thing," he says, sipping coffee. But he almost spits it out again when he sees the hijinks Garfield got up to this week. Garfield, you crazy cat.

"Have a good one, Ben. See you in 12."

Alone again in his office, Ben folds the paper up and looks around. He checks his watch. 6:03 AM. He's three minutes into his 12 hour shift.

He sighs.

And then he spend the next twenty minutes sobbing.

It's a Monday morning ritual.

After he composes himself, he does his morning rounds through the server towers, performing his routine diagnostics, plus some additional checks instituted in the wake of the 3/10 hack. Aside from keeping the place tidy, this is all his life amounts to, and all it ever will. He's been maintaining this facility for 10-odd years, his life like a boat passing through a dark tunnel and picking up speed, like that infamous scene from Willy Wonka. There's no knowing, where it is we're rowing...

The most interesting thing to happen in the past few months was a surprise inspection by the company's CTO, Alex Best, who showed up to quiz him on the security protocols here. He thinks he pleased him. At least he assumes so; he hasn't been terminated yet. Ben, who is gay, was instantly attracted to Alex -- the young man's fit, slender body, his boyish smile, his delicate scent. His youth. He was a vision of Adonis, a Greek statue Ben could have happily fallen to his knees and worshiped. Ben found himself pining for Alex desperately. So it hurt all the worse when Alex said those words to him: "you are such a waste." Those words have been keeping Ben awake nights, lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, playing them back. You are such a waste.

As pathetic as Ben knows it is, he still pines for Alex anyway; a beauty so far removed that reaching for it is like reaching for a distant star.

Back to reality. Ben is startled by the toot of the on-duty guard's golf cart's horn. "Got a delivery out at the docks they need you to sign for," the guard tells him.

Anything to break this monotony is welcome, as far as Ben is concerned. He treks to the docks, a walk so long it leaves him winded. A FedEx delivery many presents him with a tall crate on a dolly. It stands a couple inches taller than Ben, about the size of a small refrigerator. A shipping label lists the net weight -- 210.5 lbs -- but not the contents. Another sticker below it reads:

>DO NOT OPEN/HOLD FOR ALEX BEST

As Ben signs, the delivery man asks: "Where do you want it?"

"This way," Ben directs him, and leads him towards his office.
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>>3431684
Oof.
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When the delivery man is gone, Ben anxiously sits at his office chair and stares at the crate for a long time, internally debating his course of action.

Why did Mr. Alex Best send such a package here? Why does he want it held? Surely this is why he was checking up on this place's security so recently.

After agonizing minutes of vacillation, minutes that drag into hours, he finally decides. He wants to get ahead of the game. He wants to look like he knows what's going on inside this company. He wants to please Alex Best, to show Alex Best that he isn't a waste. He finds a crowbar in a maintenance closet down the hallway, returns, and pries open the box.

As the nails securing the top of the crate pull loose, Ben sweeps packing peanuts away to find a nondescript server tower inside. Emblazoned on one side is the word DIOGENES.

A secret project, huh? Probably a continuation of Sand Reckoner. Alex clearly trusted this special piece of equipment to the Diablo Grande facility because he knew that it would be in capable hands with Ben.

Ben smiles to himself. But this isn't enough. He wants to know what's stored on this server. Sure, it's not ready to go online yet. But he can at least hook it up to an isolated network, in a secured environment, and take a peek inside. What's the harm? He's going to show Alex Best that he's no waste.

SEASON 3 OP (A): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncjy-f_wafs
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>>3431693
BEN YOU FUCKING FOOL
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>>3431693
One second too early, OP.
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>210.5
So where's the second one being sent?
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Guess who's here early! I'm ready to destroy some commie ass with best girl! Let's go!
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>>3431693
What a dumbass
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Rose is pinned down behind the tall back of a VIP booth, gripping her shotgun tightly, and breathing ragged. It's fortunate you notice her there, to your left, because she grabs your ankles as soon as you step through the beaded curtain, and drags you down. If you hadn't realized it was her, you could have easily shot her.

There are corpses littering the ground, and the small room reeks of gore.

"What the fuck!" Rose hisses. "Why are you still here?"

"Why are you still here? Let's go! Do you have a death wish or something? It's not worth chasing after Stasi--"

"You're an idiot! You let Rose bug your phone, didn't you?"

"Will you stop talking about yourself in the third person already? Jesus Christ."

"Not me. You fucking moron. The other Rose. Fake-Rose."

You peek around the corner of the booth, just barely -- and glimpse Stasi Lebedev tucked behind another VIP booth on the opposite side of the room catty-corner from you. She's huddled up, with a gun in her hand, pointing its muzzle at a bubblegum pink tuft of hair. You don't have long to assess that scene before one of her mooks, cowering beside her, fires blindly around the corner, and forces you back.

It's a standoff -- there is no exit on their side, so they're trapped -- but they have a hostage. Rose2.

"Let me go!" Comes her distinctively shrill voice now. "You'll be sorry you messed with me! I have ESP! I -- oof--"

There's a loud thwack, of flesh against flesh; Stasi slapping Rose2 quiet.
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>>3431723
Oh how the fuck.
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>>3431693

>This fatass stole DIOGENES.

This won't end well, I have a feeling this is going to go one of two ways.

1.This idiot sees something he shouldn't and gains power over the various servers using the new improved implants.

2.The Russians burst in on him the middle of his cuddle session with his Alex body pillow and steals the server for themselves.

Either way, there will cum and blood spilled everywhere.
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>>3431723
>but they have a hostage. Rose2.
Oh shit
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>>3431723
What the fuck is the deal with Rose being synonymous for stalker?
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>>3431723
>"You'll be sorry you messed with me! I have ESP! I -- oof--"
I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AN ANIME ON MY SIDE!
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OP's going to finish off the chuuni bodycount he started so many years ago.
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"She followed me here?" You breathe.

"As she likes to say: a-durr."

"So there's one more thing you have in common besides a name. You can't fucking stay away from danger, can you?"

"If it weren't for me, you'd be dead right now! You should thank your lucky fucking st--" Rose's incipient tirade is interrupted by a hail of gunfire that she returns, falling to her belly and spraying buckshot at the opposite wall, forcing the would-be assassin to retreat. You can't help yelping in surprise and fear at the sudden miniature firefight.

As Rose pulls herself back to a sitting position again, you glance towards the room's center. Among the bodies is that of Tyrus Kang -- but the shallow rise and fall of his chest shows that although he's wounded, and unconscious, he's very much alive. For now.

"How many are there?" You ask.

"It doesn't matter. I'll take care of Stasi and her men. Go back to Gal's with your sister and wait for me!"

"Fuck that. You expect me to up and abandon you? I'm not leaving. So let's you and me come up with a strategy here--"

"Asshole. Idiot! You're just going to get in my way."

"Don't you start nagging at me now. I won't go."
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>"Let me go!" Comes her distinctively shrill voice now. "You'll be sorry you messed with me! I have ESP! I -- oof--"

>There's a loud thwack, of flesh against flesh; Stasi slapping Rose2 quiet.

Is it bad I almost want to let her get shot? Not in the head mind you, I may hate her, but I don't want her dead.

But a simple bullet in the knee will work. Give her a limp for a lesson that will teach her not to be such a bubblegum flavored retard.
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>>3431684
>>3431693
Okay but really now, is it strange that the thing that concerns me most about this that they had their top secret new server shipped to their hypersecure facility via FedEx?
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>>3431743

>Tryus got shot.

And shit just got 10x worse. Fuck, now there's a dumbass and a gangster to save.
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>>3431757
We don't HAVE to save Tyrus. If anything, letting him die here will just save us time later.

On the other hand, we can only let that happen after Stasi's been taken care of.
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>>3431743
I love how both of the Roses have a tracking app on us
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>>3431768
Now I have to wonder if Ally even noticed Rose2's.
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>>3431743
I am getting uncomfortable flashbacks to the sewers.
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>>3431749
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"God fucking damn it," she growls. "Why can't you just listen to me for once in your worthless life?"

"Because--" you begin. You swallow hard. How can you make her understand?

"Out with it!"

There's no helping it. You have to tell the trtuh. "It's because -- I'm in love w--"

"God, you're pathetic."

You furrow your brow. "W-what?"

"You're such a weak-willed fucking loser. I hate you."

"Rose, this isn't the time. You don't mean that." You try to pull her close, but she swats you away.

Her voice drips real hatred off every syllable: "Just looking at you makes me sick. What does it take to get that across to you? How many times do I have to say it? Are you that delusional? You think I care about you? You creepy, orbiting weirdo. Alt-right piece of shit. Disgusting trash."

"For god's sake--"

"Awww. Is the baby gonna cry? You make me puke. You're an ugly, unlovable, noodle-armed beta male. You think you're some biiig, scaaaary dom but you can barely lift a jug of milk over your head. You need a girl's help just to hold someone down. It's pathetic."

You shake your head, feel your nostrils flare and your face twitch. Rose keeps going:

"All you've ever been good for is bossing around. Just like the spineless wimp you are. Fucking with your head. But you're too stupid to understand that you never meant anything to me. How obvious do I have to make it? You think all that abuse somehow means I care about you?... god. Now you're all clingy and lovestruck."

She laughs cruelly at you: "It'd be funny if it wasn't so fucked up and sad. Well I'm bored of playing with you now. I think I should go find a real man. One who isn't such a sniveling little girl. Just about any guy on earth would be better than you. Maybe I'd actually cum for once in my life if I got a real man's dick in me. Just leave me alone already, you stupid prick."

A maelstrom of conflicting thoughts whirls around your skull. You know Rose can't possibly mean this -- but the way she says it, the force she puts behind it, is heartbreakingly convincing. There must be the shadow of truth hidden in it. Not even Rose is that good of an actress. But then again -- you know her. You know how she thinks. You've been in this situation before, on the other side of it, even though she doesn't, or refuses to remember.

It hurts all the same. That's the awful thing about Rose, in the end: she knows how to hurt you worse than anyone on the planet.

You absorb her words like a sponge soaking up water. You let them pass through you. You close your misty eyes and take a couple deep breaths. Then, steeling yourself, forcing your voice not to tremble, you say: "I won't go."

Rose is appalled. She grimaces with her lips wrapped around her teeth and her tongue poking out in frustration. "You're a like a mangy dog that won't go away."

"Yeah. Sure. You got it. I'm a dog. A clingy beta orbiter. Blah, blah, Rose. Now that you know I won't go away, you have to deal with me."
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>>3431778
>>3431781
Yep.
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>>3431778
>>3431781
called it but maybe it turned out better than expected?
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>>3431781

>It's the scene in the sewer again but in reverse.

>Rose telling Alabaster to fuck off and die because she loves him.

Is this what it feels like to be in an abusive relationship? It hurts so much but I don't want to leave!
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>>3431781
They really are exactly the same

>It hurts all the same. That's the awful thing about Rose, in the end: she knows how to hurt you worse than anyone on the planet.
That's cuter than it should be
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it's time
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Stasi's voice rings out: "You are outnumbered! Surrender yourselves or die!"

"Go to hell!" Rose shouts.

"We will kill the girl!" Stasi threatens. "If you do not turn yourselves over on the count of three -- we will shoot her!"

"Kill her and you'll be dead in two seconds flat!" Rose says. Call her a hardline negotiator.

"How many?" you ask Rose again, whispering.

Rose considers her options, and, realizing she is never going to get rid of you, she answers. "I counted three, including Stasi."

"Does Tyrus have any guys left?"

"I don't think so--"

While you're distracted by your strategizing, one of Stasi's men bounds towards you. He barrels into a diving skid, like a baseball player stealing second, and gets a vicious-looking Uzi pointed directly at Rose's face. Rose's eyes go wide. The report of gunfire rings in your ears. The phosphoric after-image of the blast blinds you.
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>>3431781
She's trying to use our own trick on us ;_;
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>>3431799
>That's cuter than it should be
It's practically an admittance that they're something like soulmates.
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And it all happens so quickly that he's dead before you even know it.

He falls back, supine, the gun rebounding off the tile floor beside him, unused. All that's left is a tinny echo in your eardrums, half drowning out the electronic music from the abandoned club below still vibrating the floor.

You assume that Rose's crack aim is to thank for saving her life just now. You've seen her win quick-draw with Russian mobsters once before. But looking down at the man's body now, the small, clean hole in the center of his forehead, you realize he wasn't killed by a shotgun blast. And that's what Rose holds: a shotgun.

So, then -- it had to you. You killed him.

You examine the glock in your hand. It's warm and your fingers still tingle with the force of the recoil. There's no mistaking it. You fired your gun just now. You took that man's life with such little hesitation that you didn't even realize it had happened until it was over.

"Alabaster..." Rose breathes.

You gawk at your gun, then at the corpse you created, then back at Rose.

Rose presses her advantage. She shouts across the room: "You're next if you don't let her go!"

There is a long, tense silence before Stasi finally replies. "The police are sure to arrive soon. None of us wants that. We can all leave this place alive, and free."

"Yeah? How?"

"We will hand the girl over. We will let you leave unscathed if you do not attack us."

Rose casts you an uncertain look.

[ ] Take the deal.
[ ] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
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>>3431824
>[ ] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
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>>3431824
oh fuck this is such a terrible idea
>[x] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
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>>3431824
>[ ] Now or never. Kill Stasi.

she'll fuck us eventually, might as well force her hand now rather than later
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>[X]Now or never Kill Stasi

We've already got blood on our hands, no going back now. It's time we put these mobsters in there place. The ground.
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>>3431824
It's so fucking risky, but there's literally no way we can trust her. All she wants is the implant in our skull - she'll shoot all three of us without a second thought, then move on to the rest.

>[x] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
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>>3431824
>[ ] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
Can't get our Comiket ep with this hanging over our head.
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>>3431824
>[ ] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
This has to end right here, right now.
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>>3431824
>[x] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
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>>3431824
>[ ] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
Don't need her biting our asses later
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>>3431824
>[x] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
There's no other way. Everything must burn from this point forward.
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>>3431824
>[X] Now or never. Kill Stasi.
Better dead then red.
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>[x] Now or never. Kill Stasi.

The die is cast. Closing and writing.
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>>3431857
Time to panic.

What's your pastime tonight, /fq/-tachi? I finally have first world internet again, so so many things have opened back up. I also start my new job this week!
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>>3431865
Finishing up testing on 43 synth chips.
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>>3431865
>spoiler
god job anon!
I spent most of today writing a paper, but I have finally finished and am now debating if I want to play more Ace Attorney or CoH2
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>>3431857

>The die is cast.

Worry.exe

>>3431865

>That spoiler

Excellent news anon! I'm proud of you!

As for my pastime, playing SMT 4 and writing, both tasks that keep me up at nights from the stress, but since I'm a pain-loving masochist I'm totally fine with it!
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THE CAST IS DIE
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>>3431824
Why must we be so reckless, rip rose2 or tyrus or someone. Maybe rose gonna get shot and will need some tenderness
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>>3431925
RISK KILLS.
That's how mafia works.
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>[x] Now or never. Kill Stasi.

Locking eyes with Rose, you wordlessly reach a common understanding of what has to happen. You nod; she nods. It's a skill honed over the course of many interminable board meetings at Darkbloom Analytics. Maybe Rose2 was wrong about which Rose has ESP.

"Okay," Rose calls out. "Hand her over -- and we'll go."

"Your weapons first."

"No," Rose says. "Fake-Rose first."

"...Who? Oh. The girl... no. You must show that you are not aggressive."

"Stop fucking around. Unless you want to live in an American prison for the rest of your life?"

There's a brief sound of tussle, then girly grunts, and heavy footsteps. Rose2 is being led out by Stasi herself, who holds a gun to her back.

"Come out," Stasi says.

"Where's your other man?" Rose demands.

"For God's love--" Stasi sighs. She turns, and without a thought, she shoots her own man in the head, right where he sits in waiting. "Are you happy?"

You go first, and Rose follows. You keep your guns at the ready as you meet Stasi in the rooms center.

"Ally--! I -- I'm so sorry--!"

"I'll deal with you later," you say.

"Your guns now, please," Stasi says.

Rose stands her ground.

"You are not in a negotiating position. I am quick enough to kill all of you before you can pull the trigger once. But let us be civilized, yes?"

You and Rose are simpatico, again. She knows as well as you do that you're the one with the gun for the job. It's going to come down to how good your aim is. Can you hit Stasi in the tiny portion of her head visible from behind Rose2's body? You're no William Tell.

Rose kneels haltingly and sets her shotgun on the ground. Stasi watches, pleased. You begin now to do the same -- but at the last second, you fall to your knees, raise your gun, and fire.

"OWWWW!" Rose2 squeals. A mist of blood explodes from her shoulder.

The bullet passes through her, and hits Stasi too, somewhere by her collarbone. She jerks back. Rose2 falls to the ground, shrieking.

Rose isn't frozen by shock the way you are. She grabs her shotgun again, steadies it, and blasts Stasi in the chest.

Stasi collapses. She gurgles, her lungs aspirating her own blood. But her eyes are aglow with sheer hatred. It's at this moment that Tyrus, crawling forward on his belly like a WWI soldier in a trench, clambers atop her.

"This is for Marquis," he snarls. He puts his glock underneath Stasi's chin, meets her hateful glare with one of his own, and fires. Stasi's head explodes.

You help Rose2 to her feet and pull her back. "Let's go."

"Ally-- Ally--!!"

"Don't look," you say, shielding her face with your own body.

"It hurts so bad! Owww..."

Rose takes the lead, sweeping her shotgun side to side, scanning for threats, as you exit the bloody scene. The last thing you see of it is Tyrus, lying atop the bloody mess that used to be Stasi Lebedev. He pinches his thumb and forefinger together, and pulls a long, thin wire from what used to be Stasi's right eye socket. Could it be?
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>>3431956
>He pinches his thumb and forefinger together, and pulls a long, thin wire from what used to be Stasi's right eye socket. Could it be?

AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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>>3431956
Well okay then.

>He pinches his thumb and forefinger together, and pulls a long, thin wire from what used to be Stasi's right eye socket. Could it be?
Russia sold the technology to the Chinese government confirmed.
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>>3431956
Everything went better than expected, until the implant tells Tyrus that Alex was the killer.
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>>3431956
>Could it be?
no no no no NO NO NO NO
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>>3431956

>"OWWWW!" Rose2 squeals. A mist of blood explodes from her shoulder.

Hey what do you know, I got my wish, a bit messy, but still got the job done with minimal casualties.

>and pulls a long, thin wire from what used to be Stasi's right eye socket. Could it be?

And the worst outcome blooms to fruition. Not only do the Russians have their hands on implants, but now Tyrus knows there's more going on here then a bad deal with a couple of Commies.

So much for a peaceful exit.
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>>3431956
>"OWWWW!" Rose2 squeals. A mist of blood explodes from her shoulder.
OOF

>>3431969
ffffuck, this is plausible
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So does she stay dead?
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>>3431978
This is Fuck Quest. Nobody stays dead.
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>>3431976
>And the worst outcome blooms to fruition. Not only do the Russians have their hands on implants, but now Tyrus knows there's more going on here then a bad deal with a couple of Commies.

The real question is whether or not it's Catachresis or an actual 6th one. A 6th is the worst possible case because it implies more. It being Catachresis implies they found Camelia's body. Both have their own waterfall of issues.
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>>3431956
Ok that was better then I feared

>He pinches his thumb and forefinger together, and pulls a long, thin wire from what used to be Stasi's right eye socket. Could it be?
Fuck
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Stasi had men in waiting in the club below. One of them swings around the corner at the bottom of the stairs, leveling a gun on you, but Rose dispatches him immediately. She's gotten good at killing without remorse.

Rose2 yells incoherently. More or less carrying her, as she bleeds profusely against you, you can't help defend yourselves, and so it's all up to Rose -- to protect you all as you make your way out of the mostly-dark, empty club. You can already hear sirens on the distance.

"This is crazy! Oh my god -- oh my god!!" Rose2 wails.

"Shut the fuck up," Rose says. "Christ..."

It's enough distraction that she almost doesn't see the man crouching behind the bar on the other side of the dancefloor.

Rose blocks your path with an outstretched arm and forces you backwards with her, behind a column, at the last moment. The man rises to his feet and fires. Rose returns fire, but the distance is too much for the buckshot's spread to hit him. Another man, flanking you, approaches from your right -- Rose wheels in a beautiful 90 degree arc and blasts him away, but you know there's going to be more. You need to get the hell out of here.

"Run for it?" You suggest.

"Fuck... we have to," Rose says. "Count of three--"

"I can't run... I can't... it hurts..." Rose2 whines.

"You useless sack of shit!" Rose shrieks. "Get it together. Fucking cunt! Let's go!"

Rose2 cries pathetically.
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>>3432029
come on

COME ON, FUCK
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>>3432029
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO CRY LITTLE RETARD. NOW IS THE TIME TOO BE STRONG
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>>3432029

Go figure that Rose2 would be absolute dead weight, leaving it to good Rose to save the day, again.

Do I really need to make a case as why one is clearly superior to the other? I think Rose2 does that well enough for me.
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>>3432046
I get your point, but would anyone actually say that Rose2 is better than Rose?
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>>3432057
Careful, you'll summon them.
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>>3432032
>>3432044
>>3432046
You guys have never been shot, I figure?
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>>3432066
I started off with 9mm, now I shoot myself daily with .50 cal rounds to keep my resistance up. Rose2 has clearly been slacking.
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>>3432074
kek
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"I--" you begin, but stop when you hear a horrible wail from the bar, and low animal growls. When you peek around the column, you see a rottweiler on top of the man who was waiting for you behind the bar. The rottweiler is busy chewing on the man's neck.

"Lady! Back!"

Lady obeys, and circles his master's legs, on the lookout for any further threats. His tawny mouth is dripping red with human blood. In the low multicolored lighting here, he looks like a hound from hell.

"Just like old times, huh?" Kay says, approaching. "Killing Russians together -- it's nostalgic."

"How the fuck--" you sputter.

"I know where all the best stories are! It's my job! Hey, hate to bother you, but we've got cops. We gotta go."

She leads you behind the bar, and over the corpse of the man Lady killed, then through a deserted kitchen, and out swinging double doors to a small, dilapidated back parking lot. A chain link fence leads to a storm tunnel.

"Can Hubba Bubba climb?" Kay asks.

"I can't... I totally can't..."

"Up and at 'em, then," Kay says. She squats behind Rose2. Getting the cue, you join her. Together, you haul her up like a sack of potatoes.

"Catch her on the other side," Kay instructs Rose.

"Ow! Ow, ow, ow!" Rose2 cries.

Rose struggles to get over the fence, herself -- she was never athletic. When she finally does, she topples to the gravel abutment with a soft grunt, badly scraping her knees and wrists as she lands doggy style in the rocks. She quickly rises to her feet and holds out her arms. You and Kay heave Rose2 over the top.

Rose tries to catch the poor girl, but the weight is too much and Rose is too weak. They stumble backwards together, then go rolling down the pebbly slope, and land splayed out on the damp concrete ground leading to the storm tunnels.

"Lady! Climb!" Kay shouts, snapping her fingers. Lady bounds and jumps and almost clears the fence. Kicking his hind legs wildly, he gets himself over the top. He runs down to where the Roses lie crumpled in a heap. He sniffs them curiously, and then licks Rose's face, smearing it with human blood.

"FUCK!" Rose yells.


"Ow ow ow ow ow ow--"

You and Kay get over and hurry down, just as the approaching sirens arrive in the club's front parking lot. You and your ragtag group scurry into the shelter of the tunnels and escape.
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>>3432074
Big man, had to start with .22lr myself.
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>>3432081
Ahhhh holy shit.
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>>3432066

Anon I eat lead for breakfast, shrapnel for lunch and finsh the day off with a heaping helping of thermite. All Rose2 took was a teeny tiny 9mm shot, miss me with that gay shit.
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>>3432081
This'd be cute if not for the throat ripping HE just got through doing.
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>>3432081
Woof.
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>>3432081

OOF, today is not Rose's day. Both of them.
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>>3432081
Duly noted, Rose2 answers to Hubba Bubba
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>>3432081
Based Lady
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>>3432109
She answers to Rose2 I doubt she has many complaints about anything we call
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>>3432124
Point taken
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>>3432081
Lady is a GOOD GIRL (male)
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I guess OP is taking all the "Rose2 is a waste of space" memes literally now.

Also my designer sense is tingling. If we had taken the deal with Stasi, she'd shoot Tyrus on the way out and become major antagonist. In our current timeline Tyrus is now ascending to antagonist role.
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You use a pocket knife to rip the left sleeve of your shirt and use it as a makeshift bandage for Rose2. The entry and exit wounds are small, and clean, but continue to bleed profusely. She's going pale from the blood loss.

"Fucking wild, huh?" Kay says as you slowly walk through the dark tunnels, southward, looking for a good place to cut back to the surface streets. "Where to now?"

Her eyes gleam with raw excitement. Seeing this, it's at this moment you realize something about Kay Vera. "You don't care about the story," you say.

"What?"

"You're not in this to get a really good story, are you... you never have been. You're a thrill seeker. You enjoy being in dangerous situations. You keep purposely putting yourself in danger -- because you get off on it --"

She rolls her eyes. "Spare me the armchair psychoanalysis, Alabaster."

"Cerise has to be at Gal's right about now," Rose cuts in. "I'm sure that's where she went. Alex and Sable, too."

You nod. "What about Whitney? We've got the fucking Russians after all of us now--"

"She's probably at work -- she should be safe there. Dr. Carte and Vivian, too."

"I have to stop..." Rose2 groans, her breathing labored.

"We're almost there," you tell her, although you're not sure whether that's really true. "Listen -- why did you follow me, huh?"

"I... saw you were going into a strip club... and I thought to myself -- well, that's so silly -- why would he do something like that?..."

You shake your head. Rose is more blunt, though: "you stupid bitch."

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..."

How are you going to explain this to Mom? And, oh god, Amber -- this kind of thing is sure to tickle her curiosity in the worst way.

Kay snaps her fingers, halting you, and points to a branching path in the tunnel that leads to daylight, an exit. "This should be good -- I can make sure Pinky gets home safe, if you want to take The Brain back to Gal's with you."

[ ] Ok. (Head to Gal's with Rose.)
[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[x] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)

we shot her so its the least we can do
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>>3432168
FUCKKK I'M GETTING A BAD FEELING FROM BOTH OPTIONS
>[X] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
aaaaaa this is actually a tough one

Sable, Alex, and Cerise (and by extension, David) are all at Gal's and we need to figure out what the fuck is going on with Sable.

But I feel responsible for Rose2. Also, more Amber. :(

>[x] Ok. (Head to Gal's with Rose.)
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>>3432168
Kay was after the tanoshii all along.

>[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[ ] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[x] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
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>>3432168
>[x] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)
Let the fuckery commence.
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>[x] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)

Closing and writing!
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>>3432168
>[X] Ok. (Head to Gal's with Rose.)
We really need to sort shit out with the gang ASAP, we can make it up to the Catachresis family later.
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>>3432199
Hurt/comfort with our adorable lil' pink gumdrop when?
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>>3432168

>[X] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)

Boy do we have a lot of back lash coming our way, might as well get the worst of it out of the way.
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>>3432199
I don't like that exclamation point.
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>>3432168

>"Fucking wild, huh?" Kay says as you slowly walk through the dark tunnels, southward, looking for a good place to cut back to the surface streets. "Where to now?"

Have I mentioned that we need more Kay, just in general. Not just cause I have the hots for her, but I think her character has the potential to be top waifu status if we give her more attention.

I love my spartan journalist thrill seeker!
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>>3432205
Hopefully next post

>>3432209
I sure do
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Who do you guys think the actual big bad is? Tyrus? Mara? Phantom Darkbloom? Sable? Or some other fuck?
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>>3432226
>Hopefully next post
I have my doubts. Regardless of our reasons she is probably going to be fucking pissed at us. Which is understandable given that we did shoot her and if out aim was a little worse, we could have easily killed her.
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>>3432253
Mara is the "final" boss, but I'm convinced the final confrontation at the brink of it all will be against Alex and Sable.
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>[x] I should be the one to explain this to Mom. (Let Kay and Rose go to Gal's, take Rose2 home.)

You load the woozy Rose2 into the back of the Uber and climb inside with her. Poking your head out the window, you instruct Rose: "Wait for me."

"Of course," she says.

You roll the window up as the car pulls away.

The driver gazes suspiciously at you in the rearview. Kay's peacoat, over-large on Rose2, conceals her bullet wound. It doesn't conceal that you're missing one of your sleeves, though. The driver understands implicitly that he shouldn't ask.

Rose2 rests her head against you. The pain is passing, it seems, at least enough that she isn't crying. But she gazes forlornly up at you.

"You don't love me, do you," she says.

You clear your throat awkwardly.

"You love your cousin after all."

"It's complicated," you tell her.

"There's nothing complicated about it," Rose2 says. After a long pause, she adds: "It's okay. I understand. I'm not smart... I'm not useful... I don't have anything... and I almost got us killed. Why would you love me?"

Tears are streaming down her face.

"But -- I love you so much, Ally -- I really, really do..."

You put your arm around her good shoulder and hug her close.

"Amber said you'd do this to me," she says.

"I didn't mean to make you--"

"It's okay. I don't mind. If I can be close to you, it's all okay."

The car pulls up outside Mom's house. Time to break the news.
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>>3432272
Well that was a stab in my soul.
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>>3432272
>they took a damn Uber
Oh c'mon guys.

Also oof.
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>>3432253
Benjamin Gurlick, 47, of Diablo Grande, CA.

>>3432272
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>>3432272
Okay, I didn't really like Rose2 but I have to admit I like her a lot more now that I know she's not going to murder us. The poor thing...
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>>3432272

>"It's okay. I understand. I'm not smart... I'm not useful... I don't have anything... and I almost got us killed. Why would you love me?"

I can't tell if this is manipulative or genuine. Usually I'd be throwing up, [X] Doubt on lines like this, but since she got a bullet in her shoulder, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.

For now anyway.
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>>3432272
>"You don't love me, do you," she says.
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>>3432272
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>>3432287

>That spoiler

Hey don't even joke like that, you're giving OP ideas. What if Ben is actually a Yoshikage Kira-tier villain, he's only pretending to be an average office drone to conceal his true, 4D-chest playing psycho identity?

Actually that sounds fucking awesome, I hope OP does this.
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>>3432272
Wait, is she not a Yandere?
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>>3432272
Oh now I just feel awful.
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"Russians! I can't -- the nerve of those people! I knew it!"

"Sure. You knew it..." You mutter.

Amber is busily disinfecting Rose2's wound and applying gauze. She works with the speed and alacrity of a field medic. You decline to ask how on earth she's so good at cleaning bullet wounds. You're not sure whether it's rotten luck or great luck that she's here right now, home from school due to the inferno that destroyed North High last week.

Rose2 hisses in pain at various points, but takes it like a champ.

"Ronald Reagan was a pansy! He should have nuked that country back to the stone age while we had the chance!"

"Always with the nukes, mom, geez," Amber says. "Nuke this, nuke that. There are other geopolitical solutions, you know."

"Ow! Amber -- not so rough--"

"Buck up, buttercup." Amber glances back at you. "The good news is it should heal on its own. No need to get docs involved. Docs see a gunshot wound, they call the pigs -- then it's game over. So we dodged a bullet here... uh, no pun intended."

"That's good," you say. "But you might catch some blowback. You should all come live at Whitney's for a little while -- at least until this all blows over -- we'll have security."

Amber laughs: "Pfft. When I told you to let me live a normal life, I didn't mean for you to move me in with the rest of the Beverly Hillbillies. I'm fine right here, thanks."

Mom purses her lips. "I don't know. If they're willing to kill so brazenly -- if any of those Russians made it out of that club, and they know Rose was there -- we could all be in danger..."

"You blasted 'em all away, right?" Amber says. "Pow pow. Problem solved."

"I don't know. I think? I mean, maybe? But-- oof--"

You get cut off by Mom hugging you tight. "You poor thing! Having to risk life and limb like that --"

"Jesus H. Christ," Amber says. "You'd think he was your son, the way you treat him sometimes..."

Mom lets you go with an awkward glance away to the side.

"You can all go live lifestyles of the rich and famous, if you want. But I'm not about that. Those Russian bitches can come find me if they want to die like their buddies did."

[ ] Force the matter.
[ ] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
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>>3432348
>[x] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)

It's dangerous to keep all our eggs in one basket.
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>>3432348
>[ ] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
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>>3432348
>[X] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
Probably unsafe, but what the hell; let's win some points with Amber.
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>>3432348
>[x] Ask Mom what she thinks
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>>3432348
>"Always with the nukes, mom, geez," Amber says. "Nuke this, nuke that. There are other geopolitical solutions, you know."
r e c r e a t i o n a l

>[x] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
I choose this not knowing at all who it could possibly be.
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>>3432348
>"Nuke this, nuke that. There are other geopolitical solutions, you know."
Who are you and what have you done with Amber.

>>3432368
This desu
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>>3432348
>[ ] Force the matter.
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>>3432348
>[x] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
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>>3432348
>[ ] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
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>>3432348
>[x] Force the matter.
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>>3432348
Seconding this: >>3432368
>[x] Ask Mom what she thinks
The problem with this is that we don't know if a security detail run through DBA (maybe a private contractor? Tyrus?) is going to be totally watertight, and Russian-free.
IF we can have some assurance that's the case, we could do some quick work on home security system and get a detail put in place for them.
Otherwise they'd be better off coming to the mansion.
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>>3432348
>[ ] Force the matter.
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>>3432348

>[X] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)

Forces divided are weaker apart, but harder to hit. I don't like leaving them alone, but at least it minimizes damage in the event an attack does occur.
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>>3432348
>[ ] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)
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>>3432368
Supporting. Though write ins hardly ever win in this quest
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>>3432384
>contacting Tyrus to protect the Catachresis family
Besides the obvious issue of the fact that he's probably been pulled by the cops by now, and will naturally be incommunicado for a while, I totally forgot about the Camelia/Tyrus affiliation from S2.
Who knows what sort of clusterfuck situation that would bring.
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"What do you think?" You ask Mom.

Mom frowns. "I know my daughter. If she doesn't want to go somewhere -- there's no forcing it."

You know Amber perfectly well too, and that's the truth. So, then:

>[X] Let them stay at the Catachresis house. (But give them security detail too, of course.)

"I'll get you guys some security," you tell Mom. "So your life isn't disrupted too badly-- you and Amber can stay here for now."

Rose2 sniffles. "If they want anyone, they want me, right? As long as I'm at Whitney's, you guys should be safe."

Amber arches her eyebrow. "You wanna move into the fuckhouse? Wow. You're one horny broad, sis."

"Amber!" Mom shouts.

"Just saying."

"I'd stay out of your way..." Rose2 insists. "Really."

Rose2 has an apartment in Palo Alto that she resides in during the work week. Keeping her there is almost out of the question -- you can't trust her alone. She'd be easier to keep an eye on at Whitney's place. But at Mom's, with security, the situation might be less difficult.

[ ] Let Rose2 move in with you.
[ ] Keep her here as well.
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>>3432066
Shot in the thigh and cried like a bitch. Didn't give the fuck up though.
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>>3432411
>[ ] Let Rose2 move in with you.
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>>3432411
>[X] Let Rose2 move in with you.
YES
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>>3432411
>[x] Let Rose2 move in with you.
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>>3432411
>[X] Let Bazooka Joan move in.
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>>3432411
>[x] Keep her here as well.
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>>3432411

>[X] Let Rose2 move in with you.

I trust Rose2 not to get shot about as much as I trust Whitney not do something stupid. Bring her so we don't have to have her death on our conscience.
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>>3432411
>[x] Let Rose2 move in with you.
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>>3432411
>[ ] Let Rose2 move in with you.
Eh.
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>>3432411
>let rose 2 move in with us
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>>3432411
>[x] Keep her here as well.
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>>3432411
What perfect timing to come to the thread.
>[X] Let Best Girl move in with you
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>>3432411
>[ ] Let Rose2 move in with you.
I wanna fuck her
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>>3432432
But Vivian's not part of this vote, Anonymous-dono.
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>>3432411
>[ ] Let Rose2 move in with you.
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>>3432411
>[x] Let Rose2 move in with you.

>You wanna move into the fuckhouse?
Jesus that's a flashback.
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>>3432411
>[ ] Let Rose2 move in with you.
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>>3432437
Damn right she isn't. She also isn't best girl.
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>>3432442
Such delusions.
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>>3432411
God, I just don't want to hurt her anymore. Her justification seems manipulative, but she might be right, and I hate it.
>[x] Keep her here as well.

>>3432418
>Bazooka Joan
Nice.
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>[X] Let Rose2 move in with you.

Rose2, still wincing in pain, climbs into the back of Mom's SUV. Mom is going to chaperone her to Whitney's place. As you approach the car to join her, Amber pulls you aside.

"Break my sister's heart, and I break your spine."

"Since when do you care so much about Rose2?"

"You're a real dumb asshole, you know that? Anyway, she's Rose1. Rose2 is that fat SJW whore you call a cousin -- I'm sorry. First cousin once removed."

"She's had a rough time. I'll try to be gentle with her -- but she's got this puppy love, you know?"

"Uh huh. I'm telling you, Alabaster. Broken heart, broken spine. Fucking bet."

You frown. "Got it."

She puts on a chipper expression. "Great! Then have a pleasant day."
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>>3432411

This was Rose2's plot all along, she just needed a foothold in our home to execute the true yandere.exe. The good news is that with the blood loss she won't be able to contaminate our cookies for at least a little while.
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>>3432348
>>3432368
Let's try this.
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>>3432454
>she says after losing her virginity to us
>twice

Okay, other best girl.
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>>3432454
>"Break my sister's heart, and I break your spine."
Don't threaten me with a good time.
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>>3432454
...Did she not hear about the conversation we literally just had with her sister?
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>>3432471
We had that conversation in the Uber ride to Rose2's house, Amber wasn't there.
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At home, you lug the duffel bag with Rose2's personal effects inside, and drop them with a soft plop on the floor in the foyer. Rose2 wanders around, in awe at the opulence of her temporary new home. It's enough to make her forget the wound in her shoulder.

"We can set you up in a guest bedroom," you tell her.

"Holy crud. This place is even bigger than I thought. So sugoi. The last time I was here it didn't seem so big!"

"That's because there were a bunch of people here -- never mind. For the time being, until I can get the security detail here, you'll be safest at work. I'll drive you back."

Rose2 turns around. She saunters up and gives you a coquettish smile. "Ally... everything we said earlier... I know how it is... but you still think I'm cute -- don't you?"

You frown.

"Will you show me my bedroom?" She asks.

[ ] Show her the bedroom.
[ ] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
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>>3432487
>[X] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
We should really talk to everyone else about what's going on, we can plow Rose2 later.
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>>3432487
>[x] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

Way bigger fish to fry, right now.
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>>3432487
>[x] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

Yeah yeah, wrong choice.
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>>3432487
>[x] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
Yeah, nah. Let's not fuck her while she's experiencing severe blood loss.
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>>3432487
>[x] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
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>>3432487
>[X] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
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>>3432487
>[ ] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
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>>3432487

>[X] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

Jesus woman, the hole in your shoulder hasn't even closed but you want your lower one opened up?

We have way more important things to be doing than chewing on some bubblegum right now.
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>>3432487
>[ ] Show her the bedroom.

its not fucking, its just comforting, her lover shot her after all
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>>3432487
>[ ] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
Eh, don't wanna have to sit through a 2 hour wait for another lewd. Sorry Roce
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>>3432487
>[ x] Show her the bedroom.
How gay are you guys?
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>>3432506
>it's just comforting
Remember your Katawa Shoujo lessons.
AROUND PINK HAIR
BEWARE
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>>3432487
>Send mixed signals, but take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

We have our spine to worry about here.
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>>3431781
Kino
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>>3432514
This is the most chaotic neutral choice.
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>>3432487
>[ ] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

>>3432507
Same the 2 hour wait really does kill the entire flow of the quest
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>>3432487
>[ ] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.
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>>3432487
>[X] Show her the bedroom
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>>3432504
>Jesus woman, the hole in your shoulder hasn't even closed but you want your lower one opened up?
Oh I thought we were going to fuck the bullet hole
>>3432487
>[x] Show her the bedroom
finger her bullet wound
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>>3432487
Changing my vote.
>[x] Show her the bedroom.
I wouldn't be able to help myself, and I don't think Alabaster would either.
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>>3432487
[ ] Show her the bedroom.
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>[X] Best not to send mixed signals. Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

"There's plenty of time for the grand tour. But later. Let's get you safe, yeah?"

Rose2 pouts. "Yeah. Safety first, huh."

She glances around, and spies an arcade cabinet in the living room. "Whoa -- Metal Slug? Can we play later?"

You almost wish you had a head as empty as Rose2's.

---

The rest of them are back at Galatea's as expected. Gal herself is cowering in one corner, hugging her legs, staring at her feet. She doesn't like visitors, and she especially doesn't like these visitors. When you enter the loft, Sable is in the midst of a full-on freakout:

"It's over!" She shrieks. "It's all over!"

"What's over?" You demand, stepping up to where she sits on Gal's bed.

"Humanity! We were at the cusp of greatness but we gave it all up! Sand Reckoner... Diogenes... virus and antibody -- the mind phage --" You recoil in confusion and cast a bewildered glance to Cerise, who's equally lost and unsettled, ditto Rose. "--useless useless useless USELESS -- we cast our lot in with the bringers of the plague!! The only POSSIBLE hope is -- IF the lighthouse --"

Alex, totally calm and placid, approaches Sable now. He kneels down in front of her as she rants and clutches her face.

"Ms. Guiteau," he says, "I'm very sorry."

This interrupts her incoherent rambling just long enough for her to make eye contact with Alex, before he reels back and slaps her hard across the face. The sound of it echoes through the loft.

"You!!" She shrieks, even shriller than before, "YOU LITTLE CUNT!! YOU FAGGOT, COCK SUCKING--"

Alex slaps her again. She bows her head, slumping forward, and goes silent for several long moments. Then she starts to cry pitifully. Gasping, heaving, ugly sobs.

Alex slaps her a third time. Again she goes quiet and still. Then: "death death death death death" she mutters over and over, like a zombie.

Cerise and Rose are absolutely horrified. So are you. Alex, abashed, glances back: "I know how this must look. But she's like a frtizy router sometimes. You gotta smack it back into working order..."

He tries again. And this time, it actually works. Sable, face red and streaked with tears, blinks dzaedly, but then finally seems to compose herself. Her muscles loosen and she sighs -- so does Alex.

"Thank you," she tells him.

This woman was never the paragon of mental health, but the past year or so of living underground hasn't done her any favors. She must be totally unmedicated.
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>>3432583
>She glances around, and spies an arcade cabinet in the living room. "Whoa -- Metal Slug? Can we play later?"
My opinion of her has gone up a few points
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>>3432583
Holy shit, she's completely off her rocker.
Holy shit Alex.
Holy shit.
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>>3432583
Oh boy.
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>>3432592
>>3432583
"Whoa -- Metal Slug? Can we play later?"
I also demand to know the number of slots.

Whitney would never settle for a measly MV1.
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>>3432583
>Whoa -- Metal Slug? Can we play later?
Her taste in video games is better than her taste in anime, clearly.

>>3432583
Huh. So, how turned on is Gal right now, seeing this?
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>>3432583
>She glances around, and spies an arcade cabinet in the living room. "Whoa -- Metal Slug? Can we play later?"
>You almost wish you had a head as empty as Rose2's.
kek
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You sit, feeling your heartbeat return to normal. "Where has she been all this time?" You ask.

Rose explains the conversation that took place in your absence. "She's been hiding. From everyone. And -- in her words -- building an army."

You breathe hard through your nose, half-laughing -- "an army?"

Rose nods at Gal's monitor. You wheel around in the chair and look at it. Displayed in a browser window is a Soundcloud podcast: Sofia Sant-Elizabeth's Illuminati Report. Helpfully, now, Kay leans over your shoulder and clicks play.

"You're all being hoodwinked!" That's Sable, all right, voice tremulous but somehow silken, and perpetually on edge. "Big Data has you in their clutches. Everything you do and say, is logged, and monitored, and dissected for dissent! And the dissenters are murdered! All you Facebook-using, meme-liking, upvoting lackeys -- you can't see the truth. The real, unbelievable truth right in front of you--"

You click the stop button.

"Well she's probably right about all that," you admit. You turn to her: "Can you tell us now, with words, what the problem is?"

"Darkbloom Analytics must be destroyed," Sable says.

"Ms. Guiteau--" Alex begins.

"What?" Cerise snaps. "What on earth is that supposed to-- why?"

"There is so much about this world you don't understand. David Darkbloom didn't understand -- not even I fully understand -- and I'm one of the most intelligent people in human history--"

Yep. Same old Sable, all right.

"If we don't act now, we'll lose everything. You understand? World-changing technology like this cannot be kept under the bell jar. Someone is going to get their hands on it. Better that it's the people than whoever is about to kill us all and take it for themselves."

"Stasi is dead," you say. "We can fend off whoever else comes to fill that vacuum. And we can get rid of Mara, too, eventually -- once our investors get comfortable enough with the idea of Whitney actually running things. It won't be long. She's losing her grip on power."

"No, she isn't. She will never go quietly. Don't you see? Her venality, and lust for power for its own sake, and petty-minded, short-sighted... smallness... she will ruin us all! This whole world! We've got a choice, of what kind of future we have... hers is the future of a cartel, or -- warring cartels -- fighting over the keys to this technology. If not Mara, then someone else. The Russians. The Chinese. The CIA! And all the rest of us, the common people, in their thrall. That's... that's a dystopia! I didn't set out to make a cyberpunk dystopia, Alabaster. I'm here to bring us utopia!" She looks frantically from face to face. "Utopia! A new era for humankind! Age of Aquarius! Come on!"

"Christ," you mutter.
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>>3432583

>We were at the cusp of greatness but we gave it all up! Sand Reckoner... Diogenes...

Did Benjamin Gurlick doom us after all?
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>>3432605
>Soundcloud podcast: Sofia Sant-Elizabeth's Illuminati Report. Helpfully, now, Kay leans over your shoulder and clicks play.
What a blessed reality we continue to live in.
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>>3432605
>Sofia Saint-Elizabeth
Amazing.

>I didn't set out to make a cyberpunk dystopia, Alabaster. I'm here to bring us utopia!"
Amazing how everyone who claims the latter always winds up with the former...
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>"Whoa -- Metal Slug? Can we play later?"

What's this, good taste from Rose2? I didn't even know the words 'Good' And 'Rose2' can even work in the same sentence.

Also, that entire sequence of Alex literally slapping some sense into Sable truly shows our little twink has grown a pair, I can't even imagine past him so much as touching Sable, let alone beating her when she acts up.

They grow up so fast...
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>>3432613
>What's this, good taste from Rose2?
I'm going to laugh if we learn that she has amazing taste in vidya.
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>>3432605
>Sofia Sant-Elizabeth's Illuminati Report
Of course

>>3432613
I mean she has had scenes where she said sub > dub and knew about the modern masterpiece Suck My Dick or Die. She's a diamond in the rough
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>>3432618
Her favorite video game is League of Legends, which means it can't be all that great.

On the other hand, her favorite Zelda is Minish Cap which is severely underrated.
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>>3432605

>That entire rant

How am I not surprised that the moment we left Sable unchecked she became a Utopian hare-brained conspiracy crazy? I mean, she's not wrong, but anything with the word 'utopia' attached to it is never usually right.

In the words of another famous conspiracy theorist, Sable might just be kinda retarded.
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>>3432628

There are lots of kinds of intelligence, but at the very least, she can't compete with the best.
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>>3432628
>In the words of another famous conspiracy theorist, Sable might just be kinda retarded.
At least he was honest about it.

tfw no kinda retarded conspiracy theory wife. Imagine how she must look late at night in the back of her van, recording a new episode bathed in the glow of her laptop's monitor (or her phone's screen), screaming at the top of her lungs about the truth. The anxious atmosphere as she sits in a McDonald's parking lot, using the Wifi to upload her latest anti-technocrat speech, how many people inside unaware that just 20 feet away sits one of the most wanted people in the country and she's trying, in her horribly misguided way, to save their lives.

I want to escape with Sable! I really want to!
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It bewilders me how appealing life on the lam is to me.
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She calms herself. "We're at an inflection point, as a species. And it came as a result of our collective actions." She touches her chest: "I had a hand in it--" she begins to point, now: "you had a hand in it. And Alex. And your sister, and David Darkbloom, and, and-- Rose..." she gives Rose a confused look. "I'm not sure what it is you do, exactly, Rose."

"Good," she says.

"Well anyway, even Rose. We all took part. So we all own it: which way the inflection point turns." She uses her index finger to trace invisible paths through the air: "does it all turn down... or... back up? You took calculus, right, Alabaster?"

"I got a C... minus."

"That's fine. Close enough. C's get degrees, yes? You understand the metaphor."

"He doesn't," Rose says.

"Yes I fucking do, Rose--" you turn to Sable. "I understand the metaphor."

"He doesn't."

"I will spank you, Rose. I will pull down your pants and spank you right fucking now."

"We're through the looking glass," Sable tells you. "Something about this world changed on the night of June 1st. You know it. You see it, too. It's in your eyes. Plain as day. You see the dark silhouette of truth behind this distorted reality, don't you? It must be your implant... but you don't see it fully -- you can't -- you can't even let yourself--"

"Do you need to slap her again?" Kay asks Alex.

"Let's let her finish," he says.

Kay shrugs.
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>>3432643
>the night of June 1st
Oh shit.
Here we go.
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>"I will spank you, Rose. I will pull down your pants and spank you right fucking now."
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>>3432643
IS IT FINALLY GONNA HAPPEN?
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>>3432643
>she gives Rose a confused look. "I'm not sure what it is you do, exactly, Rose."
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>>3432643
>I will spank you, Rose. I will pull down your pants and spank you right fucking now.
God, I wish.

On the subject of girls named Rose that we've had sex with, is Rose2 totally alone in the manor right now?
If Vivian or Whitney were home, they'd probably have shown up, right? Am I too paranoid about this?
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>>3432656
Speaking of Whitney, reminder that she knows something we don't and is likely, in her very Whitney-ish way, working on solving it in the background.
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>>3432656
>Take her back to work, and return to Gal's.

Come now anon, this was clearly explained.
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Sable looks at her. "You were in the service, yes, Ms. Vera?"

"Sure."

"Then have you heard of Albert Stubblebine?"

"Oh hell yeah," Kay says. "The guy who thought he could walk through walls?"

"Tell them."

Kay explains: "He was this army guy who got into psyops shit back in the 70s and 80s. He had all sorts of cockamamie schemes... turning soldiers invisible, ESP, you name it. Back then, you could get easy funding for anything, as long as you said it could stop communism."

You've had about enough of crackpots who think they've got ESP.

"Well, he legitimately believed he could walk through walls. People would go to see him in his office and he'd be butting his nose up against the wall, trying to pass through it. And no one in the chain of command ever thought to say, hey, perhaps this guy is a little bit nuts. You know? A little bit cuckoo. The military is run by undiagnosed schizophrenics... all the way up to the top. It's quite a sad state of affairs."

"He was right," Sable says.

Kay motions at Sable with her palm. "Case in point. This was Major General Stubblebine's kindred spirit."

"The space between atoms is more than 99% empty," Sable says. "More than 99.9% empty, even. It's 99 and twelve 9's percent empty... then a 6. Stubblebine reasoned that if you could line up all those empty spaces, just so -- you could phase through solid matter. But of course, that's a naive understanding of physics. The law of averages means that in bulk matter, you could never line things up that perfectly. And in any case, intramolecular forces are far too powerful to allow the nuclei of atoms to intermesh like that. So actually, of course, the whole theory was impossible."

"but it wasn't..."

Gal, for the first time, speaks up.

"That's right," Sable tells her, looking at her as if noticing her for the first time. "That's exactly right. It's not impossible after all."

"Don't encourage her," you tell Gal.

"no... no, you know it too. when we linked our implants together... and we saw so much... you felt it, didn't you?"

You shake your head. "I don't know what I felt--"

"like you could change something... like you could change something if you just had the strength to do it..."

"Knowledge is power," Sable says. "Saturday morning cartoons were right all along. What if the power of Sand Reckoner is more than knowing? What if by knowing, you can act? What if you can act upon -- reality itself?"
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>>3432656
She's at work cause that place has actual security. Not like security ever matters though
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>>3432643

>Something about this world changed on the night of June 1st

>It's in your eyes. Plain as day.

Now that's a metaphor I get, it's Cerise ain't it? This all comes back to big sis, something about that day when her eyes went blue, nothing's been quite the same since.

It's been hard to tell if any of this is dream or reality, for all we know, we could be the ones in a coma, living in some fucked up reality made by Cerise's implant.

Is all a lie? or the truth? Either way, I think the world as we know it will come crashing around us soon enough. Perhaps even, literally.
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>>3432674
Ohhh man.
Reality Warping Cerise is the new reality.
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>>3432674
fuck
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>>3432674
OP you're doing it again, all giving me the shakes and whatnot.
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That's all for tonight. Tomorrow evening at 9 PM EST, join me for the conclusion of the episode.
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>>3432674
So what she's implying is that there is, in fact, a possibility of impregnating Alex?

>>3432681
WAKE UP
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>>3432692
AAAAAAAAAAA MY BALLS ARE SO BLUE
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>>3432692
(By tomorrow, I of course mean tomorrow, and not tomorrow tomorrow. Sunday evening.)
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>What if the power of Sand Reckoner is more than knowing? What if by knowing, you can act? What if you can act upon -- reality itself?"

Oh fuck shit's getting wild.
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>>3432692
Lookin forward to it
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>>3432692
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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>>3432666
Wasn't it just conjecture? We just assumed she and Vivian would both be at work when we were in the sewers, right?
We're just going off of what Rose said, and that might be based off of tracking applications/devices, but is it a sure bet?
I have to admit, I've totally lost track of what time it's supposed to be currently, and I know that matters. I'd forgotten from last week.
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>>3432692

Thanks for the hard work OP!
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>>3432692
FUCK
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>>3432692

Goodnight, sleep tight OP, excellent stuff so far, plot stuff is almost as good as the lewds. I'm ready for reality warping madness soon.
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>>3432677
>Not like security ever matters though
Man remember Spancer? He was completely pointless
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>>3432711
But we do remember Spancer.
A shame nobody will remember you.
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Night OP, best episode since S2 so far in my opinion.
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>>3432692
Thanks for your work, OP. I'm looking forward to it.
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>>3432719
Doesn't change the fact that he was the most useless bodyguard ever. Whenever he would've been useful he was just magically teleported away
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What if it's not just Penelope manifesting reality out of the ether?
What if Camelia is capable of doing the same with Alabaster's memories on some base level?
What if wherever Catachresis is, it's doing the same thing?
What about Galatea?

And what the fuck kind of implant was Stasi rocking? How many more bootlegs are in circulation?
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>>3432743
>And what the fuck kind of implant was Stasi rocking? How many more bootlegs are in circulation?
Reminder that we still don't know if it's a Commie Clone or Catachresis, or even some other variant. that needs to be answered first.
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Boop, 4:21.
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>>3432797
One second too early.
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Lotta stuff went down this episode and all I gotta say is that I'm satisfied with yoinking Stackleford's revenge on Stasi.
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>>3432674
So....
Old Camelia affected reality by use of the Sand Reckoner to get back the life she never had...the life she lost.

Camelia recreated her dead family, her mother, her sister. The life she didn't get to live because of Darkbloom.

Thoughts?
(OP no spoilers, just wanting to theorycraft)

Also David has been very quiet recently.
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>>3432872
If you think about it, her and Rose2 are living the life that Cerise and Alabaster were ripped away from and desperately want to get back.
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How come we didn't tell rose2 we loved her? I'm sad now.
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>>3432872
You want some extreme speculah?

If sand reckoner can alter reality, then Camelia-blue actually does exist in reality.

Rose2 might not have really existed before season 3.

also, Camelia chose to resurrect Alabaster's mom, not her own. likely Alabaster was supposed to revive as her brother after the servers got blown up. Galatea too.

It would have been Amber, Anna, and Alabaster as happy fucking siblings.

bonus points for healing Anna's psychological damage.
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so i was there for the inital run of S2, but uni got in the way around the time alabaster and whitney went dumpster diving.
started digitizing my record collection and did some catching up the past week, which turned out to be an amazing idea, thank you OP Studios (and all the anons that were there) for providing such a fantastic piece of entertainment.
it feels good to be back, just in time to fall into the dark abyss of chaos OP surely has ready for us.
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Is it tonight yet?
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If you walk east it'll be evening sooner.
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I can't believe that Fuck Quest was supposed to be over forever a week from now.
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>>3434347
>forever
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>you will never be kissed by a rose on the grey
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You're alone with Alex on the landing outside Gal's loft. This veranda-covered walkway has a beautiful view out to the bay. You and he lean against the railing, admiring the ocean, side by side.

"How long have you been in contact with her?"

"Huh? Ally... I don't know what you're--"

"Don't bullshit me, Alex. I'm not in the mood. You and Sable are a regular Watson and Holmes. You've been keeping in touch. How long."

He dithers. Then finally: "a little over a month," he admits, shamefaced.

"What kind of plan did you come up with, then?"

"She wants to destroy the company. She's not joking. And... and to be honest, I kind of agree with her."

"You've been plotting against me, behind my back."

"It's not like that, Ally--"

"Yes it fucking is." You wheel on him. He looks suddenly frightened as your shadow falls over him. "If this company goes down, if those servers go down -- I die. Gal dies. Vivian. Cerise. I won't let you kill my sister, you piece of shit."

Alex, rather than falling to his knees and begging forgiveness, instead steels himself, cocks his head up at you, and laughs bitterly. "Talk about tables turning, huh? A year ago it was me and Sable calling you the saboteur..."

"I ought to turn you both over to Noelle. You fucking traitor."

"You should be thanking me," Alex says. "Nothing is going to happen except when I say so. I talked Sable out of her first idea. She just wanted to blow it all up. That's such a very Alabaster move -- don't you think?"

You glower at him.

He continues. "I said I would help her, only if we can get this mess with the implants sorted out. That's what Diogenes is. If Sand Reckoner is a mind-virus, Diogenes is the antibody. Together, they relieve your brain of needing any connection to any servers -- you can interface with the minds of other Sand Reckoner users, directly..."

"So..." you drawl.

"So we fix your head, and get rid of this awful company, and maybe we save the world in the process, too. Whitney's got money anyway, it's not like you need to run Darkbloom Analytics to make a living. Wouldn't the world be better off? Isn't that what you want? You've been stuck with this company, but you'd be so much happier without it... we all would."

You think about that. Would you be?

[ ] I'll help you.
[ ] I won't let you destroy this company.
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>>3434914
He's right. Completely and utterly.

>[x] I'll help you.
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>>3434914
>[ ] I'll help you.
I can only envision this ending poorly.
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>>3434914
>[ ] I'll help you.
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>>3434914
>[X] I won't let you destroy this company.
The genie's already out of the bottle; destroying DA won't fix that. If we're already in this game, we might as well win.
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>>3434914

>[x] I'll help you.
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>>3434914
>[x] I'll help you.
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>>3434936
That depends on your win condition, I suppose. But is ANYBODY actually happy working at this damn company? We can take the money, run off to Palau and fuck on the beach for the rest of our lives. Or invest those billions into literally anything else.

We should open up a national milkshake franchise with Whitney.
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>>3434914
>[x] I'll help you.
This is such a blatant trap. And a cute one, at that
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>>3434914

>I'll help you.

This company is a blight. And we wanted to fuck David over, right?
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>>3434947
I predict ascension to a higher plane through Sand Reckoner
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>>3434947
If the implants are as powerful as Sable suggests, and people like Stasi are already getting their hands on them, then we'll never truly be safe. And that's IF there actually is a way to deactivate them safely, which I doubt.
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>>3434914
>[X] I won't let you destroy this company.
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>>3434947
>We should open up a national milkshake franchise with Whitney.

Please understand that Ally will not be cumming in the milkshakes.

>[x] I'll help you.
Closing and writing.
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>>3434914
>[X] I'll help you
Fuck DA honestly
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>>3434959
>Please understand that Ally will not be cumming in the milkshakes.
It's like you WANT the company to fail!
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>>3434955
What plane? the anime plane?

>>3434957
I mean, it's Sable's plane to begin with, If she thinks it has a chance of success, then tally-fucking-ho. Otherwise, scorched earth policy. Then milkshakes.

>>3434959
S-such an insinuation never even crossed my mind, OP-sama. It's just a crime that Ally never took her up on that first offere, is all.
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>>3434914
>[ ] I'll help you.
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>>3434959
Well, fuck it, then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8laWhgRRA8
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>[x] I'll help you.

"For the sake of sticking it to David and Mara Darkbloom, if for nothing else," you say.

Alex has no idea how to respond to that.

"What happens after you perfect Diogenes, then?"

"We disseminate instructions on how to produce the new generation of implant -- it'll be a model simple enough to be compatible with a 3D printer. The codebase will be totally open source. No putting the cat back in the bag after that... Sand Reckoner and Diogenes will belong to the public. Anyone who wants the implant will be able to get one. And no one will control it."

Sounds suspiciously like communism, but okay. At least Amber will be happy.

"Where is Sable staying?" You ask.

"Nowhere. I told her to come live in my apartment with me -- but she won't. She just kind of... putters around in her van. Moves from place to place at random to avoid detection. I guess she's always been sort of a nomad at heart."

"Nomad. That's a romantic way of saying hobo. She's a hobo who lives in her van."

"Erm..."

"Why didn't you come to me right away?"

Alex can't meet your eyes. "I don't know, Ally. I knew you wouldn't -- or, that is to say, that you'd think -- oh, never mind. Why do I always need to explain myself? You never explain yourself to me." Now he forces himself to establish eye contact, and he's upset, and his voice quakes: "I made a choice, just like you did, to hide something. We all have secrets, Alabaster... if you can't trust that I've been keeping you in my heart..." he trails off, sighing. "Sable was right about you, after all. You still don't understand anything about what people mean to you."

"Sable..." you mutter.

"Hmm?"

"You keep calling her Sable... not Ms. Guiteau. I'm just surprised."

Alex spins and leans against the railing with both elbows. "I guess I didn't notice. Huh..." He leans his head way back and basks in the glimmer of the low-hanging sun. "Maybe she'll be Mrs. Best someday soon..."

So it's like that. You wonder how much the putative Mrs. Best knows about her co-conspirator's true feelings. She's one to talk about not understanding people -- she never did realize how hopeless Alex really is about her.
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>>3434996
>"Maybe she'll be Mrs. Best someday soon..."

Oof.
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>>3434996
>"Maybe she'll be Mrs. Best someday soon..."
I'm proud of our onahole(male)
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>>3434996
>"Maybe she'll be Mrs. Best someday soon..."
I know this isn't NTR for Ally, 'cause he doesn't give a shit about Sable... but feels like NTR to me... ;__;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejUcnpwNDLs
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>>3434996
I am having some complex feelings about all this.
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>>3434996
>Sounds suspiciously like communism, but okay.
Same.
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>>3434996
>"Maybe she'll be Mrs. Best someday soon..."
I thought I'd be pissed off by this but I honestly don't care about them that much to be
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>>3435018

Those two can have eachother.
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>"Maybe she'll be Mrs. Best someday soon..."
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>>3435022
Yeah. The fetishes have been checked off. Better off making the core relationships more official.
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At home that evening, Rose2 and Whitney struggle their way through Metal Slug 3. Whitney plays as Tarma and Rose2 as Eri. Even with unlimited credits, it's a long slog for the pair.

"Ugh," Rose2 grunts, furiously firing at the boss, "this baka robot is impossible--"

"Watch out--!" Whitney shouts. But too late; poor Eri takes a ballistic missile to the face.

"Aghh! Piece of kuso!"

You have something like peace of mind knowing that there's a security detail with the firepower of a small nation outside your mansion. They're a firm Tyrus recommended to you in the past -- and if there's one thing you're sure of, it's that Tyrus Kang hates the Russians from the bottom of his heart -- so you can trust this firm is legitimate. You've given similar resources to Mom, as well as Alex, and Gal, and Dr. Carte, and even Vivian -- who was none too pleased to hear that Russian mafia had tried to kidnap you.

"If you don't want them threatening me, take it up with your mother," you told her.

To which Vivian replied with nothing but a blank stare. Such a talker, Vivian.

Still, this night feels like the brief period of calm between the opening salvo of the war, and the first real battle.

Cerise is at Gal's, for some much needed gal-pal time, being babysat by Dr. Carte. Which leaves you with not much to do but wait, and be simultaneously anxious and bored.

"Alabaster."

Great. Just what you need right now. Rose.

"Can we talk somewhere private?" She asks.

"I don't know. Are you going to hit me? I can't take much more of this abuse... I'm such a wimp, you know."

Rose isn't pleased by the clown act.

"Fine," you say. "Lead the way, mistress."

You don't like the way that makes her smile despite the sarcasm you layered onto it.
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>>3435061
I really want to be gal-pals with Gal!
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>>3435061
Rose2 isn't best girl, but another scene with her would be nice
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Inside Rose's bedroom, you sit on her bed and shrug. "All right. What's so important that we needed to have a private pow-wow? I'm a busy man, you kn--"

Rose climbs into your lap, swinging her thick legs over you so that she's straddling you, and clutches your face with both hands. She opens her mouth wide and kisses you forcefully, wetly. It's really more like she's sucking on you, to be honest -- you weren't prepared for this. It's a kiss brimming with uncharacteristic passion and need.

"I didn't mean it," she moans against you. Her voice is soft and tinged with that rarest of her emotions: remorse.

"W-what?" You try to push her back a little, to get some breathing room so you can talk it out, but she just dives in for another assault, kissing you, and running her hands all across your chest. Her weight presses down on you and you feel powerless to resist.

"I didn't mean any of it, okay? Don't gloat -- and don't make make me say it again -- this is all you're getting, Alabaster..."

But you have to gloat at least a little. It wouldn't be fun, otherwise. "I know you didn't mean that shit," you tell her. "You're a shitty actress."

You kiss her back.

"Fuck you," she growls. She wraps her hand around the back of your head and twirls her tongue inside your mouth. She tastes so sweet and warm. Her breaths are tiny and hot against you. She's already pawing at the buttons on your shirt.

"Well fuck you, too, then," you tell her between kisses.

"Fuck me yourself."

You reach for her blouse.

There's a knock on the door.

Rose2 -- of course. "Ally! You guys in there? I was hoping you'd give me that grand tour of the house you promised~"

Rose gives you a severe look. "Just ignore her," she tells you.

[ ] Ignore her.
[ ] Make love, not war.
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>>3435071
>Season 3 girls
>Getting more screen time
Pick one
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>>3435077
>[x] Make love, not war.
I don't understand why you keep giving us choices with only one option, OP.
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>>3435077
>[x] Make love, not war.
Is it time for the long-awaited Rose x Rose scene? I think it is.

>>3435071
>>3435078
lmao
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>>3435077
>[ ] Make love, not war.
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>>3435077
>[x] Make love, not war.
I've been waiting for this
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>>3435077
[ ] Make love, not war
>>3435078
>More screentime
Duh
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>>3435077
>[X] Make love, not war.
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>>3435077
>[X] Make love, not war.
This is the wrong decision but I'm going to make it anyway.
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>>3435077
>[x] Make love, not war.
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>>3435077
>[ ] Make love, not war.
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>>3435077
>[x] Ignore her.
I want romantic dialogue between these two. I need it.
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>>3435077
>[x] Make love, not war.
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>[x] Make love, not war.

Please wait warmly.
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And so my watch begins.
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>>3435109
WE'RE IN FOR IT NOW BOYS
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>>3435071
I’ve always been sort of neutral towards her, leaning towards enjoyment over how much she triggers others. I was really surprised at how much people turned on her for not handling getting shot by her lover well enough.
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>>3435109
Post waifus while OP is away
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>implying OP is ever away
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>>3435114
If Rose1 and Ally don't get their much needed vanilla sex until their marriage night, I would consider it poetic.

Now, they just need to initiate the walking bubble gum piece into The Process.
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>>3435109
Was there any doubt?
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>>3435130
I actually did doubt it! I thought it could very well go the other way. But I should have known that /fq/ will always choose the horniest option. (Back to writing.)
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>>3435136
As pro-vanilla Rose as I am, this one's been in the oven for too long. And while Rose is feeling all lovey-dovey, may as well take the chance...
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>>3435136
We have 2 episodes left which will probably be pretty plot focused (or I hope at least), and we NEED to see this before the end
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>>3435148
Did you forget about Season 3.5?
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>>3435152
No, I was talking about before the end of season 3
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>>3435130
>>3435136
The thing is, telling Rose2 to shoo is probably the more in-character option, and is also nicer towards both Roses, and both of them deserve the absolute best treatment right now. But brain gets outvoted by dick every time, as it should be.
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>>3435157
Sometimes you just have to see what will happen.
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>>3435157
Ally can just reason it as clit blocking a frustrated Rose, which just leads to a hotter fuck DESU.
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>>3435175
Yeah, but she deserves some >tenderness after she saved our skin back there, and A Rose By Any Other Name deserves to not walk in on us fucking her rival after we shot her. Like, I'm sure it'll be fine cuz everyone in this quest is poly as fuck, but it's still thinking with our dick.
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>>3435157
We can give them both some personal treatment later, now is the perfect time for a threesome
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>>3435191
>A Rose By Any Other Name deserves to not walk in on us fucking her rival after we shot her
Isn't she cool with it or some shit now?

>but it's still thinking with our dick.
That's what we've almost always done and the most in character thing for Alabaster
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Oh shit, I'm late, but just in time for the good stuff, oh hell yes.
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>>3435197
>Isn't she cool with it or some shit now?
Have you ever been rejected, Anon? It takes a while to make peace with things, even after you accept that you can't change them. Usually it's gonna take more than a few hours to go from admitting defeat to being cool with a threeway.
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>>3435275
Come on, it's Rose2. One "slut" and a couple thrusts and she's drooling all over the bed.
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>>3435275
She literally just got shot and rejected by her object of affection and then was like "Wow, Metal Slug" 5 minutes later. Those problems don't effect Rose2
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so, anyone else realize how utterly retarded Sable's plan is?
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>>3435288
Elaborate.
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Haven't thought it through really just thought that the waifu route was the best
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>>3435288
I'm weary about the idea of a program that interfaces directly with your brain being open source. I wouldn't want something like that if it had been in the hands of just about anyone here, for example.
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>>3435311
I'd rather have it be open source than not, though. Security through obscurity is a pretty risky strategy!
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I half agree, half disagree with her idea. The whole problem at the moment is what exactly are we going to do with these programs. We can't get rid of them but to keep them out of the hands of the fucking Commies like the Russians or the Chinese is damn near impossible when it's all centralized in a single server.

Looking at it from that perspective, if it's going to be in the hands of our enemies, might as well put it in the hands of our allies as well. Russians can't make use of reality warping powers when everyone else can too.

Of course releasing such incredible power out into the public comes with it's own slew of problems, but so did the internet and that worked out (Kinda) fine.

All in all, this is pretty much a lesser of two evils problem. Either try and hide it from a force of angry, power hungry gangsters and Commies, or just let everyone have it so essentially no one has it.
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>>3435342
>reality warping
are we at that level? I must not be paying enough attention. All I can think about is anon tricking me into putting dolphin porn in my eye.
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>>3435355
>What if by knowing, you can act? What if you can act upon -- reality itself?"
Right here >>3432674
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>>3435355
I'm pretty sure that Sand Reckoner (Even if only on accident, don't quite know the rules yet) has warped reality many times now.

First of which was when Ally and Cerise saw those fireworks after she woke up. Another being that S2 Cameila was actually a blue-haired psycho rather than who we now know as Amber.

Bare in mind, when I say warping reality, I don't mean literally bending the laws of physics to change the world, I just mean changing one's perspective of reality electronically.

Which is basically the same thing, since people are electronic devices.
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>>3434996
So Sable is going to inherit Alex’s name after he becomes Mrs. Soliloquy?
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>>3435384
>electronic devices.
Electrochemical, anon.
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>He doesn't get the reference.

Baka desu nee anon-san.

I bet you don't even know whose eyes are those eyes?
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>>3435423
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https://pastebin.com/E4xzNqZF
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>>3435441
See you on the other side, Anonymous-tachi.
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>>3435441
It's time
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>Rose Lewds^2

Wish me luck anons, I might not come out of this one with my dick still attached to my groin
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>
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You and the two Roses sleep together that night. They take up position on either side of you, curled around you, hugging you. It's simultaneously oppressive and enjoyable.

You hope against hope that you'll have more peaceful nights like this one.

---

At work the following morning, you and the Roses, and Whitney, blearily step past the FBI security cordon. But this time, something different. The blue-jacketed mook checking you in asks you to step into the mobile field office's interior.

"Why?" You demand, heart quickening. "I want my lawyer present."

"They won't be able to stop this," the man, whose name badge identifies him as Hugh, tells you. "You've heard about the incident at the Sapphire Club, I assume?"

You say nothing.

"Well, your CPO is in trouble. And we have probable cause to think you might know something. We're going to administer a test for gunshot residue."

"Gunshot--" you stammer.

"This way, please."

You turn. "Let's go," you tell the girls, "We don't need to deal with this. We have rights."

But Hugh grabs you roughly. "If you try to leave, you'll catch a charge for resisting arrest. This way -- please."

---

An agent swabs your hand with a waxy strip of paper adhered to a futuristic looking black plastic backing. On either side of you in uncomfortable plastic chairs sit the Roses; and two seats down is Whitney. All three girls have the same sunken, demoralized expression you wear, too. Down the line the agent goes, swabbing your hands. Noelle watches, arms folded.

"You can still help yourselves," she says. "We can begin with this. Where is Tyrus Kang?"

You try not to betray surprise at the question. You say nothing.

"I don't--" Rose2 begins, but Rose hisses at her: "shut up. Say nothing. Say absolutely nothing, do you understand? You have constitutional rights -- and your attorney will answer for you..."

"Tyrus's club got shot up by the Russians last night," Noelle says. "We already know you were there, so cut the shit."

Rose2 stares at her feet and fiddles with the hem of her skirt, but she keeps quiet -- good.

"Have it your way," Noelle says.

A tech sticks the samples in a machine that is designed to analyze them, one by one. You wait grimly for the result you already know is going to come.

"These two," the tech says, pointing at you and Rose.

"Figures the kissing cousins were hot and heavy in all that action," Noelle murmurs.

Against her own advice, Rose says: "There's nothing illegal about firing a gun. This is still America, last I checked."

"You're going to have to come with me," Noelle says.

"Am I being detained?"

"Fucking hell. Yes. You're both being detained."

Whitney rolls her eyes. "Oh boy, here we go." She looks at you. "I'll let Saul and Charlotte know. They'll be thrilled..."
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>>3435485
Here we go again.
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>>3435485
Let's see where we go from here.
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>>3435485
It was self defense, right? They've got nothing.
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>>3435515
It's the FBI, they'll plant shit if they have to.
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>>3435515
>>3435518
As much as I want to trust Noelle, we all know the FBI is as crooked as IKEA furniture.
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>>3435523
These desks have held up fine for me.
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"I tried to help you."

Noelle stands across from where you sit at the interrogation table. You've really grown to hate FBI interrogation rooms. You've also grown to hate how familiar you are with them.

She clacks her fingernails against the chrome tabletop. "This is your last chance, now. Stasi Lebedev is dead. Heads are going to roll, Alabaster. Do you actually understand -- it's now or never. The last lifeboat is leaving the Titanic... you have to decide whether you're getting aboard or not."

"You suck at metaphors," you tell her.

"You stupid, obstinate monkey of a person... goddamn you, Alabaster. How much farther can I stick my neck out for you? Help me help you!"

You sip your water and say nothing.

"We have enough to charge you. We can prove you were there."

"If you could prove it," comes Charlotte's voice as an agent opens the door for her, "you would have charged him already."

Finally. It took her more than three hours to get here.

Noelle doesn't break eye contact. "Alabaster, for fuck's sake. Don't turn this chance away! Your life -- the lives of everyone you care about -- are at stake! This isn't a fucking GAME!"

"You have nothing," Charlotte sneers. "You awful woman. Trying to bully my client into waiving his rights -- again. You should honestly lose your badge."

"Alabaster..." Noelle says. "Please. Please."

Another agent is trying to lead her away, hand on her shoulder. She reluctantly holds eye contact with you. But the way the agent booms: "Keki. Let's go." -- leaves no mistake. She's being shooed by a superior.

Noelle steps out of the interrogation room, reluctantly. This other agent uncuffs you now, and gruffly says: "You're free to go, sir."

Sir. Wow. The VIP treatment. You wonder what the occasion is.

When you and Charlotte leave down the long white hallway, joined now by Rose, you catch a glimpse of Noelle getting a dressing-down from her boss. She watches you miserably as you depart.
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>>3435525
>implying you're not using a spare blank GB cartridge to prop one of them up
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>>3435527
>I actually look
fuck you
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>>3435526
Ohhh man.
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>>3435526
Noelle please. Noelle fuck, please, god.
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why break up the harem so ruthlessly
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>>3435526
>Sir. Wow. The VIP treatment. You wonder what the occasion is.
They're matching the gunpowder residue with the spent shells in the crime scene right now, aren't they?
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>>3435537
We have to suffer to reach the promised land. But we're all gonna make it.
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>>3435533
>>3435537
She's not gonna do anything, calm down
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>>3435526

Oh Noelle, I want to believe you're really there for us, but we fell for that trick once, not happening twice, can't trust the FBI to do anything more than plant you with enough child porn to throw you in the slammer.

And even if she does have our best interests at heart, it's too late now to rely on the authorities. The moment we shot Stasi dead was the moment the safety ball dropped right out of the court.

It's war now.
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"You should be all right for now," Charlotte tells you as she drives you both back to work. "The FBI might let up on us, after all. The entire investigation, I mean -- everything."

"How come?" You ask.

She hates to admit this, clearly, but she does: "Saul went all out, hail Mary... when he heard you two were arrested, he filed an emergency brief in appellate court alleging that the military's interest in using Sand Reckoner would violate third amendment protections... lo and behold... you're both free to go."

You laugh.

"Don't get too confident," Charlotte warns you. "The FBI and the military don't always see eye to eye. A woman like that horrible, skanky Noelle Keki... isn't going to let up... so, then... tell me truthfully, both of you, exactly what happened last night. Because if there's any evidence, any evidence at all -- she will probably find it..."

You and Rose take turns coming clean. Charlotte listens, growing paler and paler, utterly aghast. She had some idea, of course, that you two had been involved in dirty business before. But hearing directly that you helped slaughter Russian mobsters does a number on her. She looks ready to faint by the time you're through.

"Well then," she says, clearing her throat and trying to process her new reality. "Well... well. I guess we're going to have to take drastic measures."
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>>3435544
>"Well... well. I guess we're going to have to take drastic measures."
Hooooooo boy.
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>>3435544
>"Well... well. I guess we're going to have to take drastic measures."
This sounds fun
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>>3435544
>"Well... well. I guess we're going to have to take drastic measures."
Why is this the part that scares me the most?
Is it time for Alaska already?
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>>3435544

>"Well... well. I guess we're going to have to take drastic measures."

Oh no.
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>>3435544
>alleging that the military's interest in using Sand Reckoner would violate third amendment protections... lo and behold... you're both free to go."
What a God.
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>>3435544
>Saul's third amendment gambit pulled through
Fucking legend
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>he filed an emergency brief in appellate court alleging that the military's interest in using Sand Reckoner would violate third amendment protections... lo and behold... you're both free to go.
I can't believe that shit worked.

On another note, just how much do you intend to curse me, OP? >>3431875
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>>3435544
>drastic measures
I'm getting an eerie sense of deja vu
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The hero we deserve. Poor
Noelle though.
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>>3435551
>Is it time for Alaska already?
>already
We're 1-2 episodes until the season finally anon
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It's one thing after another today. At work, in the lobby of Darkbloom Analytics, Dr. Carte meets you and Rose.

She's blunt and to the point: "Cerise is missing."

Your gut does somersaults.

"She went to the bathroom this morning... " Dr. Carte says. "She was taking a long time... so I went to check on her. The window was open... she was gone. She ran away."

You quake with anger. "She didn't run away. Goddamn it-- this cannot be happening... not now, not now..."

"I'm so sorry, Alabaster," Dr. Carte says. She lays a hand on yours; you swat it back. But you're a hypocrite, after all. You've let Cerise have bathroom breaks unaccompanied, too. She deserves that dignity, at least.

Still... still...

"We'll find her," Dr. Carte says.

"Go away. Fuck you. Useless..."

You push past her. Rose casts her an apologetic glance over her shoulder, but follows you to the elevators.
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>>3435566
Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck
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Dammit, he got us with the bladder qualia play after all.
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>>3435566
>"Go away. Fuck you. Useless..."
Ha, get fucked
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>>3435566
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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>>3435566

>Cerise's Missing.

Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, shit is getting real too fast.
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>>3435566
No bully cakey ;_;
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>>3435566
Fuck off, Alabaster. Don't yell at Renee
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Rose paces around the office, back and forth, and then in circles.

"Would you cut that out?" You say. "It's making me anxious by proxy."

She ignores you. "I just called up to her office. Vivian didn't show to work this morning."

"I can only process one missing person case at a time," you tell her.

"This... this whole thing..." Rose says. "It's Vivian. Vivian did this."

"How the hell could Vivian have engineered this? She wasn't even there."

Rose shakes her head. "When was the last time we saw Darkbloom? When was the last time he came out?"

"I don't know. A few days ago, I guess. I saw him in the morning when Cerise woke up. Which is an awful way to wake up. You think you're spooning a cute girl, and it's actually a man--"

"Oh, and spooning a man, that's unusual for you--"

"Go screw y--" You stop, massage the bridge of your nose. "Anyway, he was gone again not long after that."

"Did he ever leave your sight during that time frame?"

"I... I mean, I let him use the bathroom."

Rose gives you a stern look.She doesn't need to tell you what she's thinking, after the way you berated Dr. Carte.

"He was locked in there -- and that bathroom has no windows to the outside. So it's not like he could have done anything tricky."

"I thought you were following him literally everywhere."

"Excuse the hell out of me if I got tired of watching my sister take her morning shit. What does this have to do with anything, anyway? And how is Vivian of all people responsible?"

Rose quits pacing and puts a forefinger to her lips. She ponders for a long while. Then: "We stopped seeing him as often right after the night he spoke with Vivian. He basically disappeared after that."

"So what? Vivian kicked his shit in, verbally. It ruined the poor guy. Even I felt bad for him. Which is saying something. Maybe the psychological trauma is keeping him sequestered away. What else is the explanation here?"

"Vermont Coma Genetics."

"What?"

"He passed a list of shell companies to Whitney, and she passed them to Vivian. I got a copy of that list... and decided to check on those companies..."

"I don't know whether to call you genius or deranged."

"I've told you a million times, Alabaster. I make it my business to know things. Well, every company on that list was an actual tax haven -- fraudulent LLCs based out of the Canary Islands, Vanuatu, Palau, Nauru, Luxembourg, San Marino, Delaware..."

"...Delaware?"

"I found all of them except Vermont Coma Genetics. I assumed it was simply well hidden, but -- it always bugged me -- like an ingrown hair, but I wasn't sure why..."

You groan. "Thanks for the mental image."

Rose pulls a wheeled whiteboard towards her and uncaps a pen. She writes on the board: VERMONT COMA GENETICS. It always annoyed you how neat her handwriting is, even when writing quickly.

Her eyes scan it for thirty seconds, a minute, two -- you're growing impatient, but you know better than to interrupt.

"VT..." she breathes. "Not Vermont. VT."
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She erases the word "VERMONT" and replaces it with "VT." Then she starts drawing lines underneath the letters -- rearranging them:

VT COMA GENETICS
GIVE ME CONTACTS

Bile rises in your throat. You stand and approach the whiteboard. You're shivering.

"Vivian..." you say. The lines are connecting inside your memory, now, too. "After that night with Darkbloom. She all of a sudden got real handsy with everyone for a few days. Kept hugging people."

"Yeah, she was a regular Joe Biden. I remember that."

"Cerise, too -- she hugged Cerise at that quiz bowl in the bar... did she... reverse pickpocket colored contact lenses into Cerise's jeans pocket?" Even as you say it, you want to disbelieve.

"That's it," Rose says. "That's exactly it. It must be."

"No... no, no. Goddamn it. Why? Vivian hates Darkbloom."

"No she doesn't. Darkbloom is her father. After everything -- he's her father. And if your father commands you to do something... no matter how distateful you find it... it's hard to say no..."

How long has Darkbloom been posing as Cerise? Hours, days -- weeks?

"What are we going to do?" You say, growing panicky.

Rose gazes at the ceiling. She's much more composed than you are, contemplative. "Tell our boss, I guess."
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>>3435581
Here is where we die. This is where we start dying.
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>>3435581
>>3435585
Motherfucker.
MOTHERFUCKER.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK
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On the bright side of all of this at least Saul got the chance to live out every constitutional law student's dream and pursue a 3rd amendment suit.
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>>3435585
FFFFFUCK

>it's possible that we actually boned darkbloom
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The one time.
The one time I let my shadowruns down.
The one time I stop checking around every nook and cranny.
The one time I stop checking for fucking ANAGRAMS of all things.

And OP knows exactly where to strike me.
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>>3435585
So uh...did we fuck Darkbloom?
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>>3435595
IN
A
BUNNY SUIT
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>>3435600
I can't wait to see what the chart looks like at the end of this episode.
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Wait guys, I think Rose got the anagram wrong. This is what Darkbloom was actually trying to say
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>>3435606
...David Darkbun?
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>>3435595
No
NO
THE COUNTER WENT UP
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>>3435612
RANK A

NOT S

THIS IS WHY
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>>3435612
But we've never gone over the limit yet.
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>>3435585

The motherfucker, he mastered the act of masqurading as Cerise, I never once considered the possiblty he might hide his eyes to mask his face.

Fuck, fuck fuck, we underestimated his trickyness, we've been fucking played! Like a fiddle!
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>>3435544
>he filed an emergency brief in appellate court alleging that the military's interest in using Sand Reckoner would violate third amendment protections... lo and behold... you're both free to go."
What a madman
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>>3435613
Fuck you, that's just because we didn't fuck mom yet
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"Ayep," Whitney says. You and Rose sit across from her in her office. "That's no surprise. You know what my superfans in /wdbg/ always say?"

You feign ignorance.

"Can't zoom the Darkbloom," Whitney tells you. "Guess that goes double for bio dad."

"Do you know what they could be up to?" Rose asks.

"Fuck, no. Maybe they just went out for a father-daughter ice cream cone. We can be optimistic and assume that's it. Best case scenario, right there."

"What did Darkbloom tell you that he didn't want anyone else to know?" You say.

Whitney still seems uncertain about telling you, but finally she comes out with it. "Bio dad had an implant of his own -- called it 'Diagonally' or something."

"We suspected that," you say. "That's no revelation. Is it the one Tyrus got his hands on, then?"

She frowns. "No... it's inside Vivian's head now."

"How does he know that?" Rose asks.

"He got suspicious about how she kept getting migraines around him." Whitney whips the fingers of her flattened hands up and down like the flippers of a pinball machine. "It's some sort of... interference. With his old implant. Kinda sad when you think about it... even if they could get along, she'd be in pain the whole time." She sighs and rests her cheek on the heel of her palm. "But I guess being in pain is just part for the course of being his daughter..."

"Par for the course," you correct.

"Go fuck yourself."

"What were you going to do about that?" You demand. "Just... nothing? Not tell anyone? Does Dr. Carte even know?"

"Nope. I'll tell you what I did about it, Ally. I talked to Vivian. Like a normal human being. You know how humans do that? That thing with the moving of your lips to make sounds that communicate thoughts? That thing?"

You lean back and give her a look that wordlessly communicates just as well as your lips could, "get on with it."

"She flat out refused to admit that it's true. Still... I could tell. She's got that motherfucker's implant in her eyeball. But I knew that until I could get her to come clean... helping her would be impossible."

"So -- you did nothing."

"It's called patience, assface. I swear to god. When I'm more patient that you, you're doing something wrong." She slaps her desk. "This is why I didn't want to tell you! Bio dad was actually right for once in his life. The second you get a new piece of information, you want to go running off like -- what's his name, the windmill guy."

"Don Quixote."

"Yeah, Donkey Hotay."

"I appreciate the strategy," Rose says, "but the fact remains that we've got a serious problem now. Vivian and David Darkbloom are together somewhere, doing god only knows what. This is the worst possible time--"

"We have to find them," you add.

Whitney shakes her head. "Nah."

"What?" You and Rose exclaim at once.

Whitney's voice is calm and level. "I trust my sister. Whatever she's doing is important. She'll come back soon -- and until then, I'm sure it's useless trying to find her."
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>>3435620
>You know what my superfans in /wdbg/ always say?
s m a r t e s t
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>>3435620
>/wdbg/
Oh now I really want to see THAT.
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>>3435620
Well fucking shit.

>/wdbg/
Hoh
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>>3435620
Man, first Alex and now Whitney. Hopefully Alabaster can learn his goddamn lesson already. Although I guess leaving it to Whitney in the first place kind of implies he's starting to...
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>>3435620
"He got suspicious about how she kept getting migraines around him." Whitney whips the fingers of her flattened hands up and down like the flippers of a pinball machine. "It's some sort of... interference. With his old implant. Kinda sad when you think about it... even if they could get along, she'd be in pain the whole time." She sighs and rests her cheek on the heel of her palm. "But I guess being in pain is just part for the course of being his daughter..."


;_;


Also disappointed that /wdbg/ doesn't exist in THIS universe yet, but I did get a 404 page with 8man on it, so that's something.
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>>3435620
I didn't realize how much I missed Whitney
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>>3435620


>Whitney's voice is calm and level. "I trust my sister. Whatever she's doing is important. She'll come back soon -- and until then, I'm sure it's useless trying to find her."

This both worries and soothes me, I trust Darkbloom to not be working to fuck us over, but at the same time I have no idea what a literal dead man could be thinking pulling this shit.

Much less how far he's willing to go to keep his daughter by his side. This is really fucking bad..
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>>3435620
>/wdbg/
Are there others?
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>>3435620
>"Bio dad had an implant of his own -- called it 'Diagonally' or something."

So has Sable been playing right into Papa D's keikaku?
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>>3435620
>Can't zoom the Darkbloom

Truer words have never been spoken. Considering that David is ostensibly opposed to Mara, them being gone is probably fine for us, but it makes less sense that Mara installed Vivian's implant herself now. Maybe it would have worked out in her favor if the Cerkbloom situation didn't happen?
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>>3435633
>Hopefully Alabaster can learn his goddamn lesson already.
What did he do wrong?
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>>3435619
I think we're going to have to fuck Darkbloom and Cerise one more time just to make sure.
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>>3435643
Diogenes isn't Diegesis.
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Rose2 pokes her head in. "Uh... is this a bad time?"

"Yes. Yes it is," Rose says. "Fuck off."

"I have some important papers here from Mr. Mallory, is the thing... they are-- what did he say-- note-ar-ized..."

You sigh and beckon her to deliver them to you. The foul look Rose shoots her, scares her out of the office just as soon as the envelope is in your hand.

"I wish you two would get along better," you say when Rose2 is gone.

"Don't press your luck, asshole."

You open the envelope, unfold the papers and scan them quickly.

"Well?" Rose says.

"...Your dad is disowning me."

"What!" Rose snatches the papers from you. She scans them now herself, to confirm, clutching the sides so hard they crinkle and deform. As she reads, she grows visibly angry.

"Pursuant to California family law... hereby notifying Alabaster Soliloquy, the dependent... severing guardianship and all parental responsibilities, next of kin rights, powers of attorney, tax credits, inheritance -- to be effective immediately -- what the fuck!"

"I didn't even know that was possible," Whitney says. "What a shitty day..."

"Unbelievable," Rose mutters. "The nerve -- after everything you've -- this is absolutely absurd..."

"It's really not a big deal," you say. "I know your dad doesn't like me. And it's not like I'm Oliver Twist, getting kicked to an orphanage somewhere."

"That's not the point!" Rose hollers. She springs to her feet. "The fucking gall of that man... and he didn't even tell you to your face? I'm gonna go give him a piece of my mind."

"Since when do you care so much about whether I've got a place in your family?"

"Fuck you!" She storms out.
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You pick up the legal papers that Rose discarded, fold them back up, and -- more to give your hands something to do than anything -- move to place them back inside the envelope. But doing so, you notice a yellow sticky note inside that you hadn't at first. You pull it out and hold it up for Whitney to see, the adhesive side sticking to your forefinger.

"Saul's handwriting," you explain. "It must have fallen off the notice inside the envelope."

"What's it say?" Whitney asks.

You turn it over in your hand and read aloud.

Your heart sinks.

"A... a husband and wife cannot be compelled to testify against one another. While it is illegal for adopted siblings to marry... under California state law... first cousins can."

You look up. Whitney is wearing a broad, silly grin. She might have a jealous streak, but she appreciates the irony of the situation all the same, and she must especially appreciate the miserable look on your face right now.

You begin to say something, but you're not sure what, and quickly stop yourself.

"Can I be the best man?" Whitney says.

END OF EPISODE 11.

Season 2 ED (A): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U176fUXwPYA
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>>3435652
>"...Your dad is disowning me."
I mean sure, whatever, that doesn't mean anything. But it's the principle of the matter.
I'm on team "let's fuck Charlotte" now.
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>>3435652
Jesus fuck
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>>3435657
B E S T D A D
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>>3435652
DRASTIC

MEASURES
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>>3435657
BEST LAWYER
BEST DAD
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>>3435658
>>3435657
OH
OH
NEVER MIND
I TAKE IT BACK
BASED FUCKING SAUL
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>>3435657
BASED HOLY FUCK I TAKE IT BACK
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>>3435657
oh jesus christ, the madman
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>>3435657
Guys
We gotta make Stackleford best man.
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>>3435657

Thanks for the hard work OP! This episode was great, excited for A L A S K A.
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>>3435652
Rose is truly the best
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>>3435657
>"Can I be the best man?" Whitney says.
I dunno. Do we get an Alex bridesmaid for it?
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>>3435657
what a hoodwink.
BASED OP STUDIOS
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>>3435657
FUCKING BASED

ALASKA HERE WE FUCKING COME
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>>3435657
Alaska is on the horizon now, I guess.

Good run, OP, even if it taste like defeat for me and the other Sablefags (IF there are other Sablefags).
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>>3435657
THIS IS WHY SAUL IS THE MOTHERFUCKING BEST.

ROSE CONFIRMED FOR ALASKA WIFE, HAHA, EAT SHIT SAUL HATERS AND ROSE2 FAGS.
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>>3435678
Sorry mate. I wanted to be a Sablefag in the beginning, but Vivian had my heart too tightly. And then Camelia swung that pocketwatch in my face.
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>>3435667
>Not Fazil
You disgust me
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>>3435678
Don’t worry, the Alexfags probably feel the same.
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>>3435657
10/10 BEST DAD

>>3435648
He basically does not trust or communicate with his loved ones at all. As Alex and Whitney kept calling him out on this episode:
>"You should be thanking me," Alex says. "Nothing is going to happen except when I say so. I talked Sable out of her first idea. She just wanted to blow it all up. That's such a very Alabaster move -- don't you think?"
>Alex can't meet your eyes. "I don't know, Ally. I knew you wouldn't -- or, that is to say, that you'd think -- oh, never mind. Why do I always need to explain myself? You never explain yourself to me."
>"Sable was right about you, after all. You still don't understand anything about what people mean to you."
>"It's called patience, assface. I swear to god. When I'm more patient that you, you're doing something wrong."
Granted, over the course of this episode Alabaster has been through some rough shit, so it's natural that he'd be kind of a dick. But all of this stuff is really part for the course with him, and you can't really blame the two of them for being kind of sick of it. The Alex scene in particular read to me like when you love someone, but they've been kind of a dick for such a long time that you start to feel cynical about them.

>>3435678
Every character in Fuck Quest is a hardcore swinger at this point though, does it really matter who's married to who?
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>>3435678

I was almost a Sablefag anon, but then I saw the holy light, the pure and righteous path of Rose.

Why not join me anon? We can both enjoy amazing Banter and hate sex in harmony if you accept our Lord and Rapist Rose.
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>>3435692
>does it really matter who's married to who?
Yes because it means Rose won.
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>>3435692
>He basically does not trust or communicate with his loved ones at all
It’s worse really, because he practically trusts Rose and Cerise with damn near everything (especially Rose) and cuts everyone else out.
Imagine how that makes the others feel.
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>>3435692
>He basically does not trust or communicate with his loved ones at all
Except that's not true and he has told literally everybody about the Darkbloom situation whenever asked. If anything Whitney and Alex were doing just that
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>>3435692
>Being in a Harem = being a swinger
Not really
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>>3435702
> ... and he has told literally everybody about the Darkbloom situation whenever asked

But that's factually untrue. Like, completely.
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>>3435657
BASED SAUL
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>>3435706
Who didn't we tell? I don't remember not telling anybody who asked that Darkbloom was in Cerise
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>>3435710
>People who we told immediately
Rose
Cerise
Renee

>People we delayed telling
Whitney
Vivian

>people who don't know
Literallye verybody else.
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>>3435702
Yeah, and of course people are going to just ask "hey is Darkbloom reincarnated into your sister's body?" without being told something was up. He only really told people who were necessary, plus maybe Vivian. And even then, this is just one thing; you gotta admit he's pretty poor at communicating overall. Better than he's been in the past, maybe, but you could see why some of the people who are very close to him but not named Rose Mallory would be upset.

>>3435699
Nah, you gotta think about it like Whitney. More weddings just means more chances for raunchy bachelor parties, huge ceremonies to cause antics in, and whatever else our horny mind can come up with.

>>3435705
Doesn't really work when most of the girls are fucking each other left and right, Anon.
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So Darkbloom requested the contacts back in episode 6, and promptly received later in that same episode.

The 3/10 episode, of course, meaning OP was arranging the plot behind the curtain while we were all distracted by amazing slice of life shenanigans. AAAAAAA

Any Cerise interaction past that point had a chance at being Darkbloom. I've 99% convinced myself that it really was Darkbloom during the camshow based on some of the languages ticks, but those could also potentially be construed as Cerise being in character as Sakura Dokuhaku. The bunny suit really does serve as a distraction in this case, however.
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>>3435724

He really had impressive dedication to the act if he was willing to offer up his virginity for it.
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So Fuck Quest is obviously a harem and I don't mean to imply otherwise but does this mean that Rose has fully morphed into being the main girl?
Also fucking fantastic episode OP best one since S2.
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You have no idea what a colossal pain in the ass it was to count the Roses tonight.

CURRENT PROMINENCE BY MENTION:
Whitney: 826
Rose: 702
Cerise: 671
Renee: 512
Vivian: 501
Rose2: 378
Alex: 285
Camelia/Amber: 247
Galatea: 232
Charlotte: 175
Kay: 167
Makoto: 149
Noelle: 102
Sable: 52
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>>3435738
Thanks for running.

Rose best waifu.
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>>3435712
>>People who we told immediately
>Rose
>Cerise
>Renee
Yeah those were the people on a need to know basis. Of course we'd tell them

>>People we delayed telling
>Whitney
>Vivian
They were much more risky to tell of fucking course Alabaster would consider it more he's not a retard he still told them pretty quickly

Also you're missing Kay and I feel like we told Gal but don't quote me on that, I'll skim through the archives to make sure

>>people who don't know
>Literallye verybody else.
What did you want us to tell Rose-fucking-2? I love her but she had no business knowing it had nothing to do with her, why in a million years would he tell her that?

>>3435713
But nobody asked that. We either told then we need to talk or they asked if something was wrong. Just cause he didn't tell Makoto doesn't mean he was being shit at communication, she had no reason to know about it.

>And even then, this is just one thing; you gotta admit he's pretty poor at communicating overall
Eh, I honestly don't see how he's that much worse than anybody else. I mean even as far back as the early days of season 2 he told both Cerise and Rose about the situation. I feel like people are just being hard on him cause he's the mc like in a lot of quests
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>>3435738
Was it worth it to give two characters the same name, OP?
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>>3435743
>I mean even as far back as the early days of season 2 he told both Cerise and Rose about the situation
Refer to >>3435701
Cerise and Rose are pretty much the ONLY people Alabaster trusts with anything and I know that because I'm one of the people that votes for telling them things and only them.
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>>3435738
Thanks as always, OP. This episode was a fucking blast.
I'm mad as fuck you sneaked that anagram by me. AAAA.

Also question, you had mentioned that certain lewd scenes that were technically SFW worked for their own red hearts (i.e. hot tub footjob). Would Noelle's Ol' Reliable Rodeo count for one of those as well?

>>3435743
I'm not sure why you're getting mad at me, Anonymous-dono. He asked who we hadn't told, and I answered, plain and simple.
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>>3435738

Heartless
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>>3435751
>Would Noelle's Ol' Reliable Rodeo count for one of those as well?

You know, you're right. I actually even thought of adding it and for some reason didn't. I'll notch it up on future charts.

>>3435744
No... no, not at all.
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>>3435713
>Doesn't really work when most of the girls are fucking each other left and right, Anon.
It's a harem anon, they have threesomes and even sometimes yuri scenes in most hentai of that genre, it's just our harem in much more perverted and promiscuous. But they still keep it inside the harem, you don't see Whitney or Cerise sucking random dicks all the time

>>3435744
It's funny so I'd say yes
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>>3435756
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>>3435743
>But nobody asked that. We either told then we need to talk or they asked if something was wrong.
That's the point, Anon! Nobody could have possibly known to ask unless we told them in the first place. But it stands to reason that, say, Alex would have really liked to know, and given how close he is to both Alabaster and Cerise, it'd be kind of insulting that he didn't. Same thing with the plot to blow up Darkbloom Analytics last season.

Like, fair enough if he thinks Cerise and Rose are the only people who need to be in the loop on absolutely everything, but given how close he is to Whitney and Alex, it's kind of insulting that he doesn't clue them in on things immediately, too.

>>3435758
Yeah, but you're not the one who has to tally up the stats (and thank you as always for doing so, OP)
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I have to say, I had a ton of fun this episode. I'm wiped! Thank you all for reading, see you on 4/20.
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>>3435788
See you then, OP-sama. I'll approach it with a mixture of fear and excitement.
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>>3435788
sleep tight OP
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checklist updated to reflect the new information
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>>3435797
Hmm, yes, perfect.
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>>3435788
See ya then, and thanks for the fun in this run!

It may be 4/20 for you, but it'll be Easter Sunday for me. And since Mom, Amber, and Darkbloom already came back to life, I'm left wondering who else is gonna get resurrected.

>>3435797
>Schrodinger's Fuck
Works for me. Also, not gonna move Stasi to presumed dead yet?
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>>3435797
Stasi isn't under "Presumed Dead"?
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>>3435802
>>3435803
whoops, that's a goof.
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>>3435788
Amazing episode as always OP! Thank you for running and see you 4/20.

It's time, to bring it all to a close..
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>>3435748
Well I mean of course Alabaster would tell the people he knows he can trust for certain first, but he still told a bunch of other people even risky ones like Vivian, Renee, and Whitney. I wouldn't say it's hardly a communication issue

>>3435751
Same person, different ID

I was talking about people who asked him in specific anon or those who were on a need to know basis. Not mad, I just usually use expletives for emphasis a lot

>>3435772
We were never given the option to tell him though. The only time we could've was the first time but that was only for people who were on a need to know basis. And given his current stressed and emotionally unstable state that the last time something big happened he went against Alabaster it would make sense to hesitate a little, it'd be retarded not to

Also I'm sure Alabaster would've really liked to know about Sable coming back and that she's trying to destroy the company because it directly involved him. If Alex needed to know we would've told him the 2 situations are too different to be compared. It's not an issue with communication it's an issue of "do they need to know?"
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>>3435788
Night OP

Is the next episode the last or are you still going for 13?
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>>3435838
I plan on 13 episodes for season 3. It can't be fewer than that, but we'll see how things go for whether it's any longer. I'm pretty sure I can do everything I want to and give you the key votes before the midseason break in 2 episodes, though.
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>>3435846
FOUR MORE YEARS OF FUCK QUEST
FOUR MORE YEARS
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>>3435788
It was a great episode this week, thanks for the work OP!
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>>3435788
I can reveal my final trick at last.
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>>3435876
FUCK QUEST FOREVER
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>>3434996
When the hell have we lied to Alex about anything actuslly important? He's been kind of a fucking shit this season.

Also we want to give EVERYONE reality warping powers? Does no one else think that's fucking retarded? We'll be arming soldiers with dimensional fuckery technology.
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And another boop for good measure.

I hope everything's okay for her ;_;
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>>3435876
If we start a patreon to fund OP and give them the cybernetics they need we can make /fq/ eternal.
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>>3435971
What a suffering existence.
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>Alex betraying us
>Whitney betraying us
>Vivian betraying us
I'm starting to think we've been asleep at the wheel here. We try being honest with everyone and now they're just taking advantage of us.
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>>3435657
>"A... a husband and wife cannot be compelled to testify against one another. While it is illegal for adopted siblings to marry... under California state law... first cousins can."
ONCE REMOVED
>>3435788
Thanks for running!
>>3435876
>>3435943
The real Fuck Quest was the fellow Fuck Questers we met along the way
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>>3436090
this, exactly this, alabaster is being far less of a bastard this entire season and everyone is being an utter shitheel. I kinda hope he snaps and starts ripping peoples assholes apart over this shit. This type of thing is the exact reason why he does the asshole shit he does.
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>>3436090
How the fuck did Whitney betray us? That’s ridiculous. She made a judgment call, and a good one, too. What could Alabaster have done with the information that Vivian has an implant she won’t admit to, other than freak out about it?

Alex’s actions are perhaps misguided but he clearly means well for us too. He didn’t do the right thing in the end, it’s a breach of trust, but I don’t consider it as severe as “betrayal”

Jury’s out on Vivian. Personally I suspect she’s making a move against Mara actually — the opposite of betrayal. This exchange was important enough to OP that he did a miniature flashback to include it:

>and even Vivian -- who was none too pleased to hear that Russian mafia had tried to kidnap you.

>"If you don't want them threatening me, take it up with your mother," you told her.

>To which Vivian replied with nothing but a blank stare. Such a talker, Vivian.
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>>3435657
Perfection
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>>3436305
My favorite part about this perfect scene is that Rose2 is the one who HAND DELIVERED the news that Alabaster is being set up to marry Rose.

>The absolute state of Rose2fags
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>>3436315
Oh man, I didn’t even think of that. BTFO
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>>3436322
I don’t know what Biden’s got to do with it but yes, Rose2 confirmed for eternally cuckqueaned.

I want to be wedded to Rose in holy matrimony! I really want to!
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>>3436189
actually, when I read that my brain automatically added the once removed so that I thought it had always been there.
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>>3436252
>whitney
She's enabled her little sister to kidnap our big sister and has helped her plot with tbe guy who murdered our parents. If she wanted us to trust her more, maybe letting a child experimenting psychopath kidnap her is a FUCKING TERRIBLE IDEA.

>alex
He's been working with Sable who would happily kill us and is using a Diogenes idea which she has assured him won't kill us. All he has is her word to trust. Also, yknow, he wants to make the entire human race able to warp reality because a fucking crazy lady told him a good idea. He's being kind of a cunt and, again, when the fuck have we lied to him about anything?

>Vivian
Take all of what Whitney did and magnify it by 10.

They're supposed to trust us like we trust them. None of them fucking had. Whitney literally said 'lol you deserve this' while doubling down about how we should trust her not trusting us. Are you fucking psychotic?

This is a joke desu. I can't believe anyone is defending any of the three of them. We've been enabling them, helping them and being open with them and 2 conspired to kidnap our sister to help our parents' murderer and the third's doing everything he's doing because a fucking psycho lady said making everyone reality warpers is a swell idea. Fuck, at least Carmelia wanted to destroy sand reckoner, these fucking retards want it to be fucking mandatory. We'll all be slaves to sand reckoner but instead of us having 5 select masters, your only master will be a device you need to exist or else bazingo, another fucking car crash.
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>>3436474

Alex did to us literally the exact same thing we did to him in season 2. Turnabout is fair play. More critically I also trust him enough to know whether the plan with Diogenes is capable of freeing our brain from the connection to the servers. He is not blindly trusting Sable, he is the lead dev on Diogenes, and was critical to building SR, he understands it as well as she does.

As far as Whitney “enabling” Vivian to kidnap Cerise, would you care to explain to the class how Alabaster knowing that Vivian has an implant would, in any way, have prevented this situation? And even if you think it could have, how could you say Whitney “conspired” to kidnap Cerise? It’s not like she helped. As far as we know (and if she did, I’d be shocked beyond words)

It’s honestly like you’re role playing as Alabaster, thinking emotionally and accusing the other characters of things that rationality shows are either not true, or outright impossible/ridiculous.
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Different topic for a second.

FYI, the scoreboard for attempted love confessions between Ally and Rose stands at 2-2 unless I’m missing something.

Rose:
Season 2 episode 10, as she dozed off after Alabaster fucked her
Season 2 episode 15, in the sewers, rebuffed by Alabaster

Alabaster:
Season 2 episode 10, right before Rose is about to get in a shootout with Russians
Season 3 episode 11, again prior to Rose going ham on Russian rye, rebuffed by Rose

So unless I’m forgetting any... third times the charm?
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>>3436836
Sounds right to me. How many attempted confessions from Cerise do we have before she's uncerimoniously interrupted? 2 or 3?
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>>3436878
With Cerise it depends on how you count. I’m 99% positive they said “I love you” mutually without interruption in season 2 episode 14, before Cerise left for Washington. I can’t go back and check atm though. But being brother and sister, “I love you” can carry some very different connotations depending on how you say it.

Whitney got her love confession in season 2 episode 15 after she shot Vasily. (Pro tip to prospective haremites: they key to Alabaster’s heart is slaying Russians)

I don’t think anyone else has had a mutual confession.
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>>3436836
>So unless I’m forgetting any... third times the charm?
At the alter next episode
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>>3437011
You don’t say “I love you” at the altar anon you say “I do”

You say “I love you” in the marital bed, again and again, while you passionately consummate the marriage with unprotected babymaking sex
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>>3436608
>turnabout
Us openly telling Alex "we're working with Carmelia, we want to take Darkbloom down" is not equal to "Hey I've been working with Sable behind everyone's backs and you should shut up and listen to me because I'm right." Also, are you forgetting the fact that nobody fucking knows how DIOGENES works besides Sable? Alex had no idea last season and this season, he's doing what he's told. Again. I have no idea why you think be understands what's happening sinve he has, tike and again, been shown not to get it. Even if he does get it, he's still listening to a madwoman who thinks all of humanity using reality as a sextoy is a good idea.

Whitney knew there was coded language and that Vivian was scheming something and she's not surprised Vivian stole our sister who is currently being possessed by someone who happily and repeatedly experimented on humans. A lie of omission is still a lie and when it crosses over into "kidnap Cerise", that is no longer just her own private family matters.

If they trusted us like we trusted them, they would tell us this. We have come clean to our friends and family every time we've had the chance to. We could have lied to Alex in season 2, didn't and he hated our guts.

You are being far to facilitating. It would be one thing if they approached us openly and said "I think we should do this for these reasons" like Alabaster has been. We have listened to and followed the advice of all 3 of these people. The fact that they are keeping information from us now because "we can't handle it" is the exact same bullshit logic we got called out on LAST season but you're trying tk justify it now despite it happening to us now.

This is dogshit reasoning. Its even worse because Alex's "solution" is fucking insane and Sable has burned Alex and Alabaster before and Whitney/Viv are endangering Cerise.

At the fucking least, then lying is peak bullshit and acting like they're justified in lying and stealing our choices away is fucking stupid.
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>>3435955
>Also we want to give EVERYONE reality warping powers? Does no one else think that's fucking retarded? We'll be arming soldiers with dimensional fuckery technology.
Yeah, I agree in retrospect that does kind of seem ridiculous, it'll only take one genius like Darkbloom to advance that technology for their own evil gain

There are good ways and bad ways to progress humanity

>>3436090
>I'm starting to think we've been asleep at the wheel here.
That's what happens when we're forced to wait for the plot to happen for half of the season

>We try being honest with everyone and now they're just taking advantage of us.
Yeah, I'm starting to actively dislike some characters more now

>>3436242
>I kinda hope he snaps and starts ripping peoples assholes apart over this shit. This type of thing is the exact reason why he does the asshole shit he does.
Agreed that'd be great to see, some people deserve a slap to the face right about now

>How the fuck did Whitney betray us? That’s ridiculous. She made a judgment call, and a good one, too. What could Alabaster have done with the information that Vivian has an implant she won’t admit to, other than freak out about it?
While I agree that betrayal is a strong word but she definitely isn't as right as you imply. She absolutely should've told us considering that Alabaster's fucking sister is being possessed by Darkbloom and we could've handled the situation much better with that knowledge. It's the same reason why we told Whitney except us telling Whitney was much more dangerous considering her rash personality and tendency to feel more than think but we still trusted her enough to tell her, something she didn't do to us at all

>misguided
I'd use dumb but to each their own

>Jury’s out on Vivian. Personally I suspect she’s making a move against Mara actually — the opposite of betrayal. This exchange was important enough to OP that he did a miniature flashback to include it:
I'm still waiting to see what her whole master plan was to judge if it's stupid but for the most part I agree that she's probably trying to fuck over Mara

>>3436474
>They're supposed to trust us like we trust them. None of them fucking had. Whitney literally said 'lol you deserve this' while doubling down about how we should trust her not trusting us. Are you fucking psychotic?
That also kinda of pissed me off. She was just kind of like "Nah I'm right, you're wrong" without showing any regret when shit when south. Made me wanna slap her

Maybe she realizes that she'll never ever suffer any negative consequences for her actions cause she's a comedic character and immune to anything cause PLOT?

[1/2]

Also 421
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>>3436608
>Alex did to us literally the exact same thing we did to him in season 2
What? How? We did tell him and tried to convince him to come to our side but he was so dead set on helping Sable out cause he thinks it's the only thing in his life that gives him meaning. In this situation he's dealing with shit that could kill us and our sister and trying to give everybody an implant like he's Oprah of his own free will without being threatened by Darkbloom, Camelia, or the Russians. It's not alike at all

>He is not blindly trusting Sable, he is the lead dev on Diogenes, and was critical to building SR, he understands it as well as she does.
Except he doesn't and that's why he chose to destroy his body by staying up many sleepless nights just to try and find anything, he clearly doesn't understand this, he's not a super autist like Sable is. He clearly needs Sable, not only for the implant shit but also for his own fucked up form of validation despite Alabaster being there for him this whole time (Hence the amazing hug scene)

>As far as Whitney “enabling” Vivian to kidnap Cerise, would you care to explain to the class how Alabaster knowing that Vivian has an implant would, in any way, have prevented this situation? And even if you think it could have, how could you say Whitney “conspired” to kidnap Cerise? It’s not like she helped. As far as we know (and if she did, I’d be shocked beyond words)
I agree that she didn't conspire the situation but telling Alabaster could've changed how he dealt with the situation drastically. She thought it was a good idea not to tell him because Darkbloom told her and never thought "Of course he would say that, it's necessary for his whole plan to work". It seems like she trusts Vivian much more than us and can't even return the trust we give her

>It’s honestly like you’re role playing as Alabaster, thinking emotionally and accusing the other characters of things that rationality shows are either not true, or outright impossible/ridiculous.
And it's honestly like you're siding with the waifus unconditionally cause they're waifus and shutting yourself off from their flaws cause then you wouldn't like them that much
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>>3436315
>>3436322
>>3436355
She's always been a mega-cuck, especially to Rose, that's what makes her existence so funny and why I love her
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>>3436836
He confessed his love for her to Saul too. Partially explains his endorsement here.
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I am raging at myself for falling asleep so early last night.... I missed the entire live event, but at least DVR got my back.

All that aside, the votes all went the direction I would have voted in, so I don't feel particularly displeased, and that ending Shamalama-Ding-Donged me straight into the Shadow Realm. Well played OP.

As far as I can tell, lines are being drawn by multiple camps now, notably Camp Sable, Fort FBI(though by the looks of it, Noelle is on thin ice and likely about to fall out of favor with her superiors....a chance to sway her away from the ruinous powers of the Big Bad Gub'mint perhaps?) and Camp Darkbloom. I do wonder if, biiiiiiiiiiig if, but IF it is in any way possible to get those two one the same page, in any way.

Even if it is an infinitesimally small chance, I want to reach for it with all my might.... even if it breaks us.
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>>3437297
>two

Three! I meant three.
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I’m glad there is more of a consensus on how we are borderline on our own side now (with Rose/our family). Maybe Alabaster calling everyone out on their deceptions is how he ends up in Alaska. Putting Cerise in danger, even if it is just potential danger, is too far. “I trust my sister” doesn’t make that any better even if she’s right. Aiding Darkbloom with the contacts is a red line. No coming back from that. Alex and Sable deserve each other. I’m just hoping they don’t make things any worse than they already have. I can see him brushing off individual things, but how can Alabaster not freak out on just about everyone at this point?
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>>3437297
I mean everybody pretty much hates Mara. If there's anything that'll bring those people together it's murdering her

>>3437340
My thoughts exactly
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>>3432643
June First
6 1
4+2 = 6
4 2 1
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Im worried anons. My birthday is 4/21. What kind of FQ present am i getting...
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>>3437505
Couldn't be worse than the present I got for my birthday in 2014.
Fuck Quest got banned from /a/.
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Your waifu in a bunnysuit.
https://youtu.be/YLMaSII_URU
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>>3437546
Anya really was best girl.
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Thinking about it more the thought of everyone having reality warping thought-form implants is a bad idea (as many have brought up itt).
It may be wise to find a way to prevent that, even if Sable and Alex hate us forever for it.
partially I feel it’s about time Alabaster takes some goddamn initiative with this shit instead of haplessly going along with everyone else’s desires.
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>>3437788
>partially I feel it’s about time Alabaster takes some goddamn initiative with this shit instead of haplessly going along with everyone else’s desires.
I find it funny how when Alabaster takes what he wants everybody calls him an asshole but the second he calms down and lets everybody do what they want they start acting stupid

Poor guy can't catch a break
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>>3437788
>spoiler
I feel like if Alabaster does go for that route in forsaking either options (a select few in power getting control of this technology or giving everyone a chance to have it) then he is only left with burning it all down.
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>>3437960
For all his social ineptitude he's still a pretty smart guy.
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MAYBE if you only consider the parent series, but I don't know how you can call Anya the best girl in that narrative world when Winifred Burkle exists.

Yes I have a taste for shy nerdy meganekko, what's it to you
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>>3438450
Fred is easily my number two.

Anya > Fred > Drusilla > Willow > Faith > Buffy > Glory > Dawn
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>>3438456
I can begrudgingly respect that. At least you recognize that Dawn is the living worst.

FWIW, Angel season 5 was another huge inspiration for Fuck Quest season 3
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>>3438456
>>3438464

I forgot Cordelia somehow. Put her in between Buffy and Glory.

I had a feeling about that. Think I even drew the parallel in an early thread. :^)
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>>3438456
I always thought it was strangely fitting that Anya had a good head for business and accounting.

After all, she had spent a thousand plus years getting even...
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>>3438464
Hopefully Alabaster doesn't pull a Xander at his wedding.
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>>3438464
>>3438533
Also, when do we get a musical episode of Fuck Quest? Season 6 was easily the lowest point of the series, but Once More With Feeling is still a masterpiece.
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>>3438704
At the Comiket episode with Makoto's impromptu idol concert duet with Whitney. And Renee watching and listening to this spectacle.

Will also feature a Tokusatsu skit showing an allegory of the various forming factions pushing their agendas.

As an aside, where does Harmony stack in that tier list? She just sticks to my mind for the nickname, really.
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>>3438710
Harmony is the Rose2 of the Buffyverse. Still better than Glory
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>>3438714
Fuck I almost meant this is a one-off joke, but the more I think about it, the more absolutely true it is.
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>>3438716
I wasn't joking when I said season 5 of Angel was a big inspiration :^)

>>3438469
Cordy was such a great character for about a minute. After she matured from being an utter bitch, and before the writers made... all those strange decisions with her character arc of becoming a baby oven for a demon.

>>3438704
>>3438710
Comiket definitely needs to happen for as hyped up as it's been, and hopefully it can live up to that. I know Rose only bought three tickets, but that doesn't mean we'll only get three characters there.
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>>3438725
>Comiket [...] doesn't mean we'll only get three characters there.
forever based, OP
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>>3438725
>that doesn't mean we'll only get three characters there.
Renee and Vivian doing a paired cosplay together! Renee doesn't really get it, but she's going along with it to make Vivian happy
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>>3438758
>More season 1 characters
Wouldn't even surprise me
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>>3438776
I want to catch Noelle in the act of buying yuri loli tanks when she should be apprehending a suspect!

I want to buy doujin hardware with Cerise!

I want to buy another eyepatch for Amber!
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>>3438776
>>3438779
>>3438758

I want to have a beer with ZUN and Rose!

I want to play obnoxious weeb rhythm games with Rose2!

I want to perform in the cosplay contest with Vivian and Renee!

I want to show Sable the value of retro technology!

I want to save Alex from a horde of thirsty photographers!
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>>3437340
honestly, the supporting cast pursuing their own agendas has been one of the most refreshing changes between season 1 and 2.

In season 1 it barely mattered what Alabaster did. No matter who was pissed or why, his pine scented jizz would eventually fix the problem.

in season 2 we had some irreconcilable conflicts of interest which made our choices much more impactful.

In season 3 we may have forever damaged some relationships beyond salvaging. Noelle, for example, is unlikely to be able to justify continuing to see Alabaster. Galatea may never get to see the real Cerise again.

As for Alex, it's very important to realize that Alabaster is living with a gun pointed at his head. If you care about someone in that position, the only sensible thing to do is try to take away the gun. Even if that person really, really wants it there.

>>3438450
Winifred Burkle is truly best girl, illyria robbed us of our greatest joy. Aud was second best girl, and far better than Xander ever deserved.

>>3438725
I would love it if fucking everyone in the cast had to go to comiket for extremely important reasons, only to be swept up in Sol shenanigans instead.

>Cordelia
oh hey, you know what would be great? what? if we threw out seasons and seasons of character growth.

it's sad because Jasmine could have been implemented better.
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>>3438782
I want to watch a live demo of Sakura Dokuhaku modding MIDI-controlled furbys she intends to sell at her booth!
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>>3438779
>>3438782
Oh, we're doing this now?

I want to buy confectionery from Mom's stall! Rose2 probably wants it named "Donut Steel".

I want Rose aggressively enforcing "Cosplay is NOT consent" within the premises!

>I want to save Alex from a horde of thirsty photographers!
I want Kay to be one of those thirsty photographers!

>>3438797
>I want to watch a live demo of Sakura Dokuhaku modding MIDI-controlled furbys she intends to sell at her booth!
I want to find a way for Gal to be present for this!
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>>3438806
>I want to find a way for Gal to be present for this!
She's facetiming Cerise the whole time.
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>>3438792
I wouldn't mind if their plans weren't fucking terrible; Alex is trusting an insane Sable who, even at her best, thought Darkbloom was going to spread Sand Reckoner. Every single one of her plans ever has backfired horribly or, in the case of her podcast, done fucking nothing. And now she thinks letting everyone man

I shouldn't have to explain why Vivian's plan is stupid, that should be self explanatory since part of it is 'escape with a human experimenter who has already shown his extreme selfishness and trust he won't fuck me over for self preservation'
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I recently purchased all the volumes of the english-translated LNs of Yahari, and in the first chapter there is an interesting quote from Hikigaya (the character model for Alabaster)

>"I've got a fair amount of confidence in my skill with puzzle books, riddles, and things of that nature. I think I could win the All-Japan High School Quiz Championship."
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>>3438725
Hey, OP? Can you clarify something for me?

Is the deal with Scarlet's resurrection that she is some kind of quantum doppelganger that has manifested due to unintended Sandreckoner fuckery? Scarlett is observed by the system, ergo she exists in this reality?

Is this what is happening or have I been doing Meth again?
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A lot of you are giving the most uncharitable possible interpretation to Whitney's actions and are also casting a lot of undue blame upon her for what happened to Cerise. Let's examine it objectively.

What Whitney did: She talked to Darkbloom privately and learned that he believes Vivian has an implant. Darkbloom didn't want Alabaster to know.

Whitney considered the obvious possibility this was a manipulation tactic, and even discussed that possibility openly with Alabaster. She ultimately decided HERSELF that it would be unwise to tell him. That was in spite of Darkbloom, not because of him.

We were offered the chance to press the issue, which probably would have made Whitney tell us, and we decided not to. Alabaster therefore came to an understanding with Whitney that she knew something important and that he was okay with her decision not to tell him. Alabaster CHOSE that, willingly. He did so despite KNOWING that what Whitney learned that night could have huge implications, given that his sister is possessed by the undead spirit of David "Mengele" Darkbloom. (Cerise herself also was on board with it, she was present for this scene, and supported Whitney, and this was before there was any possibility that David had been able to pose as her)

We the readers and Alabaster as MC knew all along she chose to conceal a critical fact, she was upfront about that. She told him she was doing it.

So what impact did this decision have?

None, so far.

Think about it. Why did Darkbloom choose this moment to break free from Fuck Quest superjail? Presumably he's had many opportunities since getting those contacts, and only chose to do so now, why? Two strong possibilities, likely both true. #1: Darkbloom is freaked out about the Russian attack and knows that the time to act against Mara is now. #2: He was there for the conversation with Sable at Gal’s and knows that there's a plot to destroy the company.

How does Alabaster's knowledge of Vivian's implant change this equation? It doesn't! Either way, we end up at this point. Knowing about Vivian's implant would not have clued Alabaster or anyone else in about the "give me contacts" anagram nor would it have prevented Vivian from choosing to help him. Vivian made her choice to help Darkbloom literally like a day after seeing him. There was nothing we could have done from that moment to stop Darkbloom breaking free. It was only a matter of time once he got those contacts.

In fact, it was OUR decision to let them reunite that led to this moment, NOT Whitney's decision to keep Alabaster in the dark about a single critical, but ultimately unrelated detail. Because WE let Vivian and David see each other, Vivian made amends with him, and chose to help him. That wouldn’t happen if we denied him contact.

Whitney's decision to keep Vivian's implant to herself didn't change anything. Alabaster is far more to blame than Whitney. Of course Vivian bears the greatest blame since she is the one who did it.
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Quick, /FQ/! It’s time for Rose and Alabaster’s shotgun wedding, and you don’t have a lot of time to prepare! What gift do you buy the newlyweds for their wedding shower?
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>>3439070
>Whitney's decision to keep Vivian's implant to herself didn't change anything. Alabaster is far more to blame than Whitney. Of course Vivian bears the greatest blame since she is the one who did it.
I doubt anyone blames Whitney more than Vivian. Vivian is basically another enemy at this point. It’s just ridiculous for Whitney to shrug off this amount of betrayal and suggest it’s okay to do nothing. What if she’s wrong and there is a risk?
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>>3439070
But of fucking course Darkbloom would tell her not to tell him, it's necessary for his plan to work. When I learned that that was her secret my reaction was literally "Is that it?". If he's behaving so rationally about the killer of his parents coming back to life and possessing his sister I don't know how literally anybody could think that Alabaster would fly off the rails over something like that. Nobody called Whitney an untrusting bitch cause she was just keeping a secret from Alabaster, we told her that we trust her to handle that, but now that we know the secret anybody with a literal brain cell could tell you that it was a mind numbingly stupid idea not to tell him and proves that the only reason she didn't tell him wasn't based in any logic other than a lack of trust, something we have openly given her. But I guess that's Alabaster's greatest mistake; trusting Whitney

>>3439070
>How does Alabaster's knowledge of Vivian's implant change this equation? It doesn't! Either way, we end up at this point.
Except no we fucking don't and we could've handled the situation before the mafia attack in an infinite number of ways with both Cerise and with Vivian.

>In fact, it was OUR decision to let them reunite that led to this moment
Because we trusted them not to be retarded and it seems that was our fatal flaw cause everybody else clearly doesn't care enough about us to trust us back

>NOT Whitney's decision to keep Alabaster in the dark about a single critical, but ultimately unrelated detail.
If you think that it was an unrelated and unimportant detail then I suggest you go back and read the thread

>Alabaster is far more to blame than Whitney
Ok this shit pisses me off. Alabaster has literally been the most rational and collected character in this whole fucking season. He's willing to trust people, he instantly figured out about Cerisebloom, we forgave Noelle for her past actions instead of just ignoring her, he knew that leaving Stasi alive would literally ruin everything down the line and took her out, and he hasn't spurged out and tried to burn everything down even though his loved ones lives are in danger, hell you can even see that in his minor actions like trusting Kay to win the tennis match instead of trying to do it even though he isn't that great at it

He has matured so much since before and his actions are clear for literally everybody with fucking eyes to see but nobody is acknowledging it. We literally tell Alex we're willing to help him out after hearing the situation despite the possibility that IT CAN FUCKING KILL US because we trusted that he knows what he's doing to an extent but then 5 seconds later he was like "Sable was right, you don't trust us, you're the worst". That exchange made my head hurt with how dumb it is, it sounds like a madman trying to justify shit to themselves.

It's not a matter of what makes sense to them it's a matter of them not trusting Alabaster at all. That's what's pissing everybody off
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>>3439731
>Implying Whitney will ever face any consequences for her actions
Ah, you're so innocent
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>>3439747
I didn’t say Vivian’s implant was unimportant I said it was unrelated to the current crisis. And it is.

Can you actually explain how Alabaster knowing that Vivian has an implant prevents Darkbloom from breaking free?

How does one actually lead to the other? What would change?
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>>3438874
firstly, Sable isn't insane. That is a very important distinction to make. She is erratic, self absorbed, autistic, and naively optimistic, but not insane.

further, her plans aren't the only ones that backfired. you could in fact say that season 2 ended with everyone having had their plans backfire, from David through the entire cast ending with Mara.

The only reason Sable's plan is retarded is because releasing sand reckoner to everyone will likely result in near total warfare. Diogenes will annihilate every social structure that preceded it. Nations will disappear or create themselves overnight. it's going to be anarchy.

however, the alternative to Diogenes is even worse. Imagine an autocracy you can't escape because it's inside your head and is using your spare brain cells to fuel it's massive reality warping feud with the one or two other autocracies.
It would be 1984 but with ESP and superpowers.

currently Sable is still reeling from Alabaster's very real betrayal of her original ideological plan. That was compounded when she learned that her advancements weren't going to be used for their nearly limitless ability to promote understanding and spur progress, but to ensure that humanity remained forever under the thumb of literal mobsters.

she's been betrayed by Alabaster, the Company, and the world in equal measure. Of course she's salty about it. Let's just hope Alabaster really does have a healing type dick.
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>>3439764
Oh easy, we would've at least tried to talk to her and if she didn't admit anything to us we wouldve been infinitely more suspicious of her actions before anything like what's happening now even occurred, nothing too drastic just some healthy caution like trying to cut off contact with Cerise and such until this whole thing blows over (not like they ever talked to begin with). We also would've been way more cautious of Darkbloom due to the fact that he was keeping a secret from us and probably limited him more instead of fucking around for the whole season while they were doing plot important shit

Either way it would have a domino effect and we definently wouldn't be in the same position we are now and I don't see how we would make it worse than it is
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>>3439854
your presuming that David is necessarily an enemy. That's not the case. He just wants to survive. Vivian also doesn't want us to murder the only father she has left.

That doesn't mean Vivian suddenly pulled a 180 and wants Alabaster dead.

Fucks sake man, Alabaster's first words to David were a graphic threat of a fate worse than death followed by constant surveillance and imprisonment. It would be insane -not- to try and escape.

And Vivian isn't going to suddenly wake up a villain just because she doesn't want her lover to murder her father. Her speech to him was real, she genuinely does feel revulsion at his actions. But he can't atone if he is dead.
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Assuming that Vivian and Darkbloom [heh] are on the same side is completely erroneous. They both have their own agendas, this much is clear. This anon
>>3439878 makes a lot of good points. Even Vivian knows her father was (is?) a monster, but he is still the father she loves.

If there is a goal they share, it's taking down Mara. And I think we can sympathize with that, even if they're using their own methods to do so.

It's one of the grand ironies of the rich and powerful - the more people have their eyes on you, the less control you have over them. And this applies to everyone.
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>>3439851
Sable falls under both the legal definition and the common collective understanding of what it is

Secondly do you consider what Alabaster did as betrayal? I mean sure he went against her but he hardly had a choice. He still cared about him he literally went inside the soon to be destroyed building and helped them finished their project. That have to be dumb to think that Alabaster doesn't care about them

>>3439878
>your presuming that David is necessarily an enemy.
What? How? You asked how the situation would differ and I told you how. I literally mentioned that we would talk to them, it's when they start keeping secrets that we wouldn't trust them

>Fucks sake man, Alabaster's first words to David were a graphic threat of a fate worse than death followed by constant surveillance and imprisonment. It would be insane -not- to try and escape.
Yeah he said that but his actions show something completely different. He let him see his fucking daughters for Christ's sake

>That doesn't mean Vivian suddenly pulled a 180 and wants Alabaster dead.
>And Vivian isn't going to suddenly wake up a villain just because she doesn't want her lover to murder her father. Her speech to him was real, she genuinely does feel revulsion at his actions. But he can't atone if he is dead.
To reiterate, I've never said that she or Darkbloom or evil, It would only make sense to tell Alabaster about this

>>3439919
See the rest of post
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>>3439854
>we would've at least tried to talk to her and if she didn't admit anything to us we wouldve been infinitely more suspicious of her actions before anything like what's happening now even occurred

But remember the sequence of events. Vivian gave her father those contacts about 24 hours after speaking to him. IIRC was the first time we ourselves saw her again after she spoke with David. In other words we had no chance to talk with her about the implant before she made her choice to help Darkbloom.

At that point it was already too late to prevent this. Vivian had no more role in the breakout until after David fled Gal’s house.

But even granting that Alabaster found out, talked to Vivian about the implant, and she refused to admit it... would that really change anything? Would you honestly, as a reader, be suspicious this means Vivian is going to hatch a plot with David? Or would you, like Whitney, and like Alabaster likely would have, assume it’s just Vivian’s characteristic introversion and pride in refusing to admit she needs help?

How does not wanting to admit she’s got an implant, placed in her by David’s enemies, correlate to suspecting her of helping David? If it made us suspicious of her allegiance at all, we’d suspect she was siding with Mara.

>We also would've been way more cautious of Darkbloom due to the fact that he was keeping a secret from us and probably limited him more

But Alabaster knew this anyway. Knowing specifically what he wanted to hide from us would not have changed Alabaster’s stance towards him. Or if anything it would have made Alabaster slightly *less* wary because it would seem to him that Darkbloom wanted this secret kept for Vivian’s sake (rather than Alabaster’s default assumption, in the timeline we got, that Darkbloom was keeping a secret for his own selfish benefit)
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>>3439990
>He still cared about him he literally went inside the soon to be destroyed building and helped them finished their project.

This is another good point. You keep going on about, on, Alex’s plan risks Alabaster’s life so it’s not the same as what Alabaster did to him.

Alabaster literally wired hundreds of pounds of explosives under the building where Alex worked. You think there’s no risk there? Alabaster put Alex and hundreds of other employees at risk!

And why did he have to go into the soon to be destroyed building? Because his actions DIRECTLY led to Alex being held hostage by Russian mafia who used him as a meat shield to prevent the building’s destruction at Alabaster’s hands.

Alabaster wrecklessly and wantonly risked Alex’s life so many fucking times in season 2 and capped it by forcing Alex to kill someone in defense of him.

By contrast, Alex is trying to HELP Alabaster because as it stands now, Alabaster is dead if DBA ever goes down, and Diogenes will actually FIX that.
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>>3439990
Sable asked Ally to help her make a better world. At the time, no one but Camelia or David knew that destroying the servers would kill David and the A trio.

Alabaster, literally, had a choice to either help her or refuse. And at that point he had no idea that her plan posed any danger to him.

Further, her plan at that point almost certainly wasn't the plan she has today. The current plan was born out of disillusionment and depression.

So, yes Alabaster did betray Sable's dream in favor of revenge. It's tinted his character ever since.

As an aside, Sable is not in any way insane. In order for Sand Reckoner to do the things she claims however, certain things are necessary. First, a data collecting and communication tool simply cannot warp reality in anything other than a psyop sense. Unless, of course the increasing mentions of ESP are foreshadowing something.

I believe that the full Sand reckoner implants strengthen or draw forth latent psionic ability. the idea that we only use 10% of our brain is bunk, but that doesn't mean an implant couldn't force our brain to work more efficiently freeing up resources for the extraordinary.
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>>3440083
I think for sure OP is depicting the technological singularity, just st without naming it as such. Sand Reckoner is the singularity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
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>>3439557

A wedding shotgun, obviously. Even beyond the pun, it’s both a personal and a practical gift.
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>>3440097
Basilisk
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>>3439851
>It would be 1984 but with ESP and superpowers.

Fuck Quest but it’s Raildex when?
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>>3440596
>A Certain Pornographic Fuck Quest
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>>3439749
Oh, I doubt she will. I don’t expect anything more to come of it aside from telling her that “I trust my half sister who I barely know” is not a good enough reason to risk putting our sister in danger. Even if it was, this season has been a series of people’s good intentions fucking over other people. Who says Vivian can handle Darkbloom or whoever (Mara?) shows up. Her stance on this is absurd and we need to call her out on it.

And as for anyone thinking Alex’s scheming is the same as what we did last season... we had a relatively large support network. We didn’t tell him because he didn’t bring anything of value that we didn’t already have covered by someone else. He has himself and a schizophrenic (who I still don’t think is interested in putting our continued existence as a priority). His stupid excuse of saying he is scheming behind our backs for our own good doesn’t work when his circle is so small and his “plans” are so fragile that some wagecuck fag was able to fuck everything up by opening the box that he stupidly put his name on. If he had more than one other person in his circle then he wouldn’t have had to resort to having such an important weapon, because that’s essentially what it is, delivered with no security and with no one in his circle there to take custody of it.

He’s such a waste.
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>>3440097
eh, not quite. the singularity is a phenomenon driven by AI. It's main problems for humanity are things along the lines of "how do you force or incentivize a logical agent to act with anything even approaching acceptable morality?"

Sand Reckoner is like if the telephone, internet, social media, and modern worldwide transportation and shipping were all invented in a day by Benjamin Franklin. Oh, and it somehow allows for manipulation of fundamental forces.

>>3440886
Cerise is in zero danger. David needs her alive and well or he dies as well. Even if you believe he killed three sets of parents (which is debatable) he isn't suicidal.

Even if you thought David would kill or harm Cerise, Vivian would likely never allow such a thing. And since she knows where David is and she's his only ally he has to abide.

Likely they are planning to attempt to safely remove David from Cerise. It's a plan Vivian would agree to. I'm betting they went to Palau to see Gustav.

Alabaster doesn't need to know this, because as far as anyone knows Alabaster plans to torture and/or kill David. Even if that weren't the case it would be stupid for David to risk it.

As for Alex, he hasn't done anything wrong. In fact he talked Sable out of a plan that would have been disastrous out of affection for Ally.

Sable isn't schizophrenic. like, at all. I'm not sure where your getting that from. She has plenty of issues, but actual insanity isn't one of them.

And even if it were, she is our best shot at getting out from a bad situation.
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>>3440604
>A Certain Sexual Fuck Quest
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Where were you when Galatea got into Smash?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmuTGcbu4Kc
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>>3440013
>In other words we had no chance to talk with her about the implant before she made her choice to help Darkbloom.
We could talk things out with her and try to convince her to do otherwise or see if she has any reasons to help him other than "he's my Dad". Vivian isn't a brainlet she can change her mind if we give her a good enough reason as evidenced by the fact that at the end of season 2 she swore she would never forgive us but even she acknowledged that David was a horrible person and needed to be stopped. Even if she still wanted to help David we could try to make it so that nobody steps on anybody's toes and fuck up each other's plans but Whitney instantly negated even the possibility despite there not being any real risk to it like us telling her about David coming back and even letting her see him

>But even granting that Alabaster found out, talked to Vivian about the implant, and she refused to admit it... would that really change anything? Would you honestly, as a reader, be suspicious this means Vivian is going to hatch a plot with David? Or would you, like Whitney, and like Alabaster likely would have, assume it’s just Vivian’s characteristic introversion and pride in refusing to admit she needs help?
Uh yeah? Is that a trick question? Of course I would be that isn't just simple introversion that's a very important detail, Mara could possibly be fucking watching us. That's a huge fucking deal. We would at the very least limit her contact with David/Cerise and that's all under the assumption that she wouldn't be willing to talk to us at all

>But Alabaster knew this anyway. Knowing specifically what he wanted to hide from us would not have changed Alabaster’s stance towards him. Or if anything it would have made Alabaster slightly *less* wary because it would seem to him that Darkbloom wanted this secret kept for Vivian’s sake (rather than Alabaster’s default assumption, in the timeline we got, that Darkbloom was keeping a secret for his own selfish benefit)
No, he didn't. That was his whole thing, neither he nor us, the audience, knew if he was up to something or if he didn't know what was going on and just wanted to live out a peaceful life. Hell, even most of the thread gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he was good and innocent and kept saying "Darkbloom did nothing wrong" or whatever. And once again yes it would change how he reacts to things he would act depending on how badly that conflicted with his and his sister's lives, he wouldn't instantly shut it down if it didn't effect him, hell, he might have even helped if his plan was actually to take down Mara as she's as much as a pain in our side as he was

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>>3440032
>Alabaster literally wired hundreds of pounds of explosives under the building where Alex worked. You think there’s no risk there? Alabaster put Alex and hundreds of other employees at risk!
But he literally fucking made it part of the plan to evacuate everybody out of there first and refused to blow up the building unless if everybody was out of there no matter how inconvenient is was. IIRC Camelia just wanted to blow up the building but Alabaster specifically told her that he wouldn't do it if that was the case putting his literal life on the line for those 2 people he just met and were trying to help the killer of his parents fuck over the world. He even went to save them at the risk of his own life again because they were too retarded to leave the building. Our plan could only kill them if they were stupid, their plan would end with assumed result of our death and the only thing he has to think otherwise is the word of a madwomen who has already expressed apathy toward our lives. Geez, I feel so safe. The situations aren't even comparable

>And why did he have to go into the soon to be destroyed building? Because his actions DIRECTLY led to Alex being held hostage by Russian mafia who used him as a meat shield to prevent the building’s destruction at Alabaster’s hands.
His actions? His fucking actions? I know it's been a year but go back and reread it, Mara was literally eating lunch with Alex and then Vasily threatened us to come with him or he'll kill Alex. We literally did all that to save him even though he hated our guts. Then once they took us to the dessert they threatened Stackleford and we knew that if we didn't tell them they'd kill him and go after Alex next so we gave up our plan just to save that boy and then went into the building to save him. Don't fucking blame Alabaster for all this shit

>>3440083
>Alabaster, literally, had a choice to either help her or refuse. And at that point he had no idea that her plan posed any danger to him.
Helping Darkbloom bring up about full instrumentality was a bad thing, not just for Alabaster but for the whole world. She literally just saw what he put Alabaster through and holding him at fucking gun point and she still decided to help him get closer to his plan for this one fucking project she probably wouldve forgotten in a year. There was a reason that people chose that option even though siding with David and his waifus would have been much easier. Hence why it was such a divisive and gray choice. Morals vs waifus, the hardest choice a man can make.

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>>3440886
This is also a good point. He has such a low amount of resources and help and yet he STILL doesn't tell him about it even though it directly involves our lives and he's risking it all on the assumption that him and his ex-boss can actually do it all by themselves. At least we had a fucking small army when we tried this shit, they only have 2 people and refuse to ask the others for help even though it directly involves them. It's absolutely apparent that he doesn't trust us at all.

>>3440962
>Cerise is in zero danger. David needs her alive and well or he dies as well. Even if you believe he killed three sets of parents (which is debatable) he isn't suicidal.
The problem comes when it's possible for him to either get out of her or completely take over her body. And considering the fact that he tried to throw her under the bus last season for his savior complex it wouldn't surprise me if he did the same

>Alabaster doesn't need to know this, because as far as anyone knows Alabaster plans to torture and/or kill David. Even if that weren't the case it would be stupid for David to risk it.
But anybody with 2 brain cells can see that he doesn't plan to do that and let him see his fucking daughters even though it didn't benefit him at all. And now that Alabaster knows that they're going behind his back, he's going to try and stop him no matter what and the worst part is they're probably all gonna cry about Alabaster being so "rash and stupid" without taking a fucking second to evaluate how dumb their decisions are.

God I wish Alphabastard came back to tell off everybody for how stupid they're acting

>As for Alex, he hasn't done anything wrong. In fact he talked Sable out of a plan that would have been disastrous out of affection for Ally.
But his plan literally risks Alabaster's life support and all he has is the word of a crazy women who doesn't care about us. Of fucking course Sable would tell Alex that they could save Alabaster, she'd be fucking dumb not to. Alex absolutely should have told Alabaster this before

>Sable isn't schizophrenic. like, at all. I'm not sure where your getting that from. She has plenty of issues, but actual insanity isn't one of them.
>in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction
She is a woman who is emotionally unstable to the point where she can't even hold a conversation with anybody and constantly forgets to eat or take care of herself cause she gets to invested into her work and once she completes said work she instantly contemplates suicide. She falls under both the legal and common understanding of insanity

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>>3441176
Anon, Alabaster wired literal tons of LIVE EXPLOSIVES underneath his workplace. Did he intend for anyone to be in the building when they went off? No, he did not. Does that mean there was no risk? Of fucking course not. Alabaster was a wannabe bomb expert who learned from the anarchist cookbook, he could have fucked up in any number of ways, and blown the whole place to kingdom come with everyone inside. He put Alex, and everyone else, including his own family (Cerise and Rose) at risk, for the entire time the bombs were under the building.

Cerise and Rose at least could knowingly accept that risk, but Alex was unwittingly exposed to it like everyone else. He didn't know about it until after it was all over. Even when Alabaster evacuated the building and tried to get Alex/Sable to leave, he STILL didn't warn them about the bombs. They knew Alabaster was trying to get them out of the building to sabotage the project's completion but they had no idea he was going to literally blow the place up. Then they got kidnapped by the Russians and held hostage inside the building, to prevent Alabaster from detonating the bombs. You can draw a straight line from Alabaster's actions, to the Russians using those two as human shields to further their ends.

Oh, and despite the Russians directly threatening Alex, Alabaster never saw fit to warn him about it. I wonder how you'd react if you found out that at some point this season, Alex was accosted by Chinese mafia, and told that if he didn't help them, they would kill us. Would you be upset that Alex never gave us a heads up? I'm thinking hell fucking yes you would be, since you expect perfect transparency from everyone, even if Alabaster keeps plenty of his own important secrets.

I also think you're severely misinterpreting Alex's role with regard to Diogenes. He was working on Diogenes and had made significant progress BEFORE Sable established contact. He isn't an underling blindly following orders. Everything we've seen from Alex this season shows that he has grown to be Sable's equal, both intellectually, and in terms of planning. He has established his own level of authority and has pushed back against her in severe ways when he disagrees with her. To put it simply, he is working WITH her, not FOR her. I am fully confident that he understands Diogenes well enough to know whether Sable is selling him a line of bullshit. You might not agree with him, and feel betrayed by him, but one thing you can't dispute is that he has a spine now. He doesn't simply take orders from Sable anymore. He knows what's up and acts with his own will. And I believe he believes this will help Alabaster at the end.
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>>3441363
The bombs wouldn't just randomly go off any minute that would be retarded as the timing is absolutely essential to the plan they were in literally no danger at all as opposed to what they're trying to do in which Alabaster dying is the most likely outcome of goal

>but Alex was unwittingly exposed to it like everyone else
Nothing would change if Alex knew there were bombs, we already set off an alarm he had all the reason to suspect danger as even if they knew Alabaster was behind it they could've easily have rubbed their collective 2 brain cells together to assume that they wouldn't try to evacuate everybody out of the building unless they were going to do something drastic. If we told him and Sable there were bombs they would've done the exact same thing

>Would you be upset that Alex never gave us a heads up?
If he knew about a Chinese mafia coming to get damn right I'd be pissed. The difference between us and Alex is that we had a plan to get Alex and Sable out of the field of trouble and we literally went in there to save them ourselves when they were too stupid to leave because they cared about that project more than they're, and probably our, lives and a whole army of black people to make sure that doesn't happen while they were in the opposite side of the conflict. If we told them we'd be shit out of luck and Tyrus would probably kill us. Alex? He has a team comprised of himself and Sable and would only gain from telling Alabaster about this plan. As I've said a thousand times; the situations aren't even comparable

>I'm thinking hell fucking yes you would be, since you expect perfect transparency from everyone, even if Alabaster keeps plenty of his own important secrets.
Wait, what? Fucking what? My head hurts.If you unironically believe that I think everybody should tell us everything, then you're clearly not reading my posts. I voted to let Whitney handle the situation and in my posts I directly commended Alabaster for being so trusting. The problem is that now that we know their plans now and they are objectively stupid and would have only benefited from telling us but they opted not to for no other reason than a lack of trust. That's what everybody is pissed off about

>The Diogenes part
He clearly doesn't know that he can save us for sure, if he did he would explain to us how he would do that. Considering his goal was to get Alabaster to help him he'd unironically have to have down syndrome not to explain to us as that's the only reason why we would go against him. He's as lost as everybody else here and he needs Sable to help him do this. That's the whole point of his character isn't it? The fact that even though he's pretty intelligent in all regards, he'll still never be a true genius like Sable and be able to achieve anything world changing without her. Sure he's matured but that fact won't change just because he killed someone and stated to get pissy at people. That'd make no fucking sense
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>>3439070
Nah, Whitney helped Vivian's plan by passing her the contact list, by making up excuses for her hugging and by having some idea of what they wanted to do.

What kind of fucking idiot thinks that its okay to assist in kidnapping our sister or covering it up and does not even say "okay you have some reason to be mad." She just waved off EVERYTHING we could have been mad about and, again, not pressing a private family matter is one thing, when it crosses over into kidnapping Cerise? That is bullshit and a betrayal of trust.
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oh hey, have I expressed today my dislike for this /qst/ trend of writing back and forth dissertations that argue intractable positions?.

To change the topic, you have two hours before the main Fuck Quest cast stops by for some D&D. What pregen characters have you made them? And what adventure are you running?
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>>3441658
>premade characters
I mean, I know what their preferred characters are, but that many pre-gens, I wouldn't be customizing them for anyone in particular.

Also, I only run homebrew adventures, but classic dungeon crawls are my specialty. Maybe a heist if I want to mix things up and expect them all to stab each other in the back.

Also, there's literally no way I'm running a pre-made adventure for THAT many people. Or any adventure, for that matter. Guess me and Gal will have to split duties.
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>>3441658
You're not alone in hating this god-awful diarrhea of suppositions. My only hope is that, due to OP Studios' penchant for mostly throwing curveballs that nobody expects, that he reads most of these two-page essays as "guides for what not to do" with the real plot.

As to your topic change, there is only one format where running *that* many live player characters simultaneously is acceptable, and thats a PVP-Thunderdome Bloodsport Tournament One-shot. This way, you engage smaller groups at a time with smaller pools of npc mooks, until one group of PCs gets matched against the other group(most likely in the final round unless one group fails spectacularly) then its the showdown of the century.
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>>3441658
>oh hey, have I expressed today my dislike for this /qst/ trend of writing back and forth dissertations that argue intractable positions?.

I've seen people raise some very good points and some very silly points in equal measure over the course of the past three or so threads!

I like that readers have some spirited discussion, I wanted there to be doubt and soul-searching throughout the FQ reboot about what the right path is.

In FQ1 there was absolutely never any doubt about the way forward. Yes we might bicker about who the best girl was, or whether Whitney or Cerise got too much screentime, or whether we should give a shit about Rose beyond using her as a sex toy, or whether the whole "literally be a motherfucker" thing was too far... etc. But there was never a moment of doubt that we were all united and that we all wanted to kill Darkbloom as priority one.

So I enjoy now that we never feel as if we are on solid footing or fully understand what the right choice is even as we're forced to decide. That's more real, isn't it?

My only wish is that people would be a bit more civil about it, and more open to considering the alternate takes on how to think of the story. But this is 4chan after all.

(I'm also seeing people make a lot of mistakes about concrete plot details when recapping what's going on... which I have to remind myself not to get frustrated at. It's only natural that my own memory of the plot is going to be stronger than nearly any reader's since I spend so long steeped in it. I do a lot of reading and rereading in preparation to move forward, which is why you often see so many setups and payoffs, motifs and callbacks. It can be hard to remember every little thing that happened otherwise. We're close to 400k words in after all.)

That's all I can say about this, or any other debate, when it comes to questions like... who do you trust, who should we blame for situation XYZ, how should we deal with that, etc. I'm very tired at the moment so I hope this comes across.

As for your question, we are obviously playing FATAL, and the first thing my special guests have to do is roll for anal circumference.
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>>3441674
>As for your question, we are obviously playing FATAL, and the first thing my special guests have to do is roll for anal circumference.

I knew Whitney or Amber would keep a copy lying around.
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>>3441674
A gentleman and a scholar as always. Let's try to keep the discussion positive.
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Also, new 2hu announced.
https://kourindou.exblog.jp/28205045/

What a week this is turning out to be.
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>>3441674
>that's more real, isn't It?
absolutely! I mentioned that characters having and expressing greater levels of autonomy was one of my favorite changes between S1 and S2. Right up there with that is the uncertainty you mentioned!

When an anon claims Alabaster's choices don't matter, or that we are being railroaded I can scarcely credit it.

>FATAL
No one can seriously sit down and try to play that kludge of a "game". It's hilarious to try, but the design always sets my teeth on edge more than the awkward levels of rape and grade school humor.

I would be going old school for my guests and running the Tomb of Horrors with a Darkest Dungeon twist.

I would award prizes for lowest number of dead characters. Painted wooden swords, props, handmade treasure, etc. I would also award "penalty" prizes. First dead character, most gruesome death, a sphere of annihilation plush, etc.
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I wonder whether we’ll get a choice of whether we actually marry Rose or not.
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>>3442136

I'm hoping for a Kaguya-sama-esque battle of wits to make the other person propose first, personally.
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>>3442351
I expect this. OP was getting cheeky last week in the bonus scene. Remember Rose and Ally arguing over the “proposal” for the culture fair?

>”I offered you my help. You turned me down. It's not my job to make the proposal anymore, Alabaster. *You* have to propose-- FUCK."

Lots of dialogue like that.
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>>3442523
In a flashback full of amazing lines, this one made me snort into my drink the loudest I think.
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>>3442640
I liked this bit personally:

>She made herself minimally presentable by at least dressing herself, but she didn't wash or brush her hair, and her face bears the clear evidence of her exhaustion. She isn't looking at anyone or anything else in the room -- her mind is clearly elsewhere. Her eyes, though tired, are nonetheless darting around with the speed of someone in the REM stage of sleep. You know she's charting invisible paths through invisible danmaku fields.

>"Wow," Whitney says, "I think you finally cracked her up for real, Ally. Nice job."
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>>3442136
I'm not a lawyer, but Saul's premise doesn't actually hold water in my opinion.

firstly, even if being married to rose would prevent her from testifying against Alabaster and vice versa, it is a bit of a moot point. They are both persons of interest in a criminal shooting, and an ongoing FBI investigation. They can presumably still each use their fifth amendment rights to avoid incriminating themselves in lieu of being married.

Being married to someone doesn't offer any kind of legal immunity here, it just means Alabaster and Rose can't be legally compelled to testify or face contempt charges.

unfortunately, there is a third and fourth person at the scene still alive. Rose C. can definitely be forced to testify which would still fuck rose and Alabaster.

That's also assuming there isn't a wealth of physical evidence connecting rose and ally to the scene.

Mostly, the only thing being married to Rose does is protect one of them in the event the other goes down for the shooting. This is probably Saul's plan. He has Ally marry Rose, convinces him to plead guilty to all related charges. At that point Rose would be protected because Alabaster can soundly refuse to incriminate her.

of course that doesn't solve the problem with Rose2.
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>>3442713
You're right. There's only one option left.
We marry all of then. It can't be helped.
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>>3442713
It might all end up being moot since Noelle got forced against her will to let them free.

Noelle is an SAC which is a very high ranking position so her superiors are basically the small coterie of FBI bureaucrats who run the agency. In other words, the FBI is suddenly spooked at its highest levels. They’re likely aware that they need to keep DBA happy or risk losing an information arms race with Russia/China.

Lots of political intrigue happening that’s only just barely visible to us.

Of course, this situation is the perfect excuse for Saul and Charlotte to get us hitched to Rose. DRASTIC MEASURES.
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>>3442713
That's only if they place RoseRedux at the scene though. They didn't get any residue off her and didn't notice her shoulder.

Ally and Rose 5th amendment themselves, can't testify against each other and never mention that Rose or Alex was there.

I don't know if you're missing shit, overthinking it, or jumping through hoops to point the finger at BEST DAD.
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>>3442842
they will, with absolute certainty, place Rose C. At the scene. She was shot through the shoulder. That leaves quite a bit of blood spatter, and the DNA to go with it.

Even in the best case scenario that they don't notice the original spatter due to a welter of gore from Staci, there's still the walk through the club and jumping the fence.

If they can't pin this on Ally and Rose, the best option is to set Rose C. up on every charge they can think of and force her to incriminate Alabaster or Rose.

of course Rose C. won't flip on Alabaster, perhaps not on Rose either. But then an innocent girl faces a ridiculous number of murder charges.

As for Saul, he seems a far cry from best dad to me. If it came down to a choice between Rose or Alabaster he wouldn't hesitate a second. Nor should he.
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>>3443164
Rose C doesn't have DNA in the system tho, she's a haemonculus.
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How would Noelle react if we told her that all of this was just a quest thread on 4channel?
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FIX YOUR FUCKING SERVERS NINTENDO AAAAAAA
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So if reality bending is officially a thing, are we really going to be faced with the choice of WAKING UP? Choosing to persist in a false reality or returning to real life where Mom, Amber and possibly others are gone for good?

>>3443164
>As for Saul, he seems a far cry from best dad to me. If it came down to a choice between Rose or Alabaster he wouldn't hesitate a second. Nor should he.

This just makes him more best dad in my mind. Even if Alabaster was his biological son, I’d expect that s to be true. I think Saul really does care for Alabaster but Rose is his baby girl after all. He *should* prioritize her.
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>>3443166
more of a haremonculus to be honest
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>>3443852
Agent Cero
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>>3443577
"conspiracy theories are stupid"
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>>3443855
>agent zero
>negat roze
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Oh, hi Rose2. How are things? Watching any neat cartoons? Going to any /sugoi/ cons?

Me, I’ve been super busy. My husband and I just found out that we’re expecting! Isn’t that lovely?

Alabaster is simply over the moon with excitement. He might be even more excited than me! We’re so full of joy in our life. Raising a child together is going to be the best adventure of our lives.

We’re going shopping for nursery furniture tomorrow! Do you want to tag along?
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>>3444323
S-sure
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>>3444323
Based
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>>3444410
In victory, it’s impirtant to be gracious to the losers.
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>>3444436
I'm so glad that that stupid screenshot I made is actually getting used
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>>3444470
It’s great. You’re great.

Know what else is great? Getting used to this: Rose Soliloquy
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>>3444739
Brings up an important question:
What's Rose's middle name?
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>>3444752
Thorne
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>>3444739
>Rose Soliloquy
I didn't how badly I needed this until now
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>>3444752
We need middle names added to the chart.
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>>3444833
Whitney Houston Price Darkbloom.
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>>3444843
But Whitney's middle name is Justine.

In fact, I'm fairly certain we only know Alabaster's (Thomas), Renee's (Denise), Cerise's (Victoria), and Whitney's. Anyone I'm forgetting?
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>>3444851
No you don't, this is a new world, people's names can be slightly different for all we know.
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>>3444862
Until Berenstoin's changes, then everyone else's names are currently the same, as far as I'm concerned.
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>>3444876
Pfft, you sound just like the currently alive President of South Africa.
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>>3444876
And it's Berenstain, actually.
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>>3444888
Nigga wtf you talking about
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>>3444888
I'll panic when I see an official updated version of this. Or a retconned version of the original press release from the 3/10 hack. Or some other confirmation of the timeline shift related to Nelson's surname. I'm sure it'll come at a moment that OP deems the most shocking, should it turn to out to be a thing.
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>>3444888
>>3444897
You know, those don't look anything like Beans when you really look at it...
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>>3444752
Xolisile

It's an homage to the famed Sir Mallory's favored mistress on the Plantation, and also an effort by Rose's parents to instill a respect of other cultures into her.
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>>3435542
>plant child porn on Alabaster
Seems unnecessary....,
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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>>3445731
THERE IS TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS IMAGE
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>>3445731
Welp, Ring around the Rosey is gonna fall down.
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>>3445736
To be fair though, everything in the state of Cancer causes California.
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>>3445731
>mara's fw
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>>3444752
>>3444833
I like this suggestion. As others have pointed out, we know some but not all middle names. I was going to update the chart anyway, so let's see.
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>>3445759
Is OP's middle name "Gangsta"?
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>>3445759
Yayifications.
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>>3445731
Is Cancer transferable from Sex?
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>>3445759
David's not on the chart yet but can we get his anyway?
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>>3445777
Only the cancer of children
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>>3445794
Fuck, Alabastor's pregnet!
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This kid’s killing as many gay people as AIDS.
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Does one need to understand Serial Experiments LAIN to get a feel of what we should aim for here?
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>>3445818
It certainly helps, that's for sure. Prepare for copious amounts of fear.
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>>3445821
Darn.
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>>3445731
FUCKING BEN
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>>3445731
So Ben, another employee, and two russians?
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>>3445864
There was a security guard mentioned too there... but the headline also says others are missing.
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>>3445869
i suggest it's the russians, because their names haven't been released yet and russians being involved with a datacenter explosion at a company who basically holds all personal information would be cause a massive panic, especially in today's mindset
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>>3444902
Wait I forgot/never saw this, fucking Mad Thad is on the board holy shit. Has he like done anything of what?
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>>3446180
IIRC, he got busted by the FBI for possession of kiddie porn early in S2.
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>>3445731

I feel like this means that the box being marked for Alex only was meant to blow up when he opened it, which may imply a traitor? Although, Benjamin Gurlick going mad with power and taking down the facility can't be ruled out either.
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>>3446190
Or just general incompetence working with gear far outside the realm of his meager understanding.
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China is coming. Are we soon to meet the final boss of Fuck Quest?
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>>3445731
Scrutinizing this, I wonder whether 5:21 PM is a typo or deliberate. The time zone one hour behind California is UTC -9, called the Alaska timezone
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>>3446451
Cheongsam Amber pt. 2 yeet
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In advance if the wedding of the century, enjoy this OC that took 4.21 trillion hours in MS paint.
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>>3448483
All according to Rose's keikaku.
TL Note: Keikaku means rape.
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>>3445731

Aw no, not Ben!
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>>3448483
Based
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Cast your bets now anons;

Rose end or cop out Harem end?
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Cerise was having a sleepover at Gal’s before she went missing.

Renee was babysitting.

We saw what happened last time Renee was there with those two when they lezzed out.

But, Darkbloom was posing as Cerise.

Therefore, Darkbloom got one last chance to fuck Renee.
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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I can't believe we've been reading fuck quest for a year.

I can't believe next Saturday was just gonna be a normal Saturday.
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