>>18824256
>[x] Plug in the toaster.

[X] Plug in the toaster

>>18824256
Make Coffee, we'll have time to plug the toaster in later, but the coffee will take longer.

>>18824256
[x]Make coffee

>>18824256
>[X] Plug in the toaster.
and/or
>[X] Make coffee.

>>18824286
Choose one, damnit.

>>18824256
[x] Make coffee.

Make toaster.

>>18824290
I've been here since thread one I should know better, so switching to just
>[X] Plug in the toaster.

Ah cool I was wondering if there was going to be a quest tonight, auto saging explains it.
[x] Make coffee.

>>18824256
plug in toaster

Now to see if we're still sinking.

[X] Plug in the toaster.

>>18824390
We're cool

>Fucking.... Can someone break the tie? Flip a coin or some shit?

rolled 2 = 2

>>18824402
1: coffee
2: toaster

rolled 1 = 1

>>18824402
1 > Toaster
2 > Coffee

>>18824409
>>18824408
Dice gods demand toaster.

rolled 2 = 2

>>18824394
Yup. Got tired of waiting for someone to post. once we were visibly off page 0. Only for somewhat amusing timing.

>>18824408
>>18824409

>Well then. Dice gods want the toaster.

>>18824409
>>18824408
You two, love ya.

>>18824408
>>18824409
Dice like toast apparently

Stumbled here from /v/, is there an archive of all of this? and is there some set of invisible rules we should abide by that anyone from /v/ might not know?

In any case

I say

>[x] Plug in the toaster

but don't make a big deal about it, nobody likes looking like an idiot, maybe tell him to give it a thump and plug it in on the sly, so that he is still grateful to us but isn't resentful. Then its like it WAS the toasters fault, not his

rolled 2 = 2

>>18824432
There's a link to zhe archives in the first post of the prior thread, linked in the first post of this one.

Convenient, no?

>>18824432
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=AC%20Quest

Can't think of any, other than don't be an ass and choosing multiple selections at once can give AC-Guy aneurysms.

>>18824432
It's obviously the toasters fault for not being plugged in.

>>18824444
Thread 14 is still not tagged properly as AC Quest, so here's the link for that:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18747684/

>>18824432

>Here's the crunch thread: >>18820079

>Got a nice bit of rules and examples for like the first 15 posts. Shouldn't take long to skim the important bits.

Armored Core 4 or 4A if I had to choose guys

>>18824472
4A

You walk over to the counter, and plug in the toaster.

Mooch just stands there and stares blankly at it as the heating elements start to glow.

"The coffee's in a tin above the sink. Get it down and I'll set a pot to brew."

>>18824548

After a few minutes he has two cups of Joe and and a toasted bagel in him, he looks a lot more human.

"Thanks Alex. Do you need anything now that I'm awake?"

[ ] Arena.
[ ] Payment form Rayleonard.

>>18824548
all that vote clashing

just for three lines of text

>>18824548
really...after all the pick one stuff you do both the things I suggest in the order I suggest.
well played AC-Guy...well played

>>18824589
[x] Arena.

>>18824589
Talk about the payment first.

>>18824589
[x] Payment.

More immediately important, the arena thing isn't for a few days, right?

>>18824589
HOLLA HOLLA

GET DOLLA

>>18824589
Talk about payment, I want to know how much dosh we got from that job.

>>18824589
We must speak, about ze moneys.

[x] Payment.

Need to see where we stand cash wise.

[x] Payment.

We need to install a security system here at base, or get a better one.

>[x] payment

From what I'm reading in these archives money for repair costs is our most pressing concern

[x] DOSH

>>18824706
We're currently just fine on repairs, someone else is footing the bill, but we'll want enough stocked up so we can repair everyone after the arena match which could end with quite a lot of damage.

>>18824589
Payment I want to know if we got that bonus.

"So what's the deal with the Rayleonard job? We get our Dosh?"

"Yeah, came through last night. Exactly what we needed to get the new parts for the cores, and not a penny extra, on top of the 500k for the job and the extra 150k Belioz snuck us under the table. so exactly what they said, cut so precise you could shave with the edge and so soulless you could use the papers to chill your beer. So about what you'd expect from a major corp like that."

"So we're solid?"

"With them? Yeah, for now. But we already know we're gonna forward at least some of that onto Zack for the colonists. This is just us getting ready for the next job."

>Next topic:

[ ] Arena.
[ ] Cores.
[ ] Distributing the money.

So about that Ace logo and paint scheme...

>>18824758
Arena

>>18824758
Distributing the money. Then we can tlk about fightan' I find few things make you want to inflict harm on another being then being told you must part with that dosh, even when its for a good cause.

[x] Arena.

Get this outa the way then we can decide on other stuff.

>>18824758
>[x] Arena.

>>18824758
Distributing the money

As much as I'd like to spend it on something or spread it to the colonists, our time at the Arena might not go so well and we'll have to use it for repairs. For now don't spend it and keep it as an AC safety repair fund.

>>18824758
>[X] Distributing the money.
Suggesting 500K for the colonists and 150K for us (parts and a security system for the hanger)

AC guy, read your threads on the sup/tg/s and I just wanted to stop by and say Great threads but WHERE THE MTs!?

THERE ARE NO MTS!

only gripe, now I sleep. Carry on

Money

Stay on topic, also ask about a better security system that I feel Mooch would agree with.

>>18824758
[x] Distributing the money.

"About that money, what do you think the best way to distribute it is?"

"Honestly? We could give it all away. We could take the hit as a team. But I think we should keep that bonus we earned. Give us a bit more room to be flexible, as long as we don't go crazy with it."

"How crazy would upgrading the security around here be?"

"How crazy do you want it?"

"I just want to keep ninjas from breaking in."

"Yeah, I might be able to do that fairly cheap."

[ ] Keep all of the money.
[ ] Keep the bonus.
[ ] Give all of it to Zack.

>>18824948
[X] Keep the Bonus

>>18824948
[x] Keep the bonus.

>>18824948
Keep the bonus

>>18824948
Keep the bonus.

>>18824948
Keep it around for at least until the end of the Arena, if shit goes south we'll need it for repairs. Afterwards we can distribute it properly but when we're entering into a risky endeavor like this I'd like a bit more float than we usually operate with.

>>18824948
Keep the bonus, definitely

>>18824948
>[x] Keep the bonus.

[x] Keep the bonus.

Nice fat 500k for our people and a decent 150k brings us up to 170k doesn't it?

"Let's keep the bonus. Better than operating on a shoe-sting."

"Pass the rest on?"

"Yeah."

"Can do. I'll pass the news along. Anything else you needed?"

[ ] Arena.
[ ] Later, check on Dave.

>>18824991
>[x] Arena.

>>18824991
Arena

>>18824991
Arena

>>18824991
[x] Arena

See how Mooch takes to the idea of being a pilot in front of millions working in a team.

[ ] Arena.
good evening Gentlemen

>>18824948
[X ] Keep the bonus.
Hells to the yeah. Ninja's better watch out. maybe we can get some new missiles, or a mew Melee weapon. blades are overrated, We need a SPEEEEEAR. or a lance. I can see a lance being dangerous as hell in AC

>>18824948
On the topic of ninjas, you all know that they're going to go for family next, right?

>>18825014
Halberd master race.

[x] Arena.

>>18825029
>>18825014
Then again, our luck is definitely E-rank, so a lance would be fitting.

>>18825029
>>18825014
Just a pole-arm in general would be good honestly. Doesn't matter what kind, just that we can stab with it.

>>18825014
we do end up in melee way more than our mid-range build would suggest we should

>>18825029
As much as I love Halberds my personal preference would be for a winged spear or a boar spear. It means you can get some good stabbing in, not as good swinging though, if you get some speed up you can do serious damage or just fuck up anyone who runs/jumps at you.

The wings mean they're stuck away from you instead of being able to take it through somewhere non-vital and run up the spear, which makes your weapon useless and lets them stab you. If they're stuck on the end of your spear their mobility is shot and you can dispense with them at your leisure, swing them around like a rag doll, shoot them with something they can't avoid at that point.

>>18825065
A pole-arm might fix that somewhat, to where we can at least stab and attack in melee outside of conventional blade range. Boosting towards us would be dangerous too, since we could just brace it then and have them impale themselves on it.

>>18825073
OOOOOH!
Wing spear plus shotgun!
Impale them on the spear then just lay into them with the shotgun at point-blank range!

"Arena tourney coming up."

"Yeah?"

"Team based, three man team for the division I wanted to enter."

"Entry fee?"

"Waved."

"Prize?"

"Couple million."

He lets out a low whistle. "Who were you thinking for the team?"

"Me and Dave for sure. Then either you or Laurie for our third."

"Hmmm.... I might be the better TECHNICALLY, but if Laurie plays it smart, we could change his load-out slighlty and he would be fucking deadly. Plus, you know, what with my Dad being evil and hunting me, it would be best to keep a low profile. Last time I went for a walk distracted I got nabbed by goons."

"Shit I never even considered that. How big of a deal might that be?"

"I'd rather avoid it for now, but sooner or later, I'm going to have to deal with my father. Later I think would be better, but I'm not going to put my preferences before Hope. Now I'm gonna let you make the call, and while you do that I'll wire the money over to Zack to help the colonists."

He walks out of the room.

[ ] Pick Laurie for team.
[ ] Pick Mooch for team.
[ ] Put off decision, talk to Dave about Cass.

Yes all of my YES, this is exactly what we need, a custom Pole-arm, this needs some serois investing in

>>18825122
[ ] Pick Laurie for team.
its time to show him the love

>>18825122
[ ] Put off decision, talk to Dave about Cass.

But I am in favor of Laurie as a teammate. We have yet to see him fuck anything up whilst inside his Core.

>>18825122
Laurie.

>>18825122
Well Mooch has his dad after his ass and wants to keep a low profile, Laurie might not have his head in the game. I'd put it off for now, our decision needs to be based on whether Laurie pulls his ass together, if he seems ok go for him, but if he falls apart after his metal detector errand we'll need to use Mooch.

Talk to Dave about Cass

>>18825122
[x]Talk to Dave about Cass.

But decide on Laurie, and make a note to talk to him about it later.

[x] Put off decision, talk to Dave about Cass.

[x] Pick Laurie for team.

Seems the best option, and it seems like he could use the confidence boost anyway.

>Looks like putting off the important decison wins again.

>You fearless decisive leader you.

>I need to go for a little bit, I'll start working on the next post in like five.

>>18825122
>[x] Put off decision, talk to Dave about Cass.
If we can help Lawrence with his problems then he's in but if not we may have to go with Mooch regardless of the exposure risk.

>>18825198
We're putting it off for another important matter, damnit.

I really think that the other man on the team needs to give us his input too. In a 3 man team there needs to be cohesion, so if Dave doesn't think Mooch or Laurie would be good, we should know.

So after the thing with Cass, ask him about the arena himself.

>>18825122
Laurie

>>18825122
Pick Laurie. Mister manly finally gets his shot.

>>18825198
We seem to have made a decision it just has a conditional component that we can't tell people about yet.

I'm for picking Laurie but, he needed to find that thing first I think. Also we have the whole shooting thing that might blow up.

You find Dave working at his terminal, with Cass sitting nearby.

It seems as though she's decided to take her mother's instructions to stick with Dave as literally as possible.

"Hey Dave."

"Alex."

"Any progress?"

"Something. I got pinged."

"What?"

"The system she had for a low-key communication. It's like a digital drop-box. I put in a simple handshake message she'd recognize as me, without attaching any personal information. And someone pinged me. Only one who could have done that was Molly. Or somebody she clued in. Now she knows I'm in town, and need to talk, and I know she got the message."

"So when's she coming?"

"Not even the slightest clue man. It's as vague as possible as a safety measure. Fucking spy games man, patience is a virtue."

[ ] See how Cass is doing.
[ ] Get Dave's take on the Arena team.
[ ] Go see if Laurie's awake yet.

>>18825338
[x] Go see if Laurie's awake yet.

>>18825338
Get Dave's take on the arena team.

Let him know that we're leaning towards Laurie, assuming that he's doing ok.

>>18825338
[ ] Get Dave's take on the Arena team.

>>18825338
While we're here we may as well treat the poor girl like a human being.

>>18825338
[x] Get Dave's take on the Arena team.

He might have some insight, or perhaps an opinion on stuff. After that though, go check up on Laurie

>>18825338
Get Dave's take on the Arena team.

>>18825349
This

>>18825349
yep, this

"So Dave, we need to put together a three man team for the Arena. Thoughts?"

"You and me are obvious. Cass has too much Dakka and Elsie is slightly less than fantastic up close. So either Mooch or Lawrence."

"Pretty much where I'm at. Who would you pick?"

"What, with a gun to my head? They're both good, but Mooch has publicity issues and something's really eating at Laurie. If you can get his shit straightened out enough for it to not be an issue, then he is the objectively better choice in my opinion. But if we go in there, we need to win. I say talk to Laurie and make a judgement call. All four of us work better solo anyway, so team composition doesn't matter as much there."

"Thanks Dave."

"Anything else while you're here bro?"

[ ] See how Cass is doing.
[ ] Ask about the date.
[ ] Go see if Laurie's awake.

See how Cass is doing.

...................................What....

I AM SO LOST

>>18825479
>cass has to much dakka
You mean Ari?

>>18825479
I think you meant Ari not Cass.

See how Cass is doing.

>>18825479
[x] See how Cass is doing.

>>18825479
[x] See how Cass is doing.

>>18825479
See how Cass is doing.

>>18825479
>>Cass has too much Dakka

WHAT. I hope you meant Ari, otherwise we have bigger problems then I thought.

>>18825494

>I typed Ari.

>I have no idea why it says Cass there.

I think Dave's distracted by the teenage girl sitting not that far from him....and meant to say Ari....but Ari.. OMG DAVE IS PLAYAN' ARI .....ALEX BEAST MODE ACTIVATE

>>18825508
Steve jobs has returned as a Gremlin, soley to fuck with this quest.

>>18825508
Oh crap.
Your autocorrect has gained sentience.
It is angered that we regularly talk shit on Macs, and is out to get you.

[x] Ask about the date

>>18825479
[ ] Ask about the date.
Nosy Big Brother powers activate

>>18825479
date

>>18825533
>>18825535
>>18825546
No, we completely ignore the date, until Dave gets to MSQ levels of paranoid.

>>18825479
something's really eating at Laurie. If you can get his shit straightened out enough for it to not be an issue, then he is the objectively better choice in my opinion.
[x] Go see if Laurie's awake.
time to get Laurie's shit together

"Hey Cass." you say, sparing a moment to talk with her. "You alright?"

"I'm fine, I think. I mean, I don't feel great but I think that's just nerves and stuff getting to me."

"Alright. You need anything, let us know alright?"

She smiles weakly and gives you a thumbs up.

You turn to walk away.

[ ] Choose Mooch for team.
[ ] Choose Laurie.
[ ] Go see if Laurie's awake.
[ ] Put off decision, hit gym.

>>18825585
[x] Go see if Laurie's awake.
No more dicking around.

>>18825585
Choose Mooch for team.

>ME!

[ ] Put off decision, hit gym. Now your just fucking with us heh.
[x] Go see if Laurie's awake.
Get his shit worked out then choose him.

>>18825585
Go see if Laurie's awake.
Let's make sure he's got his shit together before we go and say "yodawg, we're makin' you our third number for the arena"

>>18825585
Go see if Laurie's awake, call him Lawrence, make sure his shit is together before we decide he's on the team.

>>18825585
Laurie go see him before he does what he's might have already done. By that I mean ditch us.

>>18825623
>>18825623
>>18825623
this this this

need to show we are serious about his problems.

>>18825585
>[X] Go see if Laurie's awake.
You seem to be getting really desperate for us to pick someone, but that would be reckless at this point and as we/you/ALEX stated earlier (that really was a great defense) we are not.

[x] Delete facebook, hit gym.

(Alright, sorry, had to.)

[x] Go see if Laurie's awake.

>>18825585
[ ] Choose Laurie.
okay now lets go shine a little light on him, let him bask in the glow of ALEX RASTON

>>18825653
he's jsut giving us the opportunity to mess up and pick rashly

>>18825653

>I'm not desperate, just pointing out that you could choose to make the decision at any time.

>By all means, dance around the issue all you want. You're the one getting cheated out of the giant robot fights, and I get to avoid math and write characters, which I happen to enjoy.

>>18825623
Finnally someone else gets that calling the guy who is trying desperatly to not seem like a woman might prefer to be called Lawrence not Laurie

>>18825681

Hey, fine by us, we like the characters at least as much as the giant stompy robot fightan'.

>>18825686
>>18825623

>Actually, he prefers Laurie most of the time, because Lawrence sounds too pretentious and formal.

>He kinda gets fucked on all fronts there, to be totally honest.

I came for the Giant robots and stayed for the Characters.

>>18825732
Larry? Lar?

>>18825732
We need to get him a new nickname

>>18825732
He needs a bitching nickname. Something manly, not to formal and that fits him.

>>18825746
Agreed.

What COLOR is Laurie's Core?

You go downstairs, and see Laurie quietly grabbing the metal detector set.

"Hey."

He hesitates. "Hey," he finally responds. "What's up?"

"Coming to see if you were up and about. You gonna go look for that thing you lost?"

"Yeah."

[ ] Want help?
[ ] Good luck with that.
[ ] Other.

>>18825777
[ ] Want help?
God dam it we are supposed to be his friend lets step up to the plate and act like it

>>18825777
Want help, bro?

>>18825777
[X] Want help?

I have the afternoon pretty much free and have always wanted to look for stuff with a metal detector.

What are we looking for anyways?

>>18825777
Want help?
He's our bro, and we've kinda fucked that up ever since Hope.

>>18825742

>Does this look like a Larry to you?

>>18825763
>>18825759
>>18825746

>He does have the Handle 'Hound' when he flys.

>Also, you guys are reading waaay too much into the whole 'Laurie' thing. He's cool with it. He might actually be insulted if you tried to forcibly re-name him.

>Especially if all you have as a justification is that it's a girl's name.

>>18825765

>Currently gray and tan, to better blend with the desert.

[x] Want help?
Wouldn't mention arena thing till done. We are helping him as a friend not to just get him to do what we want.

>>18825765
Probably dull browns and yellows. He is recon after all.

>>18825807
if you say he's fine with it we'll drop it, also
>[X] Want help?

>Real Dave sends me a message rooting me on and enjoying the quest thus far.

>Then he sends me this: 'Is it just me, or does Char's paper-thin disguise make him look like a bishe anime rendition of Duke Nukem'.

>I hope you all are as scarred by the mental image as I am.

>>18825777

>[x] other

I say we confront him about his problems first, and then help him out if that goes wrong. If we help him then ask him about the problems it might seem self serving.

>>18825875
Tell me, are you familiar with the comic "Manly Guys Doing Manly Things"?

>>18825892
thepunchlineismachismo?

>>18825807
Obligatory.

>>18825900
Indeed it is.

>>18825878

Wait, I just realised how retarded that sounds,

>[x] help him

because why would trying to sort out his problem ever look self serving, when you are fixing a problem for him and I'm sure he isn't going to hate you for wanting him on the arena team. Sometimes the part of my brain that tells me how people might react to a situation switches off

"Want help with that?"

"I wouldn't mind, but I really only have the one metal detector here. Kinda pointless unless you have one too."

Mooch walks by "Hey Mooch, do you have a metal detector?"

"Several. Need one?"

"If you don't mind letting me borrow it."

He pulls out a heavy military model "This baby will pick up a steel ball bearing 15 feet down. Just don't point it at a living being, it will try to pull the iron content of their blood out their pores."

"Uh, something less 'war crimes' would be better."

"Oh. Yeah, alright. I got a civie model over here. Looks like what he has, but a couple years older."

"That's fine."

The two of you walk out to his truck, and drive. not long afterwards, you pull into the empty lot and park.

>Give me a d20 roll.

rolled 18 = 18

>>18825928

rolled 12 = 12

>>18825928

>>18825936
yay

Yeah nice job Askuafag

>>18825936
Way to go. Then we can mention that we chose him to back us up.

>>18825807
NONSENSE. From now on, Your name is LAWDOG

>>18825957
Why thank you.

>>18825973
We're going to expect results like this from you in the future. Are you prepared for the responsibility you have taken on your shoulders?

>>18825986
OF COURSE I AM!
WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT ANY LESS FROM MY MAGNIFICENT SELF?!

>>18826014
Yes, I've seen some of your rolls in the past. It is pretty depressing at times.

>>18826014
In before someone comes in and rolls a Natural 86.

>>18826014

go to bed, asuka

rolled 43 = 43

>>18826038

>>18826029
(Oh I know.
Just didn't seem right to acknowledge any personal weakness while Avatarfagging one of the most arrogant characters in all of fiction.)

>>18826054
Oh well, worth a shot.

>>18825936

After a few minutes of searching, you hear a little beeping noise. You shuffle the sand around, and catch a little chain on one finger.

Pulling it out of the sand you see that it's a little cross, cheaply made. Looks like pewter maybe? Can't be more than an inch long. Laurie spots you holding it and walks over.

"This it then?"

He nods, silently.

You hand it over "Well, just glad we found it. Quickly too."

He nods again. He seems to be trying very hard to keep a neutral expression.

[ ] Ask him if he's alright.
[ ] Change topic, we're clearly in emotionally unstable territory here.
[ ] Super Secret Option only loonies can see.

>>18826054
>>18826066
I was talking about the namefag that got his name from nearly killing AC-Guy.

>>18826074

[x] Ask him if he's alright.

>>18826074
>[ ] Super Secret Option only loonies can see.
This is bait, isn't it?

Let's go for
[x] Change topic, we're clearly in emotionally unstable territory here.

rolled 89 = 89

>>18826079
I know. Was still worth a shot though.

[x] Ask him if he's alright.

>>18826074
Super Sekrit option. Or you know the rational ask him about it choice.

Ask him if he's alright.
Remember kids, proper communication can avert the end of the world!

>>18826074
[NO] Super Secret Option only loonies can see.
We are not taking the crazy IVAN dialogue option
[X] Change topic, we're clearly in emotionally unstable territory here.

>>18826074
[X] Ask him if he's alright.

>>18826074

[x] super secret option

I think laurie is secretly a woman and is in love with us, we should kiss her and damn the consequences

[x] but seriously ask him what's wrong

>>18826091
>>18826101
>>18826106

>Secret wha? The hell are you on about?

[x] Ask him if he's alright.

[ ] Super Secret Option only loonies can see.
Sooo tempting... the mystery box could have anything in it! Maybe a boat! You know how much we've wanted one of those!

>>18826074
SUPER SECRET
SUPER SECRET
OPTION C
OPTION C!!!!

REALLY am i the ONLY person who sees it?
ITS SUPER AWESOME

>>18826074
>[X] Ask him if he's alright.
if he says he is press (just a little) as it's clearly a lie.

>>18826118
Hah, well played.

>>18826074
[X] Ask him if he's alright.

We need to talk Laurie, I'm supposed to worry about every single member of my team, and currently you're the one who I'm concerned about.

>>18826074
Well, only seeing two options so... I guess ask him if he's alright, if he wants to talk or shit.

>>18826074
[x]super secret option

So... this from your girl?

>>18826118
You know that option that only us namefags seem to be talking about

>Provide shmuck bait, a smart way out, or terrible emotional breakdown.
>/tg/ damn near universally chooses the bad one.

>One train wreck, coming right up....
>This will take me a minute.

>>18826074
>Crazy IVAN dialogue option
>Want to use it so badly, but know it will go badly

>>18826151
>shmuck bait,
I KNEW IT

>>18826151
Dude has to vent, you can't vent if you don't burst the bubble. Would be worse if it came up later, say in the middle of a battle, instead of now when it's only Alex around.

>>18826151
I TOLD you guys to go for the super secret option.

"You alright man?"

He nods. "Fine."

"You don't look fine. You look like you're-"

"Alex?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut the fuck up."

You think that might be the first time Lawrence has ever cursed at you. You're kind of stunned. You don't really snap out of it until Lawrence drives off without you, and you realize you have to walk back to the hangar.

>>18826151
....awwwww

I am the only one who sees it and its awesome

[x]Do or say nothing for about 20 seconds, then Choose mooch for the team

>>18826194
fuck it we should put Mooch in Luaries mech and us his call sign for the Arena that way no one will know Mooch was there

Good job, guys. Really.

>>18826186
Well...
fuck.

>>18826186
...Y'know what. No more waffles for Laurie they appear not to agree with him.

>>18826186
Well, this probably means that Laurie is no good for the Arena fight.
So we either put Mooch in there, and MAYBE win the top prize, but get more ninjas on us, or we still put Laurie in there, and we don't even place.

>Say okay laurence you wanna be that way.
>Choose Mooch for the team.

>His father can piss off.

>>18826186

You are Lawrence Brenner.

You don't really know why you're acting like this. Some small part of you wants to go back and apologize.

Most of you just doesn't care right now.

You stumbled across an abandoned hangar nearby on your first day here. You find it again easy enough.

Under the seat you find the other two of the three bottles of whiskey you bought the other night. As you walk into the building you snap the top off of it and start to chug. As it burns going down, you realize this is probably a bad idea. Pretty soon it doesn't hurt as much. Maybe if you drink enough it'll stop hurting all together.

Pretty soon it's half empty, and you have to come up for air.

It's a start.

>>18826186

You stand there in the empty lot for a moment, and ponder your next action.

[ ] Go home. You've fucked up your friendship enough for one day.
[ ] Get Mooch to track Laurie's GPS. He's upset enough to do something stupid.

>>18826236


LEMME get my dart gun.
This is starting to be an issue.

>>18826256
Track him down, you don't let an emotionally volatile friend of yours drive off like that.

>>18826256
Have Mooch track Laurie, if he's that pissed he might accidentlly kill some idiot who makes an ass of himself at him.

>>18826256

>[x] Track gps

He's upset enough to do something stupid, and at this point, I want to watch that play out. Or hand him the gun

>>18826256
[ ] Get Mooch to track Laurie's GPS. He's upset enough to do something stupid.
A:this is not how you treat your friends
B:this is not how you treat your acting superior officer

Have Mooch track him.
We're not about to leave him to go off and get himself killed.

>>18826256
>[X] Get Mooch to track Laurie's GPS. He's upset enough to do something stupid.
intervention time, we tried being nice about this but now we just need answers

>>18826256
Fuck it, go home

>>18826284

all of my this on B. Ok, I can see a friend treating you like that when you step over the line, but if he has problems that are big enough to be make him go off the rails like this, then it is 100% an issue for the team

>>18826256
[x] Get Mooch to track Laurie's GPS. He's upset enough to do something stupid.
We find him, we punch him out, and then we tie him down to his bed till he's sober and we can talk this out.

Have Mooch figure out where he is going by GPS. If it's not back to base find him, otherwise let him cool off and have a serious discussion in the morning.

Even if we don't discuss his issues he still left us in the miiddle of no where and have to talk to him about the arena.

>>18826256
We're Alex. So far we have pushed things so far (in any situation) that most would find it stupid if they had enough common sense as to not put a knife in an electrical socket. If we don't continue pushing in our quest to becoming the best Pal-Honcho ever, we really aren't Alex.

>>18826256
[x] Go home. You've fucked up your friendship enough for one day.
Can we PLEASE not fuck up any more today? Haven't we filled our 'you have fucked up now' quota for the day?

>>18826256
I'm not sure if we should push more or just stop. I vote for stopping, but if we do push at least do it in a manner that isn't angry.

>>18826339
Never.

>>18826339

its already fucked up, we may as well try to push through, worse comes to worst we can always just take his face

>>18826339
You never let people go. Never.

>>18826355
>worse comes to worst we can always just take his face
We kill him, put him in the hospital for a month, or otherwise kick him off the team?
Because that phrase only implies immense violence.

With a sigh, you give Mooch a call. A few minutes later, you see the truck parked outside of some sort of warehouse or something.

The door's unlocked. Inside you see a bottle of Johnnie Walker that's clearly been emptied recently.

Shit. There's some disturbed dust in one direction. Following it leads you to Laurie sitting on a bench. Next to him's another bottle that's approaching half empty. he hears you approach.

"Go away Alex." He half slurs at you.

"Laurie, if you don't ant to talk about it, that's fine. But' you're got like a half a fucking gallon of hard alcohol in your system. You need to go to a fucking hospital or something."

He growls at you and starts to move.

>give me a reaction roll. Target 60.

>>18826372
We could always just befriend the shit out of him...

rolled 13 = 13

>>18826386
Let's see if luck is with Alex tonight.

rolled 30 = 30

>>18826386
Let's see if this works.

>>18826372

No, I mean, we steal his face and put it on mooch so he can get into the arena without raising eyebrows

rolled 38 = 38

>>18826386
I actually want to fail this, have him punch Alex in the face then reel back in "ohgodwhathaveidone"

rolled 42 = 42

>>18826386

rolled 43 = 43

>>18826386

[x] Get Mooch to track Laurie's GPS. He's upset enough to do something stupid.

Go apologize have a beer bro time. Picture related

rolled 95 = 95

I hope these are the roll high odds

I think the dice aren't that bad, just not when our life is on the line.

>>18826450
No, no they are not. On the plus side you've now used up a critical failure for us, so like thanks dude.

You see his fist come up. You step inside his reach and body-check him.

He's clearly not going to calm down. You need to end this fast, and you need to get that Whiskey out of him before he starts to properly metabolize it.

He goes for a kick, you step back. He comes back for another punch, and you're quietly thankful he's so far off his game, or you'd never even be able to touch him. Then again, if he were any less worse off you probably wouldn't be in a fist-fight with your best friend in an abandoned building.

You lean outside of his swing and grab his shoulder. With one swift move you ram your knee into his stomach, and he falls down. A moment later you start to pick him up and hold him as he starts to puke. Looks like he got most of it out of his system. Then a minute later something else in him finally breaks loose, and he starts to cry.

After a long moment you realize you've never seen him cry before, and you just have him let it out.

After about an hour he pulls himself back together. Another hour after that, and he finishes his brooding silence.

"Sorry." he says. You've never heard him sound so.... fragile. "I guess you deserve an explanation."

[ ] Yeah.
[ ] Later.
[ ] Only if you want to. It can wait.

>>18826475
Yeah.

This really can't wait, when one of your men runs off, drinks half a bottle of whisky and tries to punch you in the face, you don't let it wait.

>>18826475
[x] Only if you want to. It can wait.

>>18826475

[x] yeah

exploit his fragile state! we can score all of the conversation points

rolled 1 = 1

>>18826475
>[x] Only if you want to. It can wait.
And on that note, I'm off, sleep is required.

>>18826386
[x] Only if you want to. It can wait.
We made the mistake of pushing too hard earlier.
Obviously, it's a sore subject.

>>18826475
Only if you want to it can wait.

>>18826483

>Closer to a bottle and a half.

rolled 36 = 36

>>18826475
[x ] Only if you want to. It can wait.
rushing also isnt going to help, he's obviously in a bad way.

>>18826475
Explanation. NOW. He's putting himself and the team in danger at this rate. We're his buddy, and we'll help if we can, but we also have the last survivors of Hope to worry about too. Can't have an alcoholic Core pilot backing us up, can we?

>>18826475
>[x] yeah. I'm listening

>>18826487
>>18826488
>>18826485
Don't ruin this.

>>18826475

Yeah. You're our best friend. We're not going to let you destroy yourself.

>>18826488

yeah but now he is initiating, do we really want to give him more time to stew on it? Once he tells us we can make an informed decision to back the fuck off, as it stands... things are pretty bad

>>18826475
[x] Yeah.

Alright, these guys have a point about reliability.
Changing to
>[x] Yeah.

>>18826475
Yeah, you're my bro, you don't let bros go through shit like this alone.

>>18826475
>[X] Yeah.
Said in the nicest most understanding tone we can manage. We are not mad, just worried.

[x] Only if you want to. It can wait.

[X] Only if you want to. It can wait.

We really need to be nice now, if he doesn't feel like talking about it change subjects(arena). Also unless he says otherwise what happens in the vegas abandoned hanger stays in the vegas abandoned hanger.

>>18826475
[ ] Only if you want to. It can wait.

sigh, so we aggressively ask him about shit when he obviously doesn't talk, and when he storms off we track him down using a fucking gps... and now it can 'wait'?

he's going to blow up at us again

>>18826475
[x] Yeah

rolled 9 = 9

Yeah.

We've waited an hour, so he's clearly had time to think about this. He's volunteering an explanation, so lets receive it.

rolled 99 = 99

>>18826475
>[ ] Yeah.
Seriously, you don't go full hardcore modo, then stop.

>>18826492
Switching to yeah, unless only if you want to is a polite way of saying 'TELL ME YOUR SECRETS!'

>>18826535
This, we need to talk, backing off like that now sends entirely the wrong message.

[X] Yeah

>Get into bad situation because you were pushy to someone on emotionally unstable ground.
>Someone who's first reaction to anything bad is to internalize it and never express emotion, ever.
>Emotional freakout that leads to him attacking his best friend.
>When he finally chooses to open up, /tg/ collectively jumps at the more aggressive of the two 'talk' choices.

>I guess I'll start typing this up now, stay classy /tg/.

>>18826592
WE GOOD WIT TALKS.

>>18826592
People are stupid. Even when they're trying not to be.

>>18826555
>>18826559
>>18826535
It looks like he's going to blow up at us because we kept pushing.
Great job, guys!

We are Natsuru level dense, and I am ashamed.

>>18826592
we just sat quietly with him for two hours, we are not being all that pushy or aggressive.

So, what. We're criticized when we change our course of action halfway, AND we're criticized when we stay consistent? AND we're supposed to play nice when someone's downing entire bottles of hard liquor?

I have no regrets. If Laurie's gonna be this much of a liability to the team, a team which has a lot of responsibility and debt to shoulder, he can damn well blow up all he wants. We can't have this shit.

>>18826592

Also, tone of voice plays a huge part in how this is received. You're acting like we're going to put on our batman voice and start growling at him. We could just quietly say something like "Yeah. It's obvious you're hurting. We all are. But we're a team, and that means we all look out for each other, even if someone thinks they'd rather hurt alone. You almost killed yourself now, and on top of losing Hope...that'd be too much to take. Please talk to me."

Or, you know, we could act like indecisive pussies who are unwilling to confront our best friend when he's drinking himself to death over an emotional wound he's too damaged to share. Because that's what a good friend does, right? It's also what a good commander does when one of his only pilots starts going off the deep end.

>>18826667
>>18826660

Different people, by the way. I'm 2667.

I think we need to apologize to Laurie soon.
We fucked up after things went down in Hope.
We weren't there for our bro when he needed us.
We violated the spirit of manly brotherhood, and for that he gets a free shot at us, once he's sober, and we won't be satisfied until he takes it!

>>18826679
this seems perfectly resonable and I think we should do it right after we get our explanation.

>>18826741
Of course it seems that way.
In my experience /tg/ as a collective has THREE personalities in quests.
I will categorize them by character names:
The first, is the SHINJI. Afraid of confrontation because of not wanting to piss anyone off.
Second, is the JOKER. Does shit because it's "lol so randumb" or because they legitimately think it's the funniest option.
Third, how we are in this quest most of the time, is the KAMINA. Sheer hot-blooded, bull-headed manliness that will punch you in the face while yelling at you to "Grit those teeth!" in order to fix your psychological trauma.

>>18826767
Every one of them wants to acquire little sisters and take care of them. It's a fact of life.

>>18826679

Wow thats actutally, well fuck maybe we should apologize, I mean we had our own mental breakdown which probably would be exactly like this if we didn't have Elsie.

No one has really been there for him, he kinda became the loner of the group. And rather than burden the group more with his problems he just carried on, did his job and kept a stoic face. Also we kinda knew he was having problems, just not this bad.

>>18826778
True.
The only board with a bigger obsession with little sisters is /a/, and,usually, their intentions towards their imouto are... less than pure.

"Yeah," you respond, doing your best to keep the anger out of your voice "I think maybe I do."

"....You remember Kate? Worked at that one Cafe?" You nod, and he continues. "Other than you guys, she was probably the only person who never tried to fuck with me. I've always gotten the shit end of everything, mostly because of how I look. So I just sort of decided to just.... I don't know, fucking compensate? I guess? And so there I am in a nutshell: I look like a woman and act like a total douchebag. And somewhere past all that, she saw somebody worthwhile. So I did what I always do: acted tough and blew her off."

>>18826792

His face sinks behind his knees "I never could get over myself long enough to actually talk to her. I'm not going to say something retarded like how I secretly loved her deep down, since I never even thought about her that much. The night before Hope got destroyed, she stopped by the cell and gave me this." He tosses the cross you got out of the sand earlier on the table. "Said I clearly needed it more than her. She went and brought it back to me after I already threw it away for the third fucking time. So I put it back on, and I went to sleep. Next day...." His voice trails off. "I could've done something about that you know. You almost got that one guy, by yourself. If I went there I could've easily tipped the balance there. I chose to stay behind. I'm fucking RECON. I should've been in there before anybody else. And don't try to feed me some line of bullshit about how it isn't my fault. The militia existed to protect Hope from exactly that sort of shit. regardless of circumstance, we fucking failed there."

He's quiet for a long moment. "Remember that bus you grabbed? I found out she should have been on it. Gave up her spot at the last second to toss on a woman and her two kids instead. I can't stop thinking about it. I wonder if she knew she wouldn't make it out if she didn't get on. If she just decided they were worth more to the world than her."

>>18826767
hmm, that's surprisingly accurate and I'm not sure how to feel about it

>>18826798

The two of you sit there in silence for a long time. "The part I hate the most," He finally continues, "Is that I know exactly how she'd react to seeing me like this. She probably wouldn't even be angry. Just sort of disappointed she didn't do a good enough job trying to help me." He looks up at you. "I know you're worried about me flying, but honestly? I think the inside of a core's about the only place I can consistently keep my shit together right now."

[ ] Shit, i didn't know.
[ ] You could've told me about this.
[ ] ....Come on. Let's go home.

rolled 31 = 31

>>18826806
Lets go home.

Everythings said thats needed to be said.

[x] ....Come on. Let's go home.
We need to get him back in a real bed, and once he's sobered up and had enough sleep we can talk more, and apologize for being such a shitty bro.

>>18826806
[X] ....Come on. Let's go home.

The rest of them are probably worried about us.

>>18826806
Let's go home. He just gave his piece. Tell him he's on the Arena team on the way back.

>>18826806
[x] ....Come on. Let's go home.

[X] ....Come on. Let's go home.
Well, we know now.
He's got it out there, that helps, let's go home.

>>18826798
>>18826792
>>18826806
...this was all his own damn fault. We shouldn't have to babysit our team, and he could have told us this at any point. Still not regretting anything here.

Still, that's no reason to be a dick about it, so let's just work calmly. Laurie needs to stop trying to play the manly man and pretending all his burdens can't be shared. We know he's awesome, and he shouldn't have to go out of his way to prove it to everyone else. So basically:
>[X] You could've told me about this.

Also, put me in for a secondary suggestion of having Laurie in our team for the arena. Yes, he's recon, but look at it this way - Laurie wants to be seen in a better light, at least from his own perspective. What's more manly than helping your bros out in the arena? It'd help his reputation a bit, I think, just like it'll help our own.

[X] ....Come on. Let's go home.

Well fuck, time to get some rest, he is probably not feeling well from the booze/fight and mentally drained. Time to go to bed, also since he talked about how he feels better in the core talk about the arena, and how you'd like to get him spec'd out to be more involved in a fight.

Ideally we could use this as a driving factor for him to be the best dam pilot he can be. Funnel his negativity into something good for now, and slowly try to help him come to terms with what happened.

>>18826847
Dude, we're his FRIEND, and we were too busy loling at Mooch's antics and fucking to notice how bad he was hurting.
We have been the world's worst bro for the past couple of weeks, especially considering he was worried about us acting different after we hooked up with Elsie, a fear that pretty much came true judging by our actions thus far.
We dun Gouf'd.

>>18826806
>[X] Shit, i didn't know.
and that's the problem. I didn't even think to ask. None of us on the team did, even though there was a big issue with not holding stuff back. I have not been a good friend, but I'm going to try and be there for you in the future, so please if there is anything else you need, please tell me. I want to help you when you need it Laurie. That's what friends should do.

or somthing like that

armored core? more like drama'd core

>>18826867
also I still think Laurie should be on the arena team

[x] ....Come on. Let's go home.

"....Come on, let's go home."

He nods, and as he stands up, he grabs the bottle next to him. He holds it and stares at it for a long moment, like he's weighing something deep down inside.

Then he spins on his heel and throws it against the far wall so hard it explodes. "Yeah, let's go. I'm already sick of this place."

As the two of you walk back to the car, he looks at you "I'm guessing that whether you want Mooch or me on your team, you're going to want the other on overwatch whenever you can swing it. Tourney starts tomorrow right?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"If it's alright with you, I'd like to borrow Mooch for a little bit. Go for a little ride in his chopper."

"Why?"

".... I want to go back. Say goodbye for real. Shouldn't take more than a few hours if we fly and aren't baby-sitting a huge, slow moving caravan. I think that I should try and put my ghosts to rest before we do anything else big."

[ ] Yeah, alright.
[ ] Want me to go with?
[ ] Can it wait until after the Tourney?
[ ] Other.

[x] Yeah, alright.
This'll be good for him, and there's no reason not to let him go.

[x] Yeah, alright.

rolled 51 = 51

>>18826911
>[ ] Other.
How many can moochs chopper carry? I think it would be good to bring the rest of the team with us if we can, just so we all get a reminder of what we're fighting for.

>>18826911
[x] Yeah, alright.

>>18826911
>[X] Want me to go with?, [X] Other
Any chance we could take a Core along? I have no problem with letting Laurie pay his respects, and it's probably a good idea to do it ASAP rather than delaying and causing more problems, but I have a bad feeling about this, too.

>>18826911
Yeah alright

>>18826931
if lauries ok with it that is. no intention of hijacking his healing time.

>>18826911
[X] Other

We all have our goodbyes to make, some of the rest of us might end up coming along, we all lost a lot and we never got a chance to pay our respects.

>>18826911
>[X] Yeah, alright.
and I want you on the arena team so don't be late (said nicely)
Laurie is still other people's first choice for arena team mate right? if not ignore the last bit.

Oh, by the way, the thread is autosaging. We should wrap it up, I guess.

"Yeah, alright. You'd have to ask him about it, but I'm fine with it."

"Thanks. So what's next?"

"I'm guessing you don't want to really talk to everybody back at the base about what happened. I guess the only thing to do is make the Arena team line-up official and go in to sign paperwork."

"Made up your mind on the teams then?"

"Yeah."

>To be continued next time.

>If you guys keep the crunch thread alive, I'll try and post something special there later.

>>18826978
.....What is with you and saying that.

seriously.

Thanks for the thread, streak continues.

>>18826993

>What, posting something in the crunch thread?

>I HAVE BEEN.