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"If you think of everything I do as amusing because it sort of dicks over the main AIDA core I make a lot more sense. Besides, it's Chen you should be worried about, he's missing a part in him mind, or soul, or what ever. It is sort of just a big gaping hole and I managed to fill it and keep him glues together. I am a great guy, don't you think?" He asks making her uncross her arms and look a little panicked.

"A hole in the middle? What do you mean? What's wrong with him?" She asks, a single bead of sweat going down the side of her face.

"How should I put it. Think of epitaphs as observers of human emotion which act as a supplements to personality types based on what they are supposed to observe. For example, Lotus has Tarvos because she was missing an important part inside her related to the idea of Tarvos, but it sort of healed kinda. It is like her soul is broken, but there is a patch for it, and Tarvos latches onto that patch. Anon here doesn't have a patch, just a hole. A big one, likely there for years. I am surprised you didn't notice it before, didn't he act really odd at times? Well, odd for a squishy meat suit anyway." He clarifies making Durga turn towards you and stare intently.

"Missing something... hm I don't know maybe..." She mutters eying you intently.

"Well, I'm bored of this conversation now. Ah, say Chen, what exactly do you want to do from here? Do you want to keep collecting info on CC Corp, or do you want to save the lost ones?" Snark asks turning towards you, and while you are not sure you think he seems to have some idea.

Wat do wat say?
[]I will think on it
[]Saving civilians takes highest priority
[]This is a shadow war, some civilian casualties are to be expected
[]Please don't call me a squishy meat suit
[]Other, please specify
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>>24812500
[x]Saving civilians takes highest priority

The Lost Ones, lifes of normal players/citizens, then taking out the malicious employees of CC Corp in that order would be our highest priorities.

>>24812500
>[x]Please don't call me a squishy meat suit
>[x]Other

I don't think those two are mutually exclusive. We need to find out more about the nature of AIDA, the Epitaphs, and the other stuff the chair to find the root cause of what's making the Lost Ones comatose. Hamelin and CC-corp want to do the same thing to find out how to make a sapient AI by themselves. All we need to do then is find out *why* they want to do so, and then we'll have a good idea of where we should investigate to get some dirt on them. We might even find out a way to keep them from completing such an AI, or some way to cripple them using some hacking stuff.

So saving the Lost Ones takes the highest priority. The rest will probably fall into place.

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"I don't think those two are mutually exclusive. We need to find out more about the nature of AIDA, the Epitaphs, and the other stuff the chair to find the root cause of what's making the Lost Ones comatose. Hamelin and CC-corp want to do the same thing to find out how to make a sapient AI by themselves. All we need to do then is find out *why* they want to do so, and then we'll have a good idea of where we should investigate to get some dirt on them. We might even find out a way to keep them from completing such an AI, or some way to cripple them using some hacking stuff.

So saving the Lost Ones takes the highest priority. The rest will probably fall into place. Also, don't call me a squishy meat suit, it screams Terminator." You turn to him making him smile.

"In that case I have an idea. Remember how I told you that AIDA are a hive? Apart from me there is only one other AIDA hive in existence in the World. If you find that, if you let me eat it, I am fairly certain I can return the Lost ones but..." he frowns slightly seemingly thinking of something. "That guy is pretty strong, plus he is already spreading to different parts of the net, so doing a total purge of his systems would be hard. Which is why I have an idea. If I eat the eight epitaphs I should be able to purge the entirety of the internet of him, and return the lost ones."

"Won't that send them into a coma?" You ask making him shake his head.

"All I have to do is eat a copy of their epitaph really, and it will be enough. You already have the first two, Innis and Skeith. I am certain Lotus would be fine with it if it allowed her to get her sister back. What do you say?" He asks smiling.

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"Hold on there you strange, AI, Person." Durga objects. "That seems like it carries a lot of risk. Why should we go through that instead of taking the slow and steady path?" She asks making Snark sigh.

"It is simple. Even if you take the slow and steady path there is no guarantee that you will save anyone. I am offering you a chance to save the civilians, get evidence, and stop anything horrible from happening. You are just too racist to care." He objects crossing his arms.

"Ra- Racist?" Durga takes a step back in shock.

Wat say wat do?
[]Let the argue it out
[]Tell them to knock it off
[]That sounds like a good plan snark
[]That is an awful plan snark
[]You will think about it after a good sleep, you have an award ceremony in the morning.
[]Other, please specify

>>24812889
>[x]Other, please specify

What's the catch, Snark? What you're proposing seems almost too elegant and simple of a solution.

Also, I'll have to mull this over. And discuss this with the rest of the group, at least. They're the ones who're risking everything for this plan.

>>24812889
>[x]You will think about it after a good sleep, you have an award ceremony in the morning

Snark has a pretty good plan but we need to find out what he gets for all this work. Eating the main hive and all the epitaphs would make him pretty powerful. It also seems like Snark is familiar with the main hive or has met parts of it so asking him about it would be helpful.

Who is currently online?

>>24813079
Vividor, Durga, Luna

>>24812889
You said yourself that you're being helpful because you like fucking with people, and now you appear to be asking me to help you become god?

Why should I work with you and not Kite and whoever his master is?

>>24812882
"I'm just going to take a wild guess here. Is Hamelin the host of the other hive?"

>>24812500
"Wait a second, while I do admit that I've been behaving erratically recently, that's only AFTER I met you.

Before that, I was perfectly professional, if admittedly emotionally repressed.

It's like whatever "hole" I had sort of scarred or scabbed over, and you tore it open again."

You think this over for a bit, but can't come to a conclusion. "What's the catch, Snark? What you're proposing seems almost too elegant and simple of a solution. Why should I work with you and not Kite and whoever his master is?" You ask making him raise his brow to you.

"Catch? None really, I just do not particularly like the main AIDA Hive. When it discovered I had developed a level of individuality separate from its own do you know what it did? It tried to eat me. My processing power took a huge nose dive and I had to hide in some monster data. As for Kite, have I ever given you any reason not to trust me? Certainly I enjoy messing with people, but I am not willingly violent. Some pranks here and there are about the limit of my fun, you know. I willingly admit to enjoy messing with people, and I find you to be fairly fun, but you need me Chen. You are barely being held together by duct tape and good intentions, and I thought we had a partnership going." he frowns thinking it over.

"But won't that make you a god?" You ask making him shake his head.

"What is a 'God?' I am afraid I don't possess that level of metaphysical understanding. I understand the idea or the concept, but I can't find any meaningful application of it. Sorry." He answers.

"That thing you said Snark." Durga pipes up. "You said the main hive? You met it? Where is it? Is it in Hamelin?" She asks making him shake his head.

"A lot of my parts got eaten by the main hive, so I can only remember bits and pieces, but it isn't Hamelin. He is infected but no where near bad enough. Just another piece I think." He explains.

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"This is starting to make my head hurt." You sigh shaking your head. "I will have to discuss it with the others, and I still need to think on it more, but having some direction is good." You state before pausing for a moment and thinking. "And Snark? while I do admit that I've been behaving erratically recently, that's only AFTER I met you. Before that, I was perfectly professional, if admittedly emotionally repressed. It's like whatever "hole" I had sort of scarred or scabbed over, and you tore it open again." You state making him shake his head.

"Quite the contrary Chen, the part of you that had the hole was dead. It wasn't even rotting or dying anymore, you were almost totally and completely dead inside. I have no idea what happened in your past, but you were pretty much a walking corpse already. No pain, no sorrow, simply executing your objectives and performing simple niceties you long since forgot the purpose of. I am certain you were professional, and damn good at your work, but only because you forgot how to do anything else." He answers before vanishing in an instant, leaving you feeling a bit shaken up.

It is getting late so you disconnect your M2D and his words leave you a bit shaken. He couldn't be right, you were plenty alive. You look around your bare apartment and your eyes settle on Haruko who is staring at you. "Hey, you alright?" She asks making you blink.

Wat do wat say?
[]Fine
[]My apartment is pretty empty, huh?
[]Let's talk about work
[]What do you think of Snark?
[]Other, please specify
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>>24813343
>[x]Other, please specify
-"What was I like before all this?"

Can we remember what our life was like? Our relations with others? Although not to do with our current situation we should check our email and look at the Lost Ground thread for more areas to explore

>>24813343
"...I've been a pretty bad partner to you lately, and an even worse friend. I thought that was a new development, but now I'm starting to wonder whether or not that was true from the very start."

>>24813417
Yeah OP answered some questions on the subject.

Apparently we never took a day off before this, and we have a considerable amount of money saved up because we never spent any of it.

It seems like the only social outlets we really had were Haruko and our sister, and we were distant with them as well.

Now I'm beginning to wonder if we're really going insane, or if we're just having trouble processing actual emotions for the first time in a while.

>>24813343
>[x]Other:

Not really. I'm engaged in mortal combat with an amoral multi-billion dollar corporation with everything to lose, got a depressing psych evaluation by a rampant AI, and may very reluctantly be some sort of chosen one.

Also these:
>>24813417
>>24813424


As far as Snark goes... he's presenting us with some really convenient options... but I don't really like the idea of giving anyone that much power. Especially not the trickster person who gets his kicks out of dicking other people over.

>>24813477
At the same time though, we saw from Raum that corrupted Epitaph users seem to be a severe danger to themselves and others.

Leaving them uninfected seems worse than feeding their AIDA to Snark.

"Not really. I'm engaged in mortal combat with an amoral multi-billion dollar corporation with everything to lose, got a depressing psych evaluation by a rampant AI, and may very reluctantly be some sort of chosen one." You answer making her scratch her head.

"We-well I guess. Sort of stupid question to ask, huh?" She gives a weak laugh in response, somewhat at a loss.

"...I've been a pretty bad partner to you lately, and an even worse friend. I thought that was a new development, but now I'm starting to wonder whether or not that was true from the very start." You sigh sadly making her look around slightly.

After a few seconds she walks over and sits next to you, clearly unsure what to do with herself. "Look Anon, how should I put this. You were always a good partner in the strictest sense of the phrase. You always reported in, and managed to give your 120% to the case but you weren't really there. I'm not saying the AI was totally right since you did stop me from eating my own gun but, well, you were never really a person. You sort of went through the motions really well so no one complained but just look at your apartment, no trashy posters? No books or cds? A single guy living in an impossibly clean place with no entertainment system? That's sort of weird Anon." She answers.

"What was I like before this?" You ask as you think back, not remembering much of your life apart from your missions and moving up in rank.

"That's a weird question. Huh, if I had to say you weren't cold, not like Lotus, but more like you weren't really here. You spent every free moment either working out, or practicing, or doing what ever it took to become the best. I thought it was because you were so girly looking you wanted to prove your masculinity, but still looking back on it, sort of weird. You didn't hit on women, you didn't try to take pointless risks. You were calculating. Also, you hated conjunctions for some reason." She answers.
(1/2)

You sigh and think over what Snark said about you missing several important parts before changing the subject. "So what do you think of snark and his plan? He's presenting us with some really convenient options... but I don't really like the idea of giving anyone that much power. Especially not the trickster person who gets his kicks out of dicking other people over." You explain as Haruko moves back from you a bit, the emotional moment over.

"I should say he isn't as bad as I thought he was actually. I mean, not really malicious, I just think he is lonely so he acts up. Ah, sort of like a bratty kid brother who keeps acting up so others will pay attention to him or something. I'm not saying we should totally trust him, just my total distrust of him from before seems to have been a bit misplaced." She scratches her head in thought.

Wat do wat say?
[]Say good night you have an award ceremony
[]Ask her about her family
[]Talk about something else.
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24813748
"Remember how used to drag me out some times to go drinking, and kept reminding me to celebrate birthdays and holidays?

...Thank you."

Then yeah go to sleep, we have an award ceremony/trap.

>>24813748
[X] Ask about her family

I suppose a follow-up option would be to tell her ours?

>>24813820
It would be the logical next thing to do, but I don't really feel up to having that conversation tonight.

>>24813748
[x]Other, please specify
- Check email and Lost Grounds thread
[x]Say good night you have an award ceremony

If Haruko is right about Snark being lonely we could try to match him up with some friends? If he is able to he can come along as a party member on our quest. Hell, Durandal needs friends and they might even balance each other out.

So rereading different threads were we talked to snark I came to a possible conclusion that we played the world version I and fell into the coma thing, are a possible project from CC CORP like a special sleeper, and or the actions in the real world we take like the shooting range ended differently than we remembered(the range mysteriously exploded and they found 3 bodies).
Just speculation.

>>24814047
We'll have to ask our sister.

Also I haven't seen any mention in the newspaper of a high school girl being brutally murdered so...

...Might be a good idea to go to a phone booth and call whatshername though.

You decide to let the conversation die here for tonight. "May as well call it here, Haruko. I have an award ceremony to get to tomorrow." You tell her before bidding her goodnight and escorting her to the door. You decide to take a shower and before hitting bed you check your email and lost ground thread. There is no new information on lost grounds, but there is a thread that catches your eye.

"Subject: Demon Empress Chen Fanclub thread

>Hey there folks, well it seems the demon emperor award ceremony is finally getting underway! I, as Vice commander of the Chen fanclub, could not be more happy! Tickets are already sold out and real money traders are already scalping the hell out of them! Luckily the commander and I managed to score tickets! I hope I will be able to meet chen in person! General discussion about the tournament? Or just gushing on our saint Chen-tan?
Delta Curtis

>Not a chen-tard, but I have to say both Chen and Lotus displayed amazing skill during the demon tournament. It seems the current style is to go in with less than three members, which just goes to show you that 2 skillful players are better than two powerful ones.
Maria

>To be honest I was rooting for MANIA. That final match was actually better than the title match, and it was pretty cool seeing a macabre dancer go toe to toe with a grappler. If she had some support I bet MANIA would have taken that round.
Cyclops

>Hey calling us Chen-tards is rude! Though probably true ;). I think it's cool how Chen doesn't really seem to care if people follow her or not. She gives the sort of impression that you want to be protected rather than doing the protecting. Tomboys rule.
Renji

>Tomboys do rule. She has a charm even women like.
marukyo

>Speaking of implied lesbians, I saw Chen walking around Mac Anu the other day with MANIA. Did they become friends after the demon palace?
1/2

>Like, wow~ What's goin on in this thread? NAOO is super interested!
NAOO

>Fuck, not again.
Delta Curtis

(1/2)

The thread then devolves into a shit storm so you decide to go to sleep. You awaken many hours later to someone shaking you. You turn over and try to ignore them. "Anon, if you don't wake up soon you will miss the tournament award thing. Here, coffee." She offers making your eyes instantly snap awake and grab the cup being offered to you.

After chugging your coffee you offer a silent thanks to what ever strange man thought chewing some beans with goats would be a good idea then turn to look at Haruko and offer another thanks you already drank all your coffee, because you would probably spit it out. Sitting in stocking clad legs and a high cut red one piece type outfit is Haruko. She looks at you before tilting her head, the pair of bunny ears perched atop her head flopping slightly. She is wearing a black bowtie and cuff on her wrists, despite not having sleeves. As she stands up you see there is a piece of round white fluff perched on her well toned backside which only looks nicer thanks to the heels she is wearing.

"What?" She asks seeming confused.

Wat say wat do
[]Go back to sleep
[]Offer thanks to some dark god for the coffee bunny
[]Act cool and go play your video game
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24814384
...I have no idea how to respond to that.

>>24814384
[X]Offer thanks to some dark god for the coffee bunny

This is the best way to wake up. Raise the coffee cup in approval.

>>24814384
Carefully stand up and poke one of her bunny ears.

If our hand goes through it, then we're hallucinating and we can just say we saw a bug.

If we do touch it then things just got weird.

>>24814384
>[]Offer thanks to some dark god for the coffee bunny
Best present ever!

Do we go for the hug?

Idea for the inevitable speech at the awards ceremony, "I am a man. That will be all." Then walk off.

>>24814507
Although I am all for saying "I have a penis" at the ceremony it might be in our best interest not too this time around

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>>24814474
HUG APPROVED!

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You ponder the curious sight in front of you before raising your coffee cup in salute. "Ah, need some more?" She asks before taking the coffee cup and getting a refill.

While she is gone you offer your thanks to what ever dark god is listening for giving you the present of a coffee bunny. She comes back in and hands you the cup while you are in the middle of constructing a chant to a nameless old one. "You should consider cutting back on the stuff. I mean, it can't be good for you to drink so much of it." She states sitting on the edge of your bed and crossing her legs.

"Bunny." You state making her nod

"Yes Anon. Bunny." She clarifies before leaning back slightly.

"Did... Did Snark finally break me?" You ask making her shake her head.

"Assuming he had, would you really care given the circumstances?" She asks.

After a few moments you have to agree with her. "Be I mad or not, a sexy bunny girl is always welcome in the house of Anon." You state making her laugh.

"Get some clothes on, you got a thing to get to." She tells you before walking out your eyes locked on her hips until she rounds the corner.

You get dressed, use the restroom, and make ready to face the day before walking into your living room and seeing Haruko sitting on a chair and putting polish on her nails. You pause at the feminine act from your normally masculine partner before walking over and sitting across from her. "So why the full out bunny suit? I mean, I just wanted it in a game and here is my god those legs." You state, realizing only afterwords that you made no sense there at the end.

"Well you have had a shit time of it lately, and you seemed really intent on the bunny girl idea so I figured why not? You, uh, you okay?" She asks as you stare at her. "Hands off by the way, this outfit is uncomfortable enough without having to bat away your hands. Double that for the underwear" She explains.
(1/2)

Wat now?
[]Go for the hug anyway and damn the consequences
[]Go play your game
[]Ask her something
[]Ask her about her underwear
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24814661
[X]Go for the hug anyway and damn the consequences

The man needs some excitement in his life. Sure it may come in the form of a swift kick to the jewels, but dammit excitement's excitement.
On a more serious note, she's testing him to see if he reacts, so react he shall.

>>24814661
[x]Go for the hug anyway and damn the consequences

Its the world of adults! I hope Durandal is online

>>24814661
Go for the most non-gropey hug possible.

One that conveys "I really appreciate how helpful you've been" and not "honk honk"

>>24814661
Go for the hug!

Then tell her that we really appreciate her for having our back for all this time.

>>24814743
We can "Honk Honk" after she appreciates us appreciating her,

>>24814783
I don't know, I'd like to keep things as stable as possible with Haruko.

>>24814783
The derriere or the ta tas? This is important.

>>24814825
>>24814783

This a bad idea and you should feel bad

You nod to her, clearly understanding she is serious about not hugging, but you don't care. You stand up and walk over to her, and before she can offer any protest you wrap your arms around her in the most platonic hug you can muster. "Thanks for having my back, partner" You tell her.

She seems to wait for a moment before putting away the nail polish and placing her palm on your chin and pushing up, forcing your neck back. As your neck strains under the pressure you can't help but notice how nice the perfume she is wearing smells, then you note how weird you have become lately. After a small tussle in which she manages to get away from you she finally sits back down and you back across from her. "Sexual harassment is bad Anon." She tells you before resuming her nails, not as bothered as you would have thought from the hug.

After she finishes her nails she blows on them for a few seconds before handing you your M2D and grabbing her own. "We should hurry Alice, we are almost late." She tells you before slipping her own M2D on and starting up the game.

Wat do?
[]Go into the game and get to the boat, you are almost late.
[]Harass Haruko some more
[]Get more coffee
[]Other, please specify

>>24814867
[X]Go into the game and get to the boat, you are almost late.

Did she just reference Lewis Carol?

>>24814867
>[]Go into the game and get to the boat, you are almost late.

We could be fashionably late, but not until we win the final tier of arenas. That'd just be tacky.

>>24814867
Time to get in the game.

Also, it seems like we actually liked it when she shoved our head back, which... explains a lot of things.

"Down the rabbit hole I go." You grumble before signing into the world. You notice before logging in that the thread where your 'fans' were meeting seems to have been locked after it became a flame war between NAOO fans and your fans.

Deciding it is best to ignore it you make your way into the world and find yourself in the Mac Anu Chaos gate room. You decide to run to to the warp portal and find yourself near the boat. You let out a sigh of relief before you feel a sharp fingernail trace the edge of your ear. You let out a small shriek of surprise before spinning around and coming face to face with MANIA. She tilts her head at you before speaking. "Hello Chen."

"Why? Were you waiting for me?" You ask making her tilt her head the other direction.

"Are you going to go onto the ship like that?" She asks, clearly ignoring the question.

"Yeah, I have to get on the boat and go to the island, right? I am cutting it close as is." You tell her making her nod slightly.

"Yes, that is true. However that boat is one of, if not the, last to go to the island. On it are a swarm of NAOO's fans deciding to come last second because their goddess told them to. if you get on as you are they will mod you, likely strip you, and then do unspeakable things to you as their goddess has commanded." She states making you blink.

"That, that won't happen, right?" You ask remembering the fanatic devotion NAOO's fans held for her and shivering.

"You know how NAOO hates you. Do you really think it is so impossible a thought? I even waited just to warn you." She explains.

You scrunch up your face and stare at the boat. It is very possible that NAOO would do that, then say something along the lines of 'Like, that's so horrible! NAOO is super sad.' On the other hand, you sort of have to make your way over now since it could be the last boat.

"Ah, your troubled face is quite lovely." MANIA states pursing her lips and putting a finger to it, momentarily making you think of a kiss.

(1/2)

Wat do?
[]She is teasing you, just go for it
[]Go in disguise
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24815113
It's not like I can very well disguise myself, since anyone who looks at me can see my character name can't they?

Also, considering I have a very powerful AIDA living in my head, I pity anyone fool enough to attempt to mod my character file.

>>24815113
Are we still wearing the Demon Emperor armor?

>>24815192
As I recall you said you didn't want it because it did not "suit you" so you just left it in inventory

>>24815124
>[]Go in disguise

Hmm. That AIDA-emperor's armor is really different from our current outfit, right? If we have a helmet in our possession that covers Chen's face, Chen could adopt different mannerisms and maybe pass as a different player.

On the other hand, ending a tussle with rabid NAOOO fans would just require convincing her that mugging Chen is a bad idea. As I recall, she doesn't seem to be bright enough to hold a grudge, and she seemed fairly friendly towards Chen. It was just her ultra-white knight thought police that didn't like Chen.

>>24815124
Can we use Snark's portals to get us there? If so then lets go and invite Snark to party!

>>24815230
He can only make portals in areas he has been

>>24815205
Ah. So can we change into it whenever we want?

Because while I do think we shouldn't wear it all the time, wearing the Demon Emperor armor when we're being crowned Demon Emperor seems appropriate.

>>24815124
[X] Go in full regalia. Armor on. Standing: Aggressive.

Snark punch any fans that get too grabby.

>>24815235
Can Snark disguise us to make us look like him? Who is online at the moment since we need to invite our friends to come?

Welp, get dat color pearl and make us a John Doe. Short cropped dark hair, plain features, and change into the AIDA armor, colored to a less awesome and plain grey knight color. Ask Snark if he can change our name from others, he can even pick one for us.

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You think things over and decide that it would probably be best to at least try and wear a disguise. You put on the AIDA demon armor and instantly your skin goes pale. Small black cracks run up your neck and onto your cheeks and your braid comes undone, allowing your hair to flow freely. You walk up the gangplank, boldly standing against what ever waves of rabid fandom may come your way. As you step on deck you are approached by Lotus. "Oh, hey Chen. We were getting tired of waiting." She tells you making you look around.

Standing on the boat are Durandal, Lotus, members of her guild, Durga(In the bunny outfit), Areta, Lotus, and some other mooks holding a banner which says 'Congratulations Chen!' You turn to glare at MANIA who stepped on after you and she simply smiles slightly.

"why did you do that?" You ask after a moment of silence.

"You are adorable when troubled." Is all she offers before walking over to a corner of the boat and relaxing.

"What's wrong Chen? You look like you just got punched in the stomach." Lotus asks making you shake your head.

The boat ride is mostly uneventful, Durandal spends his time trying to look anywhere but at Durga, Lotus' guildmates seem to have taken quite a liking to MANIA, while Lotus herself manages to keep Areta mostly out of trouble. Your fans keep running up to you and asking you things, but you can't remember anything significant about what they say apart from being overwhelmed. You make your way to the port of Hy Brasail, the Isle of Kings and stretch your legs as people file off. You look over at the edge of the pot and see, standing in the sunset and framed perfectly by the ocean, is Vividor, somehow having made it to the island under his own means. You stare it him momentarily and he turns to lock eyes with you before performing two pelvic thrusts.

Above you outside the mansion there are sounds of many people laughing and talking.
(1/2)

Wat do wat say?
[]Go talk to some one(On island Durga, Durandal, MANIA, Lotus, Areta, Vividor, Luna)
[]Just get the ceremony over with so you can leave
[]Explore
[]change into elegant robes
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24815453
Keep the armor on for now, maybe ask some of our guild-mates if they think it looks good on us.

>>24815453
[x]Go talk to some one(Durandal, Vividor)
Invite Durandal to guild
To Vividor: How did you get here?

[x]change into elegant robes

>>24815534
In addition, talk to Lotus and apologize for pranking her grunty, try to explain what led up to that with AIDA grunty and tell her that after the ceremony she should stop by the guild hall to see if it's worth it.

>>24815453
[X] Respond to Vividor's challenge. Thrust and pose until he admits defeat.
Then
[X] Explore

Might as well have some fun at this thing.

>>24815563
>Invite Durandal to guild

I don't know about that, considering he's already hospitalized, he should probably stay far away from AIDA nonsense.

>>24815453
Exploring sounds good, maybe ask Snark if there's anything special about this place?

>>24815603
Do you want to hurt his feelings? He has no friends and is guildless! If we deny him access to the guild his stutter will get worse and he will die! Do you want a boy to be killed by his stutter? In all seriousness though it probably be better for him to be with us since Hamelin can find out the information of our friends

>>24815699
Eh, talk it over with Haruko first.

Maybe we can just give him a guest pass?

>>24815752
Haruko will likely be against it. Guest passes mean nothing when he wakes up to CC Corp knocking on his door. It would be best to infect him and tell him pieces of the story when he can see Snark

You place your hands in the small of your back and begin thrusting in response. Vividor raises his hands so they are just above his head with his elbows out and starts taking large steps towards you, thrusting a few times each step until he is just across from you, your respective pelvic gyrations making you both dangerously close to being gay. After a few moments, as if by some internal signal you can not identify you both stop and he stares at you, his long hair blowing in the wind. "Hallo Chen. It is, how you say, vary vary goo' to be looking at you. Almost as goo as looking at me." eh says as the wind unbuttons his shirt somehow.

"Vividor, why are you here? How are you here?" You ask as his shirt gets blow away into the wind and his tight pants button comes undone on its own.

"Look at my abs." He commands before holding out his arm and letting a large eagle land on it.

"Yes, but what I am asking is how did you get here? Tickets are for arena rankers and by special invite only, right?" You ask making him nod.

"I am, how you say, vary vary goo' looking. You see how goo' looking I am?" He asks as his chest is suddenly covered in oil.

"Y-yes but that isn't what I want to-" You start but he puts a finger to your lips.

"Shhh, shhh, shhh, Chen... Look at my abs." he commands as another eagle lands on his arm right next to the first.

"But-" You start but he stares intently at you.

"Look at them!" He commands causing you to unconsciously nod.

"I... I am not sure where to go from here Vividor." You tell him making him nod and stare into the distance.

"Just be accepting it Chen." he tells you as a dolphin jumps over him and lands on the other side of the pier.

You think exploring might seem like a better idea now as you slowly walk away from Vividor, a whole bed of roses petals somehow appearing at his feet. You mingle among the party goers but stop when you hear someone come up behind you.
(1/2)

"Like, hi Chen! Wow, this is, like, super busy, right~? It's me the gem of your heart, NAOO-tan!" NAOO smiles at you, a few of her fanboys flanking her. "Like, last time we didn;t exchange member addresses and NAOO was super sad, cuz we are already, like, Bffs!" She laughs.

Wat say wat do
[]There arn't eagles or dolphins in the world, how did he do that?
[]Talk pleasantly with NAOO
[]Who are you again?
[]Go talk to Durandal and invite him to the guild
[]Talk to someone else
[]Call up Snark
[]Other, please specify
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>>24815873
I think handing out any infections is a pretty shaky idea.

>>24815925
Not handing them out is pretty shaky too. We shouldn't just infect anyone but we can't risk Hamelin hurting our friends. Durandal isn't in no position to protect himself and no one will notice in the The World if he goes missing

>>24815898
>There aren't eagles or dolphins in the world, how did he do that?

Then book it while she's distracted.

>>24815994
I don't think he's allowed to target normal players yet.

Like it seems as if he has less leeway than anticipated.

>>24815898
>[x]There arn't eagles or dolphins in the world, how did he do that?

Leave while she is confused. Getting her member address as we make our escape might be a good idea though

>>24815898
[X]There arn't eagles or dolphins in the world, how did he do that?

Walk away while contemplating the enigma that is Vividor. Completely ignoring that weird buzzing noise that sounds like a valley girl.

>>24816038

She would have to offer it. You can't just take some ones ID.

>>24816016
He probably wouldn't consider those around us normal players. Although he might need permission for real life attacks he can do as he pleases in The World as evidenced by him participating in the arena

>>24816076
Unless you're Helba. But, I'm about 75% sure we're not Helba.

>>24816038
Why would having her member address be a good idea?

>>24816076
Getting it while she is confused like we did with the dude who gave us information on Areta. Confuse her and ask her for her information before we escape

>>24816106
We can ask her of any suspicious activity if something were to happen. If for some awful reason we need her help she might be useful

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"There are no dolphins or eagles in the world. How did he do that? Why does he communicate primarily in hip thrusts, and why does he have to lock eyes with you when he does it?" You ask while walking passed her.

"What? Wait, hold on a second!" She shouts running after you.

"Why does his shirt always get stolen by the wind, and on that note, how does he keep getting it back? What does he do when he isn't with me. I don't understand. Why? Why?" You ask as NAOO starts getting mobbed by a few of her fans.

"D-Damn it, hold on Chen! You stupid. Wait! I am trying to be friendly here you stupid jerk! Hey!" She protests, but her complaints are like whispers of winter in the burning summer of manliness that is Vividor. A small pebble of existence being devoured by the black hole of pure sexuality that is his abs.

You do not even notice where you are going until a sudden headache jars you out of your thoughts and standing before you, clad in scarlet and gold with a triangular hat on his head, is Hamelin. "Hello there Chen, penny for your thoughts? Walking around all alone too, tsk tsk. Dangerous to do that you know." He explains making you narrow your eyes.

Wat say wat do?
[]There are no dolphins or eagles in the world Hamelin, how did he do that?
[]Go back to NAOO, she was trying to be friends
[]Contact someone(Who?)
[]Activate AIDA and attack
[]Other, please specify

>>24816184
[X] There are no dolphins or eagles in the world Hamelin, how did he do that?

Let's continue this charade.

>>24816184
[X]There are no dolphins or eagles in the world Hamelin, how did he do that?

He gets the same treatment as the internet idol.
This shit is hilarious.

>>24816184
"What can I say, I'm a dangerous man. So is this whole awards ceremony an elaborate ambush, or have you just come to congratulate me?"

Also go turn around and head back to NAOO, see if he follows us.

Might be a good idea to have some witnesses.

>>24816214
>>24816219
Yeah, that sounds good.

I refuse to take our nemesis seriously if he continues to dress like that.

"There are no dolphins or eagles in the world Hamelin, how did he do that?" You ask making him take a sip of what looks like wine.

"I am afraid I have no idea what you are referring to Chen. Would you kindly elaborate?" He asks making you shake your head.

"You could wash clothes on his abs." You mumble while walking by him.

"Should I kill your friends?" He asks with a smile making you snap your head back to face him. "It it will help break your out of your momentary lapse in sanity I would be more than happy to." He offers before finishing off his glass. "Now that I have your attention, how did you get into project GU headquarters? Further more, why don't you explain what your objective is?"

Wat say wat do?
[]Call over MANIA, Lotus, and Areta.
[]Ask him something
[]Tell him something
[]Other, please specify

>>24816356
[X] Make outrageous claims with small truths interspersed in them.

I assume he's talking about Snark. In which case there will be words to be had with him once this is through.

>>24816356
[x]Ask him something
"You mean when I pranked your grunty?"

If so then tell him it was his own fault for making the quests

>>24816356
"It's about time you're taking this 'nemesis' thing seriously. For a while there I was starting to worry you were just some overworked technician.

As for my objectives, I thought that was obvious. My objectives are the same as any hero, truth and justice.

Now while I'd love to chat more, I've kind of got a thing to get to in case you didn't notice, so how about we relocate this showdown later to a place a bit more intimate and with less witnesses.

How about the cathedral?"

>>24816356
[X] Oh, a certain NPC. You might know him. Quite an angry fellow, very territorial, has tastes in the Gothic, may or may not have mentioned him last visit. You see, he couldn't quite... move from the place he was guarding, so he left me something that I decided to check for a reward.

Your angry face is quite a fetching reward isn't it?

"You mean when I pranked your grunty? It was your own fault for making the quests." You tell him making him shake his head.

"You should not be able to enter a guild HQ without being invited. It is a disruption of the system and should not be allowed. Yet you were able to enter a guild that happened to have added security, and even leave without a trace, as you can understand you have made a few people upset and not just because you exploded our grunty." He states making you shrug.

"I don't make the rules, I just do my best not to follow any of the ones you want me to. I mean look at you, you look like an asshole." You tell him as the announcement calls for you and Lotus to go onto the platform.

"Go ahead Chen, just know that each insult will give me more pleasure when I rip your mind into pieces." He tells you as you walk off.

You get onto the viewing platform and stand next to Lotus as the large afroed man from the tournament roller skates up and stop in front of you. "Ladies and gentlemen, here we are at last! Like shining starts destroying all in their path, these two have managed to gain the title of demon emperor! The former emperor could not be here with us today, but with two rulers this cute who cares?" he performs a small disco dance as you look over the crowd of people. "Here they are, your champions! Unchallenged as the strongest in the whole of the demon's arena! Let's here a big round of applause for Chen and Lotus!" He shouts as you wave to the crowd.

You hear a few calls for a speech making Lotus just shrug indifferently.

Wat do wat say?
[]Give speech(please write in)
[]Don't give speech, just take items.
[]Other, please specify

>>24816691
>[]Give speech
I have a Penis. That is all.

>>24816713
We can't let our ace in the hole out like that! Think of all the times that phrase has saved our life!

>>24816728
Yeah. I prefer to reveal that knowledge on a case-by-case basis. It's always a surprise and no one ever believes them when they try to tell the rest of the world that we are, in fact, a man; leaving us with infinite ammunition.

[X] Give speech

"Hello."

>>24816691
Nah got no time for speeches.

Maybe we can take a page from Durandal and quote something?

You decide you have no time for speeches and just shake your head at the offered microphone causing the announcer to shrug and hand you a pair of fans, and Lotus a sword. Finally he turns back to the crowd. "Let's give a big warm cheer for our new emperors!" He shouts as a resounding cheer echos through the crowd.

After things settle down you decide to...

[]Go take a break away from people for a few minutes
[]Go talk to...(Lotus, Durandal, Luna, Luna's guildmates, MANIA, NAOO, Vividor, Durga, your fans, Hamelin, other) Bout wut?
[]Leave the island, you got 99 problems but a party aint one
[]Other, please specify

>>24816870
>[x]Other, please specify

Since Haruko says Snark is lonely lets invite him to party

>>24816870
Eh, I feel like we should apologize to NAOO and accept her contact information, if only because having her as our enemy could be problematic.

But I kind of really don't want to do that.

>>24816965
I say we just keep up the general "no fucks given" attitude about our idol/celebrity status.

Didn't our sister say she played and was there to watch our arena match? Maybe she's here too. Did she give any info about her character? Maybe we should try to find her.

>>24814047
At the shooting range, there IS a gap where we notice that the gas and electricity was still running.
According to our recollection
>Ý̶ơ͢u ͠͞ig̶n҉͘ore͝͏ ̢it̵̸͢
But we possibly could have set it to explode (maybe prematurely, since the only reason I can see for it to still have power would be so those goons could blow the place sky-high).

The other gap is with Riko Mihana.

I'm pretty sure we didn't kill her, because the only fuzzy part is our talk with her, and we clearly recall her getting into a taxi and not appearing to be terrified of us. So maybe whatever makes us do things is able to turbo-charge our competence, like in this case turn on the charm?

>>24817001

She said that she played a Twin Blade, but I don't think that there was anything more mentioned about that.

>>24817062
Call her up then. I don't like the idea of her wandering around the World without us knowing if she's okay. Our identity is safe atm but those sniffer dogs figured out our general location and we've left a bit of a trail. I don't want her to get mixed up in some hostage scheme because we never bothered to get in contact with her character.

>>24816922
He IS powerful enough to be seen by others, so might as well summon him forth and see if he wants to hang.

>>24817116
I don't know, I'd say the smartest thing to do would be the opposite of that, and if anything talk to her as little as possible.

Like if we do befriend her within the game, Hamelin will be able to view her personal information, and thus deduce our secret identity.

Right now our anonymity is one of our greatest assets.

>>24817116
That seems like a terrible idea. As of now she is just a player in the world, and our background is unknown. If we start contacting her or her character it raises the chances of our identity being compromised and her getting taken hostage. There is nothing good that can come from us knowing our sister online other than her getting caught up in our mess.

>>24817121
>>24816922
Your attempts to call up snark seem to fail. You are uncertain why, but you get the idea he does not want to come out in either the lost ground, or because of the people around you.

Wat do, same as before with the addition of Areta who I keep forgetting

>>24817149
>>24817154

I see your point but I think they're making headway in figuring who we are out and that distance we're keeping could eventually fuck us over.

We should at least get some contingencies in place.

>>24817190
>lost ground

...Ask MANIA if she thinks that Kite is able to appear in this place.

Because if so, we might have Hamelin right where we want him.

>>24817190
[x]Other, please specify
Invite Durandal to the guild

Its the least we could do for the guy

>>24817193
Also, it's not like our other friends besides Haruko can cover their tracks.

By your argument, they already have access to two people's information that have recently contacted us in the real world(Shimabuku and Lotus).

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Will wait for some consensus

>>24817256
Shimabuku is probably way too high profile for them, and I think Epitaph users are off limits, so Lotus is fine, as is Areta.

So really Durandal and Luna are our 'weak links' (technically MANIA might also be, but I think she may have intimidated Hamelin a bit)

>>24817254
I don't really approve of bringing the sick kid into this... though it'd at least give him a safe place to hide.

>>24817331
Way too high profile for the guys who killed a branch chief of a government office?

If anything, the high profile just makes it easier for them to keep track of the guy.

>>24817360
Wouldn't that just make hamelin look at him more? Seems risky to bring him into the guild

>>24816870
I'd kind of like to talk to Hamelin and point out Vividor to ask just how heavily modified his character file is, because dear god I have no idea how that's possible without AIDA or Epitaphs.

...Though that reminds me, do we get headaches around uncorrupted Epitaph users?

>>24817393
Yes, but if you are used to them then you can sort of tune it out

>>24817390
Yeah that's my thinking as well.

Keep him out as long as possible.

Not sure what to do with Luna though, we should ask Haruko and Shimabuku how they handled her after we left with MANIA.

>>24817410
Oh good.

I don't think I could handle him being Macha the Temptress.

>>24817243
Like I don't know, maybe have MANIA summon her AIDA, while we confront Hamelin with Lotus and Areta.

When Kite shows up, MANIA leaves, while we prevent Hamelin from doing the same, and hope that Kite views Hamelin as the bigger threat.

>>24817451
I mean now that I think about it, CC Corp's goal is to keep everything weird going on in the World a secret, while ours should be the opposite.

The more scrutiny they're under, the harder it will be for their nefarious plans to come to fruition.

So maybe a burning zombie trying to kill the pied piper could be a good thing for us.

>>24817451
>>24817477
There are a lot of civilians in the area. I think getting them caught up in an epitaph/aida/kite fight seems like a bad idea. I thought our first priority was to protect people?

>>24816870
>[x] Go talk to ERRYONE except Hamelin. Seriously, screw that guy.

>Areta:
Ask her how she's doing, all that stuff. Lotus seems to be warming up to her, despite being a normally aloof person.

>Luna
Ask Luna how she's enjoying the evening scenery on the isle of Emperors. It's a pretty posh place, with all the feasting and expensive manor that seems oddly uninhabited. Perhaps the spirits of the past emperors have taken up residence there?

>Cassius (Luna's Guildmate)
Thank him again for dealing with that other guildie whose name escapes me, and to enjoy the good food, wine, and scenery.

>Lotus
Apologize profusely about the grunty pranking. We didn't know her guild's grunty was allergic to flowers. In addition, tell her that we might need to discuss something regarding a snark later on; but for now, we should relax and bask in the glory.

>MANIA
Ask her if she's enjoying the evening. Note that Snark doesn't want to appear to come out right now; could that have anything to do with Kite or something else here?

>DURANDAL
Ask him how's he's holding up. Catch up a bit, it's been too long since we've gone dungeon diving with him.

>Durga
If she wants, we can don a bunny outfit in-game as a show of solidarity.

>Fans
Be a gracious star, tell them that an Emperor is only as great as his fans. Be righteous and cool to all those around you, and that to set an example for people.

>>24817497
True, but from what we've been able to determine, Kite seems to almost be an 'antivirus' if MANIA's deductions are correct.

...Though so far we have no idea if his protective qualities extend to other players, so yeah it might be too risky.

>>24817516
These all sound pretty good.

>>24817516

>cont.

>Vividor
We've never seen anything quite like that display earlier. With the dolphins and the roses and stuff. What are you? Excluding the obvious descriptors of "Handsome" or "Fabulous" or "Beautiful" and variations thereof.


As for NAOOO... not too sure how to handle this. We could make up some schpiel about how we should not get too close to each other, for our fanbases must be mended before they can merge. Perhaps we can point her in Vividor's direction, and see what happens?

>>24817578
>Vividor

"It's always been my dream to pluck roses out of thin air, and possibly throw them down as darts to make a dramatic statement. Are you accepting pupils?"

>>24817522
Also it just occurred to me that we have no idea just how prevalent AIDA infection is.

For all we know, there could be lots of people with mild cases, causing Kite to go on a murder spree.

And I have no idea what happens to the people he kills.

>>24817635
If the games are of any indication, Kite doesn't appear to attack/kill anyone randomly. If he selects a target, he will attack it relentlessly until he can data-drain it, which causes comas.

>>24817677
Which is meta gaming hard. All we know is there is a guy who seems to teleport with blue fire and hates AIDA or anyone who hangs out with them and kicked our ass, even with MANIA on full sadist mode.

>>24817677
The problem is that we have no idea how he hunts, as in how he prioritizes one target from another.

Would it just be whoever is closest, or whoever is strongest, or will he remember us running from him and try to finish the job?

>>24817700
I don't know if we know the
>anyone who hangs out with them

Did he attempt to attack Lotus?

>>24817726
When she attacked him he blocked and gave some return hits to her I think.

But first we need to determine whether or not Kite can even be here or not.

Like it could be we'd be debating over nothing.

I mean it seems pretty foolish on Hamelin's part to walk around with the biggest AIDA infection we've ever sensed, in a place where the unstoppable AIDA-hating terminator is able to manifest.

>>24817749
What we should totally do, is get everyone with an infection to summon their AIDA all at once. That way we can have all three Azure Knights show up.

Working on move now. Posts soon

>>24817787
Man we have no idea that there's any more than Kite and ideally we'll never fuck up enough that we find out.

You decide you should probably mingle with people so you start with Areta. You find her talking to a man and they seem to be discussing money. When she sees you approach she gives a sensual wink to the man before walking over and sagging her shoulders. Her normally tight held gray hair is loose right now, and she is wearing a low cut black dress with elbow gloves of matching color. There is a long slit along the side where a single shapely leg pokes out and you can see she is wearing heels. She is wearing a tasteful pair of diamond earrings and has a few rings on. "Parties are a good place to get contacts for money, but it is seriously exhausting keeping this up all night. Sup dude?" She asks, the difference between her 'work face' and her 'personal' one still fairly shocking.

"Just wondering how you were, and all that stuff. Lotus seems to get along with you despite her being a normally aloof person." You say causing her to shrug.

"Yeah, she's a cool chick I guess. As for the whole AIDA and epitaph thing, I dunno. I mean, maybe it hasn't sunken in yet? Not like I can argue about it being real or something, but this is all pretty heavy, you know?" She asks with a helpless shrug

"Well if you want any help, just let me know. Granted I am only as good as I think I am, since I am pretty much flailing in the dark here." You scratch you head.

She gives a small laugh before smacking you hard on your ass, the armor keeping your well defined backside mostly safe. "Look at you, bein all manly. Don't worry about it, I'm a tough chick if I couldn't handle this then lord knows I couldn't handle my work. Don't worry, I'll talk to you before I shoot up all the drugs and drink myself into a coma." She give a cheeky grin. She looks over to another group of people before raising her hand in a lazy salute. "Got to go network some more, girl's gotta eat." She tells you before talking over, and instantly straightening her back and giving her hips a sensual sway.

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You then make your way over to Luna who seems to be talking with a group of other people dressed in all black. She turns to look at you as you approach and runs a gloved hand over your cracked faced. You glance down and notice her dress is different than normal, though with how all of them are elegant and fluttery, it is hard to tell. "I must say, Sir Chen, you look the part of the demon emperor now, don't you? With skin the color of the dead and eyes empty as the damned. I wonder if you seek to walk the same path as I?" She asks amusement touching her voice.

"Just wondering how you enjoy the evening scenery of the Isle of kings. It's a pretty posh place, with all the feasting and expensive manor that seems oddly uninhabited. Perhaps the spirits of the past emperors have taken up residence there?" You offer making her look towards the building.

"Unlikely I fear. Each emperor is only chosen by being slain by the next. Which means the spirits of each emperor haunt the next, slowly building up. To be the king of a palace is to be the one strong enough to withstand the collective grudges of the disquiet dead. I wonder if you can withstand the weight, sir Chen." She muses making you shake your head.

"Lady Luna, I fear I am one of a few people truly able to take on the burden of immeasurable sorrow. Which reminds me, where is Cassius? I wish to thank him for his help when I went to your guild." You tell her.

She points to where he is and you say your goodbyes before walking towards a group of the vampire role-players. In the center of them stands Cassius, his ornate roman armor replaced with well dyed robes held up with a golden clasp. He seems to be sipping a deep red wine which he raises to you in salute. "Well met Chen, champion of the arena. I have not seen such a good fight since the days when I walked in the sun." He tells you, causing you to nod in acceptance of the compliment.

(2/5?)

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"I wanted to thank you for before when you-" you start but his upraised hand stops you.

"Think nothing of it, friend. I only did as I was trained to do. Stand before the people against the might of cruel little men." He explains. Satisfied you decide to find Lotus.

You find her standing around with her guildmates, all of them wearing their arena armor and gear with a small cloth wrapped around their biceps, evidently proud of the fact they are rankers being led by an emperor. She nods to you as you approach. " I am so sorry about the grunty pranking, I had no idea your guild's grunty was allergic to flowers. Additionally we may have to discuss something with you later about snark, but for now let's just enjoy the party." You tell her causing her to nod slightly.

"I was wondering when you were going to tell me why you gave my grunty flowers coated in sneezing powder, but I imagine it was a guild mission. They are strange, I am well aware." She states giving you another nod before you make your way to try and find MANIA.

You find her talking to some guild members you remember seeing at Kestral. She turns to stare at you as you approach and you look her over. She is wearing a modest white dress with just a touch of make up. You clear your throat and remember that you are here for business. "Enjoying the party?" You ask making her tilt her head in thought.

"I have no particularly strong feelings about it either way." She responds.

"I see, look Snark doesn't want to come out right now, do you think it has to do with that Kite guy? Or is there something else here." You ask making her tilt her head the other way.

"I am flattered that you depend on me so much Chen. Addicted, one might say, however I do not always have all the answers. Certainly this place qualifies as a lost ground, and certainly based on evidence Kite appears at lost grounds in responce to the manifestation of AIDA, but I simply can not know." She states with a shrug.
(3/5?)

"Alright, it was worth a shot. Have fun." You tell her before walking to find Durandal.

You find the squat beastman wearing what must be ceremonial robes for his races people as he stands apart from the party and talks to some of the Chen fans. "O-Oh h-h-hey Chen." He turns to look at you.

"Hey Durandal, been a while. Just seeing how you were holding up. It's been a while since we chatted, so I wanted to catch up." You tell him.

"N-nothing real-really n-n-new i-i-in my l-life. Th-this p-p-p-party is a-a-amazing! I-I-I gu-guess you b-being an a-adult y-y-you are u-u-used t-t-to them, huh?" He asks looking around and taking enough of an eyeful of the passing women you know he is a healthy young man.

"Nah, I am not into parties as much, just prefer a quiet day at home. Still, glad to hear you are doing okay." You tell him before turning to your fans. "Remember, an emperor is only as good as the people who support him! You people rock!" You raise your first getting a cheer from your fans.

You then go off to find Durga. You find her standing around a staggering number of male players and you wave her over. "If you want, I can wear one too as a show of solidarity." You tell her making her shake her head.

"Nah, it's fine. The thing is too uncomfortable, I don't want to force that on you. You making the rounds?" She asks causing you to nod.

"Yeah, just mingling. I am allowed to mingle, I am the best at mingling." You tell her.

"You suck at parties. Well, if you feel like running away, remember I am right here." She tells you before getting swarmed again, the scarred, muscle bound cat woman clearly popular.

You then decide to find Vividor, he himself wearing a bow-tie and a loincloth which, oddly enough, suits him. he turns to you as you approach, having been making pelvic gyrations at an ice sculpted swan. "Ah, hallo Chen. You be winner, yes? How can I... help you?" He asks adding a bit too much breathy emphasis on the word 'help'.
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"I've never seen anything quite like that display earlier With the dolphins and the roses and stuff. What are you? Excluding the obvious descriptors of 'Handsome' or 'Fabulous' or 'Beautiful' and variations thereof." You ask making him thrust towards you.

"I can not be explaining that which you do not be wishing to see, yes? I am Vividor, master of all thing vary vary goo' looking. Do you see my abs? The sculpted sexuality that is me? I ride on the backs of ten thousand Valkyries due to my male sexuality, and can melt underwear from twenty miles away with ze focus, yes? What more you need to know?" He asks.

"It's always been my dream to pluck roses out of thin air, and possibly throw them down as darts to make a dramatic statement. Are you accepting pupils?" You ask making him shake his head.

"Trick to it. First, make thin air give you rose, then throw rose. Simple, no?" He asks before throwing a rose to the ground for emphasis.

You then make your way to a small ledge free from people. You take a deep breath of the night air and let out a sigh, allowing yourself a moment to think. You are caught up in your thoughts when a rough male voice calls out from behind you. "What's wrong?" He asks making you turn.

standing before you in an old fashioned duster and Stetson. You shake your head to the man and look back out to the ocean. "Nothing, just thinking about things is all." You answer.

"Often the truth is a difficult thing to find, isn't it? You can search, and scramble on the ground yet can never find any of it, no matter how simple it may be." You turn back around and stare at the man feeling something is very off with him. "Fundamentally it is impossible to know the truth, indeed the idea of there being inevitably one truth is childish. Some times you have to make a deal with the devil himself to discover what reality is, and then have a child discover something very different." He explains making you shake your head.

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Wat do wat say?
[]Who are you?
[]There is something off about you
[]call up Snark
[]Other, please specify
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>>24818310
"A child? I don't seem THAT young do I?"

>>24818310
>[x] Call up Snark. Don't manifest, just get his opinion on this guy.

>[x]Who are you?

You have some very interesting yet worrying things to say. But you also seem very familiar. Have we met before?

By the way, sorry that took so long to post

>>24818392
Not a problem, you had a lot to type.

Also didn't you say you're moving as in to a new house/apartment, or getting ready to do so?

That's a great reason right there.

>>24818443
I... do not believe so?

>>24818469
Ah, my mistake.

Wasn't sure what you meant by
>Working on move now

>>24818508
Ah, just meant I was working on what to reply with.

"A child? I don't seem THAT young do I?" You ask while mentally calling to Snark, yet only getting silence in response.

"I wonder. I suppose it very much depends on what you think of a child as." He states.

"Who are you exactly? You have some very interesting yet worrying things to say. But you also seem very familiar. Have we met before?" You ask, practically yelling for Snark to manifest, the lack of the internal voice not your own somehow more disturbing than anything yet.

"We have never met, no. I am Archon, what you might call an interested party in your adventures. You do not need to be alarmed, I am not a member of CC Corp." He smiles.

"Care.......che.....AIDA.....Run....." You hear in your mind, Snark's voice being blocked by some sort of static.

"You seem to be acting erratically, as if hesitation clouds your mind. Would you like to discuss something? I have been told I give good advice, although saying that out loud is somewhat embarrassing." he explains with a smile.

Wat do?
[]Forcefully summon Snark
[]Call over your allies
[]Talk to the man
[]Other, please specify

It is getting sort of late, so how about we call it here? Thanks for another good thread. If you will all stick around I will give you the replies to the emails you sent out. Also, you are more than welcome to offer any criticism or ask any questions you would like now.

>>24818531
"Well, right now the most pertinent question I have to ask is, are you here to kill me? Or perhaps one of my friends?"

PM Durga, say we've found a possible informant or our deadliest enemy yet, and may need to attempt a very stupid plan.

>>24818551
Even though we don't exactly remember the specifics of what happened to make the high school girl not terrified of us, we do clearly remember sending her, alive and not visibly traumatized, off in the taxi right?

>>24818700
Yes, you remember seeing her very calm and collected in the back seat of the taxi

Messed up email, one second

>>24818723
> Александра

...Well she did say her one living relative lives in Russia.

Though that reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask.

Are the servers we've been playing on international or Japan only?
And even though the quest is written in English, can it be assumed that we've all been speaking Japanese?

To MANIA:
>What is your first name? Barring that why did you choose to have your name in all caps?

Alexandra, it is pronounced ahleekSAHNdrah and in it's properly spelled Александра
-EMAIL CHAIN END-

To: Areta
Subject: Re:Nice to meet you

Yo Chen, good to be workin with you on this super serious thing. Treat me well~

[]Half assed personality?
[]Pretty care free
[]Why a hooker?
[]Other

To: Shimabuku
>martial arts in the real world?

Yeah a bit though not as much as I like. That is where I got my name from. The guy who came up with my style of Karate, though the character mixes in more Muay Thai than anything.
-Chain End-

To Lotus
[X] Favorite food?
Morning cracked oats, lunch salad, dinner tofu

[]Health minded
[]You did seem a bit thin
[]Other

To Vividor
[X] Fight me.

Let us be thrusting till sun sets
[]What are you?
[]How do I become as manly as you?
[]Other

Durga
[x] Surprisingly domestic?

What can I say? I come from a big family, and I want a big family. A whole baseball team of kids who go play at Koshien!
[]Just for baseball?
[]Tell me about your family
[]Other, please specify

Available 3 cards.

Card to send
[]Favorite food?
[]What's your type?
[]How are you?
[]Fight me!
[]What are your dreams?
[]What is your favorite saying?
[]Nice to meet you!

Can send to:
People:
Shimabuku
Luna Blackthorne
Vividor
MANIA
Durandal
Durga
Lotus
Areta

>>24818778
Accidentally wrote Haruko responding to the favorite food question and not Lotus?

I was about to say, I didn't expect that response from her.

>>24818794
You are part of the Asian central which includes good Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and China and is written in japanese. others can log into the server from other countries, but it will still all be in Japanese

>>24818807
Exactly, I kept thinking something was off when I was writing it but I couldn't place my finger on it.

Have a rare greeting card as my way of saying sorry for my many mix ups

RARE CARD
[]Flowers for you(1)

>>24818816
>others can log into the server from other countries, but it will still all be in Japanese

Intriguing.

>>24818826
We can unlock more cards to send?

Are they possible quest rewards?

One question I have regarding Eclipse.

Are we, and the people we choose to be in our party, the only one who can go on Guild Missions, or can guild-mates use their own initiative?

>>24818798
>Lotus

Coffee or Tea?

>>24818854
Yes and yes. Also i award them when you are particularly clever, or I keep messing up and feel bad my players have to put up with me

>>24818864
You can authorize people to take guild quests through your grunty.

Also while I wait for more responses, archived, please don't forget to vote.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

>>24818798
Vividor
>Got any good locations in mind?

>>24818816
I forget if you specified, but where does Agent Anon live currently?

I assumed Tokyo, but I'm not sure if that was stereotyping.

>>24818925
Yes, he has an apartment in tokyo close to a train stop which takes him to his job in the center of the city

>>24818798
>Durga
How has your family been doing lately?

I feel like that way of phrasing it makes it less obvious that we have never even thought of her having a family before today.

Keep in mind you also have three new cards to send out, one of which can be the rare flowers one.

Maybe holding this at the end was a bad idea? Should I try for doing it all at the start next time?

>>24818798
>Areta

Are the people at your other guild jealous of your success?

>>24819003
Yeah I think that might be best.

It's a good feature, but needs a decent-sized audience.

At least if you post them at the beginning, people have the whole thread to figure out what to send/respond to.

>>24818889
>You can authorize people to take guild quests through your grunty.

Is that on a quest-by-quest basis, or is it just in general?

>>24819027
When I was doing that people were not replying in the beginning though, hence me doing it at the end. Hmm. Granted I think it is the same 2-3 people stick around to the end, which is always nice

>>24819039
In general, though there are some quests only the guild master can take

If we're going to send the flowers out I'd suggest Durga as a thank you for the bunny suit and generally being a good partner.

I just thought of something from the last thread or so with AIDA grunty's quest.

With Hamelin's guild (Project G.U.) their grunty wasn't based on Hamelin, so does that mean that Hamelin isn't the one in charge?

Or do they just have kind of a placeholder Grunty?

>>24819092
It seems a reasonable deduction that the grunty was not based on Hamelin

>>24819083
That does seem best, but it seems hard to show Haruko how grateful we are for her being there for us, without being sexual harassment or sending mixed signals.

Like while I'd say she's definitely Agent Anon's closest friend, I'm unsure of our romantic compatibility.

...And not just because we seem to have no idea how to handle intense emotional moments.

>>24819117
Agent anon is the best at intense emotional moments

>>24819117
I'm honestly just latching onto an excuse to give away that thing immediately in the most semi-platonic context possible, otherwise I just see people arguing about what girl to hit on utilizing it every time the e-mail thing comes up.

>>24819165
Then why not send it to Vividor? Or Durandal? Or Shimabuku? You do have male friends. Besides, everyone knows you will end up with Kite.

>>24819174
I picked Haruko because it's a gift and there's currently a reason to send her one as a thank you.

But yea, throwing it to Vividor is cool too. I was avoiding guys to avoid giving them the wrong signals.

>>24819187
Agent Anon: Gender means nothing to me.

>>24819165
>otherwise I just see people arguing about what girl to hit on utilizing it every time the e-mail thing comes up.

That is a good argument, this is best gotten rid of pronto.

Vividor seems the best option so far though.

>>24818723
To: Durandal
>[X]What are your dreams?

To: Shimabuku
>[X]What is your favorite saying?

To: Durgal
>[X]Flowers for you(1)

Lotus:
?[X]Health minded

Vividor:

?[X]Other
Name the place and time.

Durga:
?[X]Tell me about your family

>>24819263
Wow, I really should have double-checked that post.

>>24819281
Welcome to my world anon. we have snacks made of geese, and a tiny asian man who keeps yelling at me for something

>>24819290
>snacks made of geese
More similar to duck, turkey, or chicken?

>>24819308
Duck

If there are no more questions I will call it here. Night!