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11th day of Prophecy, 01:10 am, near the shop of the alchemist golem crafter Ithel Hermingild.

In the dead of night, with the chants of faraway prayers, bold insects and the quiet white light of a few lamp to clear you view, your hands are slowly traveling up and down the artificial appendages of the girl you’ve come to known as Leila; you’ve stumbled upon a rare moment of weakness and you’ve yet to ask any questions, merely accepted her request while making certain you are doing your task as perfectly as possible, which at the very least, is much easier than your previous mental drill aboard the boat.

All the magic you poured into those eggs has left you slightly dizzy and of course tired your head feel heavy along with your eyelids; your calm ministration of the Purifier managed to soothe your nerves, tapping out the adrenalin.

Thus you took it slowly and admired the strange arms of your benefactor who has long since stopped clutching them on her chest, but seems to be utterly unable to keep her hands from balling into fists, not only that but her fair, peach skin had changed into a brownish, cracked white without veins, some dirt was actually slipping out of the damage that reminded you of a broken lamp or rusted sword, running your palm over them made you feel the inconsistencies of her skin as well as it dryness and hardness, despite its strangely fragile looking state of ruin; there was no warmth or humanity in those hands and, now that you think about it, Leila always wore long sleeved garb along with a pair of gloves, either white or black.

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The cream you were using was magical; it was a strange blue-white color with a thick, heavy consistency very reminiscent of slimes or…your own blood, merely touching it cause a familiar tingle all over your palm and fingers, and as of now you managed to spread it evenly across her arms, the only trouble you had was struggling to open her fist but enough forced pried them open without any kind of dramatic damage beside a few audible and uncomfortable crack that sounded like broken wood instead of proper, organic stiffed joints.

While questions jumbled together in your head, you didn’t ask for anything; merely concentrating on your task while wondrous how she came to possess these enhancement; earth magic is a very selective art, to have two replacements of this craft meant that someone very wealthy and influential must have shared mercy or pity; Earth is worthless in term of offense and defense but it provide amazing utilities, most of all, lasting power…

‘’You feeling okay?’’

You ask softly after you finish, the strange magical cream already working itself into her skin; both reenergizing and rehydrating her arms, the fissures, dust and dirt retreating as skin regenerated and it was with a satisfied sigh that Leila rotated both of her wrists, then put one of her hand on the pommel of your sword

‘’Yeah, yeah. Thank for that, really, I can’t believe I actually forgot…’’

She gently hit herself on the head.

‘’Will you be heading to sleep? It’s highly likely that the Special Forces will see deployment around midday or early afternoon.’’

Her face looks a bit flushed as she speaks, eager to change the subject.

For a moment you ponder you options; Emeth has been completely inactive so far, you could find your quarters (you still need to know where those are, too), the girl is likely to join you after waking, be patient and wait for your bodyguard or…inquire into the past of this Purifier, she has a debt to you after all.

We're here. Ask more about Leila.

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>>26292921

What is it that yo uwish to ask? How she lost her arms? Her childhood? How she became a Purifier? Something else entirely?

>>26292982
How she became a purifier.

>>26293021
seconding this.

>>26293021

Thirding along with asking about how she lost her arms as well.

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‘’Say, Leila’’

You start in a soft spoken tone, completely disregarding her question as you look her in the eyes for a few seconds before concentrating on her arms, whatever medicine you applied is working wonderfully well as it took a very short time for her arms to look humans once more, her fair skin is back in all its feminine charm, it’d almost look like she plunged both of her arms right into a slime.

At your voice, the girl blinks awkwardly and avoid your gaze as she drop down slightly and take a rag that, thankfully look relatively clean; she probably brought it in the first place until that… lock up?

You wonder if that’s a proper term.

‘’I’ve been wondering, you… well, all of the Inquisitors and Purifier that I’ve ever came in contact with didn’t look as young as you, how did you managed to become one?’’

You can tell that she was not expecting this in the least as her previously awkward gaze shift into confusion and a tint of relief, this girl is incredibly easy to read, you understand why she like that mask so much.

For a little while, the girl doesn’t respond to your query and after wiping her arms, she roll down her sleeve and take one of the many crates as makeshift bench, making sure to move the sword on her waist to avoid collision with any items, you can’t help but find her extreme care relatively odd but it’s probably due to some form of fear, for some reason you have a hunch that this girl is not one to speak about herself at all, probably even less than you.

‘’I had help, no matter how hard you try it’s impossible for an orphan like me, a nobody, to go and enter this prestigious order, while I had some… well no, I’m actually pretty strong in Holy magic but even that, coupled with efforts, wouldn’t have been enough, the only reason I even managed to become a trainee is because… I had help and I didn’t had any choices’’

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You aren’t certain of her expression, there’s a good deal of bitterness in her tone and voice but there’s also something else, something forlorn, either nostalgia or loneliness.

‘’Hieronymus?’’

You ask, remembering how the high General referred to her as a trustworthy subordinate.

‘’Y-yeah, he… he gave me purpose when I needed it most’’

Yet she frowns after her words, you can tell that she is very uncomfortable right now, but you can’t help but press onward.

‘’It’s related to your arms, isn’t it?’’

You prefer not to ask an outright ‘’how did you lose them?’’ and instead opt for this supposition, which work as the golden haired Purifier nods slightly.

‘’Yeah he… he gave them to me, had them commissioned and made me enter the Purifier after I lost my purpose he… gave a new one to me and thank to that, I gained enough motivation and ambition to be the youngest Purifier, quite an honor huh?’’

She laughs bitterly and you decide to drop any ideas about asking her about her childhood, instead focusing on something else.

‘’Youngest Purifier? How old are you?’’

This is just an excuse to move the conversation, you ponder going back in the tent and waiting for your lovely bodyguard to awaken and stifle your incoming yawn.

‘’I’m…I’m eighteen’’

Young indeed to be accepted into the special forces of the church…Do you have anything else to ask?

>>26293679
Ask her how things have been going with the sword. And tease her about not letting herself get too obsessed over it to the point where it ends up harming herself so she can't help the voice inside.

>>26293679
"So, now that you've become the youngest Purifier, what do you plan to do? Is there anything else you wish to do?"

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‘’I’d say being the youngest Purifier is one hell of an achievement, you’ve got my respect for that’’

You know firsthand how hard it can be to train for being ‘’the best of the best’’, you failed your own training and the only reason why you managed to be the leader of your house was due to your blood and step father generosity, your efforts weren’t enough.

It’s a sad truth of the world…

‘’But what do you plan to do with that pedigree? Is there anything you actually wish for?’’

You decide to stop looking into her eyes and face as she kept fleeing your gaze, instead you concentrate on the bright stars and half-moon, the white brilliance of the celestial sky remind you of a certain night in the catfolk manor and your heart tug at the memory of Hadraniel, but you also kick yourself mentally for thinking of another girl in the presence of Leila.

‘’Surviving this war is most important…and helping you out I guess, usually I’d be changed from units to units but it seem I’ve been given some form of free reign, the kind of stuff reserved to veteran, I’ve got no idea what Hieronymus is thinking but maybe…I fell into some kind of bureaucratic mishap or something’’

‘’The only thing saving us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency…’’

You can’t help this remark and her small giggle bring a welcomed little leap to your heart, however the truth of her statement is telling indeed; she’s got some freedom of movements, which of course extend to you as well given that she is (sort of) responsible for your person inside this encampment.

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‘’Also, be sure to not be too obsessed over that sword, I know the angel inside must be absolutely gorgeous for you to lose yourself and forget your medicine but don’t do and get sick alright? I’m sure the poor damsel in distress would feel awful’’

‘’Hey! That’s not what was happening, not really I was just trying to channel some energy inside and well, I was about to use it but…er but I wanted to get some answer out of her and all, asking how to break her back but she keep saying that the dead shouldn’t walk the land anymore…’’

…So it seem that Lysta is actually able to reach out to her somewhat efficiently, unfortunately this is out of your hands for the time being, you can only hope those two come to some understanding and that Leila doesn’t obsess more over the angel, it’s quite an odd trait.

‘’Well-‘’

And then you find yourself interrupted when a brief lash in your soul link with Emeth provoke a strange feeling of constriction, your words transform into an uncomfortable cough as a little clamor from the alchemist can be heard.

Leila looks at you slightly dumbfounded the red tint of her cheek still very much present.

What do you do?

>>26294174
"I'm sorry, Leila. I have to see what's up with Emeth."
Go and see what happened. Something must have gone wrong with Emeth's bootup sequence.

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>>26294249
Invite her to join us as well.

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‘’It would seem that my bodyguard has awakened, I am loathe to see the end of this conversation but I have to go see her, would you like to join?’’

You put your hand forward as Leila give you one very obvious ‘’eh?’’ and you can’t help but chuckle as your informality completely flew over her head.

‘’Come on’’

Instead you choose to be direct and walk back to the entrance of the tent, emerging from the shadowy alley and crossing path with a soldier who, upon seeing your Purifier friend, give you a wise nod and you decide to grace him with a shrug.

Of course, Leila saw none of that.

As you close in in, you hear the voice of the small girl speaking rather fervently, a concert of ‘’Don’t go! Wait up!’’ and other similar demands chased away your good humor as you investigated the soul link to find absolutely nothing, but that in itself wasn’t odd, Emeth only tend to feel emotions when you do, but the situation made you and your friend realize that your situation could be quite serious…

You throw the drape covering the entrance sideway and see Ithel hugging Leila by the waist, planting both of her feet on the ground and pulling as hard as she can while the curly haired golem, looking as fit as a fiddle, was slowly walking to the exit now blocked by you and Leila standing by side, in other circumstance you’d have laughed at the comical scene but something is very much wrong with your dear bodyguard; her square, bright red pupils seem to have s strange light in them, a little orb of golden color, she effortlessly dragged the tired, excitable alchemist and stopped right in front of you, her gaze traveling from you to Leila whom put a hand on the Holy sword.

‘’Move’’

She orders in a completely flat voice of total apathy.

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>>26294614
Oh boy, here it comes.

>>26294614

And this is a wat do

>>26294614

"What's wrong with Emeth? What did you do to her?"

>>26294614
"Ithel, what happened? What went wrong with the startup sequence for Emeth?"

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>>26294614
Sorry I'm late guys, blah blah RL you get the picture.

We ask what's wrong and try and keep Leila from chopping Emeth's head off. We NEED that golem nice and alive. I mean functional, you know what I mean.

Also, I do hope that Leila's education included philosophy, looks like she'll need to be into that in order to convince Radiance to come out of the sword. Yes, people should die when they are killed, but did she really die? Is her soul still in this world? Did she become a ghost? Can she act upon it in some way? For the dead, the truly dead, the answer to these questions is a resounding no. Her state is more comparable to a coma or being in limbo. One can stop being in those things and resume their life. Plus hey, she had to have some regrets, she is in the very enviable position of being able to right them.

Let's hope she gets convinced, our (unvampirized) lives likely depend on it.

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"Ithel, what happened? What went wrong with the startup sequence for Emeth?"

You ask the struggling alchemist as you cast your gaze into Emeth eyes, the small orbs in the square of her pupils is most definitely odd, but it’s the only physical manifestation you can clearly see; her body is garbed in solid, form feather leather reinforced clothing and there isn’t any physical tics at all…

Well she does look pale, but that’s probably your imagination.

‘’Noooothiiiiiing!’’

The little alchemist answer while struggling some more to keep Emeth from moving with moderate success, her pulling doesn’t even seem to be acknowledged by the golem who is waiting for you to comply.

‘’Emeth…? Aren’t you supposed to stay and protect me?’’

You feel a brief surge of magic inside the girl, something acknowledged by Leila who take a half step back, taking out a part of the blade from its scabbard and causing a little burst of Holy magic from the magic metal as it shone brilliantly.

‘’Yes, prime directive is to protect Siegfried Shieffer’’

‘’You can’t accomplish that if you go away.’’

Silence follow as you find her sudden increase in linguistic very, very odd, Emeth always stumbled over her words, having great difficulties in explaining herself and usually relying on imagery and self-made expression to explain herself for the rare time you spoke with her.

Nothing this direct ever happened, at least not verbally.

‘’We must go back home’’

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‘’Emeth…?’’

‘’We have to go back home, where it is safe, where it is pleasant; Siegfried health is not assured, Siegfried mental security is not absolute, this place is bad, this place is evil, go back to those you love’’

What in the love of Father Sky…?

You hang your mouth open in total disbelief, ignoring Leila and Ithel as you look at your bodyguard in wonder, her words are…. Would have spelled your doom if you had kept the trinket.

‘’Kiss her or something she’s bugged do eeeet!’’

Poor Ithel seem to grow desperate but Emeth seem to have grown restless and take a step forward – immediately interrupted by a sudden shield, forcing itself between the two of you.

‘’Move’’

She order once more, this time looking at Leila whose veins are glowing in bright, magnificent gold, but instead of answering she simply shake her head.

What do you do?

>>26295255
>>26295230
Ah crap, rebooting her triggered a failsafe protocol and return to default settings.

And we shouldn't have brought Leila here; her being here and hearing this could potentially compromise our entire operation.

"Emeth, your current actions are in violation of your prime directive, as they are increasing the possibility of the surrounding neutral units becoming hostile.
"This is a direct order; stand down and submit to maintenance."

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>>26295255
Fuck fuck fuck fucking FUCK this broad's gone full KOS-MOS! She's gonna spill the beans if we don't stop her and get us on the wrong side of *BLAM* HERESY! At least she hasn't concluded that Leila is getting in the way of optimal combat efficiency if you catch my meaning.

We hug her, and whisper into her ear:
"I'm here because I'm trying to save them, all of them. If I go back now, they could all die. I can't allow that to happen. Please understand that. Everything I'm doing is for their sake."

>>26295255

This >>26295482

>players insist on bringing the Purifier with us everywhere, even though she will eventually hunt us down for going Dark Knight on the Church

>>26294343
Congratulations, you've just fucked us, and compromised the mission, dipshit.

>>26295482

I've been replaying Xenosaga 1 and I gotta say, it's been a refreshing experience despite the shitty emulator

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>>26295672
Rejoice!

>>26295685
So you know what I was referencing. First time playing through it shocked me. Now I realize it was a character establishing moment. KOS-MOS gives no fucks, she will protect Shion. Anyone gets in the way of that in any way well... you saw what happened to Virgil...

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>>26295804

I wasn't expecting it to say the least.

>>26295818
I doubt anyone was.

>>26295639
We could get so many points with her that she hunts us down to demand an explanation instead. Nobody wants to kill those they have the hots for after all.

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‘’Let go of the shield’’

‘’What?’’

‘’Let go, this is my responsibility and I don’t want you dragged into this’’

‘’…’’

Only with great reluctance does the Purifier let go of Focus and get rid of the golden transparent shield, Emeth, of course, start moving despite Ithel struggling and you stop your golem by putting a hand on her shoulder.

‘’Let go, Ithel’’

‘’But!’’

‘’Please’’

You forced Emeth into your arms, having to actually put some serious strength into it as she struggled lightly to drag you along but, at least, she comply as you forcefully bury her head into your chest while looking at your company, Leila gaze is hard and unfriendly while the winded alchemist look more worried than anything else, she probably doesn’t give a damn about what Emeth just said.
Instead you decide to whisper into her ear.

"I'm here because I'm trying to save them, all of them. If I go back now, they could all die.’’

You speak through clenched teeth and emotion ting, Emeth bright eyes look up at you in the same strange apathy and give her answer, this time softly but you doubt it’d be enough to prevent Leila from overhearing.

‘’That doesn’t matter, I have my…directive’’

You feel a ting in your soul link; the pause must be a good sign, right? Your emotions must be doing something.

‘’I don’t care’’

You answer bluntly.

‘’Please understand that. Everything I'm doing is for their sake, and I need you to stay by my side, I can’t go back from this’’

A long, agonizing time pass after your demand, the eyes of your golem close as she snuggle a little closer into your chest and you feel your heart leap in relief and joy, which in turn cause a strange little shiver all across Emeth body, further incidents consist mostly of Leila looking awkwardly angry while Ithel take a few swing of a bright colored liquid as she recover.

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‘’Siegfried…’’

Leila speaks, eyeing you with strange eyes; neither cold nor warms, perhaps confused would be the word, camouflaged into faux pride.

‘’Not now’’

You answer back sternly, to which she shrug.

‘’Not now.’’

She repeats you for some reason and walks a little deeper in the tent, toward one of the desk in the far back of the tent.

‘’I think I know what happened’’

Ithel suddenly perk up, walking closer to you as Emeth just… continue to stand there, in your arms, silent, unmoving, not breathing, likes a mannequin.

‘’Must…’’

And then you struggle as her entire weight fall on your body, damn she’s pretty heavy!

‘’Yep, I know just what happened, she won’t be waking until tomorrow for sure, but aren’t ya tired? You should get some shut eye too’’

Maybe you should, right now the spirits have heated and talking with Leila is probably not going to do any good and… you are pretty damn tired alright.

>>26296043
Looks like we lost points with Leila.
Dammit, how are we supposed to get those points back when we're so pressed for time?

"Ithel, what DID just happen to Emeth? Was it some kind of contingency programming or a failsafe protocol?"

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>>26296043
That was really close, too close for comfort. We're gonna have to cook up a good story for Leila after this and pray she don't tell Lex about it. He's already suspicious of our relationships, this will confirm said suspicions. I really, really hope he won't kill us for making love to the fluffy.

>>26296203
We wouldn't be in this situation if an idiot didn't bring Leila with us.
>>26294343
Really, what the fuck were you thinking, if at all?

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>>26296273

In his defence, Leila would have likely followed you given the little clamor and the situation is not THAT bad, she won't be turning on you

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Thankfully the mess of this tent seems to have a needless amount of chairs put willy-nilly around the desk and you find one free of disregarded objects to gently put your sleeping golem on, you’d never allow her to lie on the ground on your watch out of convenience but your arms were seriously tiring!

"Ithel, what DID just happen to Emeth? Was it some kind of contingency programming or a failsafe protocol?"

You speak in a winded breath, glancing toward Leila who is stifling a few yawns to her best of capabilities and taking out the same bright purple liquid that was consumed by Ithel, the girl look more vexed than angry but, finally, you concentrate back on the alchemist as she plant herself in front of you, her little stature make her serious look a little comical, but you refrain from smiling.

‘’Naw, there wasn’t’ nothing like that in her matrix and helix, naw, but I got something to ask ya which is very important for my answer’’

The girl takes a deep, deep breath while putting her hands on her hips.

‘’Did ya stole her form her creator?’’

>>26296332
And then my trip drop

>>26296332
That's no excuse for inviting in a bad situation.

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>>26296434

Well I should have asked about bringing her, it't my fault for that, I went with what felt the most natural

and advanteageous for you guys

>>26296405
"Steal is a little strong of a word. Emeth was assigned to me by her creator, but they did not expect me to be taking Emeth so far afield."

>>26296405
"I can't steal a person. She may be a golem but Emeth is more than that. At least say kidnap. I took her along with me though yes."

>>26296434
It's fine, we can turn this around easily enough.

>>26296607
Remember where we are and our cover; this is going a long way towards breaking it and compromising our mission.
Leila and Ithel are nice enough, and we might like them, but they're still part of the enemy until we can kidnap them on our way out of here.

>>26296651
I think Vocalizing our reasoning to Emeth is bad enough when you've got Angels potentially spying on us at all times.

>>26296685

Such a hard situation, isn't it?

>>26296761
We'll do what we can.
I wish we could get into the sanctuary, there we could sit down and discuss this whole thing out with Leila so we're on the same level, but sadly we can't.

>>26296405
yes I did. I had to convince her of a few things to get her to come along though.

If Insert can not produce a pastebin to his fluffytail homework within the week it is confirmed not going to happen

and Insert is also a confirmed filthy Oath breaker

>>26296939

Yeah considering that, I've been trying my darnest in writing the lewd to my best of capabilities but I always end up feeling pressured and inadequate, resulting in nothing being written as I keep restarting over and over and over again, it's feeling like a chore the more I try to write it.

Very unpleasant let me tell you.

>>26296961
Well give it this one last try, don't worry about pressure or inadequacy and just do your best.

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"I can't steal a person.’’

You shake your head as you speak, momentarily puzzling the alchemist.

‘’She may be a golem but Emeth is more than that. At least say kidnap. I took her along with me though yes."

And then she finally strike the palm of her hand, her eyes and face lighting up as she smile broadly, a usual expression on this jovial girl.

‘’Oooh right right, ya the kind to think of golems like humans aye? Not that I can blame ya with this girl…but ya did get her away from her creator, that’s the bottom line’’

The girl takes a chair and gesture toward Leila who, quite simply, shrug her away.

‘’Man dat girl pout too often’’

She says while taking place in front of you, you realize that you are still standing and thus, take position on the desk.

‘’I’ll make it as short as I can… soo… remember her helix? I showed ya that stuff when you were looking over her tuning and all, gorgeous thing right? Well dats the matrix, where her body handle magic and all, very important thing and pretty much impossible to alter beside on a superficial level, which is what da runes are, superficial, least when the matrix itself is concerned’’

You don’t really care about the technicality, you feel much too tired for that and simply gesture her to go along.

‘’Weell to keep it short, any golem dats a bit precious will have da creator having a replica o’ some kind along with a drop of blood into da unit itself, distant order can be made by writing some o’ dem runes…and I can’t really alter that, it’s real, real deep inside her helix and all, written beneath da skin buuuut’’

She holds her finger and stop as she looks at Emeth.

‘’Methink her two directives conflicted and cause a crash o’ some sort… oooor, you got a little something going on with her that I don’t know about, wanna clue me in?’’

Her question is very blatant indeed, but yo ucan'T help but feel a very cold sweat at her explanation

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>>26297086

I've been thinking of writing anotehr short story and get to that lewd once I get in the mood, otherwise I'll just force myself and not produce anything at all.

I don't understand why it's so difficult, but... well I guess it is.

>>26297194
Go for that then, what could go wrong?

>>26296405

What I don't get is why we said nothing about the truth: Siegfried found Emeth in that tower with the dead wizard, and we brought her along and managed to activate her.

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>>26297246

That's a half-truth at best, Leila came upon the alchemist lab and saw a corpse (Tsu already came to stow away the golem by making a second voyage back asap) and the confrontation with the Lilim happened shortly afterward, it'd not exactly be the truth.

>>26297158
>distant order can be made by writing some o’ dem runes
>two directives conflicted and cause a crash
PRIME DIRECTIVE:
1. Protect Siegfried Shieffer
2. Uphold Zipangu Law
3. Maintain the Public's Trust
4. CLASSIFIED

>>26297158
"Her creation was a little personal to me I suppose. Indirectly. I didn't take direct part in forming her but important things were sacrificed to make her. Beyond that, I can't say I've done anything to her. Not like I've had time to do that while you were drooling over her anyways."

>>26297158
great. tsu tried for remote retrieval of both assets. Hope she doesn't try again any time soon.

>>26297158
"I provided some of what became her core, though I wasn't involved in the actual construction or designing of her matrix. You've seen inside her, and probably know more about her internal details than I do."

>>26297527
We might need to keep Emeth shut down to prevent Tsu from ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL and compromising the mission.

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"Her creation was a little personal to me I suppose.’’

You give a look to your slumped bodyguard, the girl expression look quite morose and pained, your heart bleed at the fact that you can’t help her but you decide to forge while keeping an eye on Leila who is busy sulking and drinking, sometime giving you a look of indifference as she listen to your discussion.

Maybe you could try to twist this incident to your advantage somehow…

‘’I didn't take direct part in forming her but important things were sacrificed to make her. Beyond that, I can't say I've done anything to her, besides getting her nearly killed that is’’

The small Ithel scratch her cheek at your words, nodding solemnly before smiling once more in her excited, jovial self and you can’t help but smile back as you find yourself caught in her pace, if only a little.

‘’Something important enough to cause a serious crash and reluctance inside her I wager ya know when ya impede a golem ‘’simple’’ task like that, things tend ta get violent fast but dat didn’t happen at all…at all…’’

Her voice drop somewhat and Leila stand, putting the half-drunk bottle on her table and quickly make her way toward Ithel, going as far as putting a hand on the girl head.

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‘’I think everyone here should go sleep, we’ll have a big day tomorrow’’

Whether forced or not, her face break into a smile and her eyes actually appear to have some warmth as she look at you and Ithel, but the little alchemist shake her head vigorously.

‘’Nay nay! I dunno what the deal with dat girl but man is, it’s like… man I dunno, like… a piece of yo dream and ambition falling from da sky and all? Don’t go thinking I’m sad an’ vulnerable an’ all dat, I’m fine, ya should worry more about yerself, getting in dem scraps all day’’

Huh… those girls appeared much more like acquaintance than friends, but looks can definitely be deceiving.

‘’Ya know, I could try and open her up… but, I gotta say that to you now; extensive golem making or tuning dabble in blood magic, and I know it aint everyone that’ll accept that, but that girl is well on her way to...’’

You don’t hear the end of the sentence as it is mumbled incoherently, which provoke to blond to step in.

‘’Ithel! You should do that tomorrow at least!’’

‘’What if there aint no tomorrow? What if her creator sends a self-destruct order or some such? Do ya know how FRUSTRATING that’ll be to me, huh? I fucked up once ya know that Leila but I aint gonna do it again!’’

Somehow you’ve been completely left out of the conversation….

What do you do?

>taking a 20 minutes break

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>>26297870
"How dangerous is this tuning? What are the risks to Emeth and yourself? And just how big of a bang would a self-destruct order cause?"

Oh swell. I severely doubt Tsu will order her to self-destruct as she fucking needs this girl for something and I don't want to risk Ithel dying or Emeth getting fucked up. Need more information.

>>26297870
"Would opening her up do anything permanent to her? This recent change in her personality is already distressing enough as it is. I'm not sure I'd want to see anything else about her change. And if she was going to be blown up, I imagine she would have been blown up already."

>>26297870
Just to let you know, this part
>extensive golem making or tuning dabble in blood magic, and I know it aint everyone that’ll accept that
became very garbled and appears to only be part of a sentence or thought at most.

"How delicate would deactivating the creator's back door be? Would keeping Emeth in stasis prevent remote orders from being processed?"

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>>26297359
More Like:

PRIME DIRECTIVE:
1. Protect Siegfried at all costs.
2. Self-Preservation. Unless the *only* way to save Siegfried from certain death will result in your termination you are to do all that you can to remain operational.
3. Follow the orders of Siegfried so long as they do not conflict with Directives 1 and 2.
4. In the event Siegfried goes rogue and betrays Zipangu, follow the orders of Tsukiyoumi, even if they conflict with directives 1-3.

Thing is, as Emeth has some free will she can disregard these directives if given good enough reason. She really likes Siggy, so his words enabled her to defy Directive 4.

>>26298321
Those are more Three Laws of Robotics than OCP Prime Directives, though.

>>26298321
With Tsu behind this? Who knows what Emeth has going on.

>>26298344
Well they would be after all. Asimov knew his shit. And directive 4 would allow for Tsu to issue a kill order that would actually be carried out.

3 laws compliant robots are supposed to be unable to kill humans and especially not kill their masters. At least in theory. The man did like to toy with them in his stories after all.

>>26298397

Good thing the soul of Avina was used as the anchor of her personality huh?

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>>26298426

>>26298426
Indeed. I'm not saying Tsu would try to kill us for our betrayal... But she would definitely try to kill us for our betrayal.

>>26298483
We did leave that note, I think she loves us enough to give us a chance here.

>>26298499
We saw that horror show with the Vamp pot. She is capable of damn near anything if she's desperate. When the chips are down she *will* go the philosopher path sealing designate route.

If you don't know what that means I shall explain. Fuck morality, pure practicality bent on getting results is their MO, period.

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>>26298874

I wonder if Siggy will still be able to love her...

Sorry for the delay, getting a bit tired but I want to forge on a bit more

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>>26298920
He can bear the sins of one girl in her place I think. Koukuto Mikiya would like Siggy I presume. Then again he likes everyone, his origin being "One who will not harm others. Moreso than anyone else" and all.

Siggy really, really hates to hurt people. He'll do it if he has to, but it always leaves a very bad taste in his mouth. They'd get along.

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>>26298874
Desperate.

>>26298920
I don't think he can.

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"How dangerous is this tuning? What are the risks to Emeth and yourself?’’

You don’t know much about blood magic, in fact the entire art has been outlawed, seen as heresy and viewed in the very same light as corruption, not only that but all hint and trace of blood magic amidst the almost entire monster population is gone and records of incident with said…abomination tend to only be found in the swamp and even there it is a rare occurrence.

But that doesn’t mean it’s absent either, the use of blood magic is indeed found in the various science and magical craft of the world, albeit to a lesser extent, the use of this kind of magic was very, very popular in the past and despite that it nearly ended the world, it still left many benefits…

But you’ve still got some obvious reservations to the whole thing, after all your blood is thick, slimy and blackish.

‘’She…I’m not too sure; I’d have to modify deep inside her helix. The only thing I can say is this; the first time I tried making a sentient golem, it nearly killed me and slaughtered my associates’’

Ah…What the hell can you say to this kind of statement? Thankfully Leila manages to do something simple by putting her hand on the girl shoulders.

‘’Yeah yeah I fucked up, got thrown out o’ me family and woulda killed meself if it weren’t for dat girl here, it’s the past, the past’’
Instead of allowing them to go on another friendly tirade, you interject with another question.

"Would opening her up do anything permanent to her? This recent change in her personality is already distressing enough as it is. I'm not sure I'd want to see anything else about her change.’’

Ithel rub her hand together as she give Emeth one long, hard look, rubbing her chin, then the bridge of her nose as the fatigue of the day built up upon her tiny shoulders, she’s likely to be as tired as you are, perhaps even more; she spent the entire day working on Emeth offensive capabilities.

‘’I’d say… not much, this development was forced, induced, it wasn’t her at all and it’s very likely that she’ll have forgotten all of it upon waking, thing is I’d need to transfer ownership to ya, nothing too complicated but I gotta dig a bit…if anything she probably got some very confidential information stored or some such and you’ll probably get access to it’’

She stop, taking a breath then extend her index with a knowing smile.

‘’And nay, I can’t access it, she said that her prime directive was protecting ya, meaning that yer the only person able to create a loophole in her programing given that very, very important order which likely has history to it; golems have memories’’

Huh… you can’t help but feel a little warm inside as you see the eyes of the little alchemist, the girl seem to care for Emeth thrice as much as anyone you’ve met so far.

"How delicate would deactivating the creator's back door be? Would keeping Emeth in stasis prevent remote orders from being processed?’’
>fucking 4chan limit

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>>26298920
Sure, why not?

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You ask those two question while looking at the door of the tent, the morning night is quiet and inviting and you can only feel some dread for the rest of the day after how exhausting today was…

‘’I’d need some serious time tomorrow dats fer certain But… we could try something a bit more reckless, but I don’t really advice it, like, at all’’
She takes a breath.

‘’As for yer other answer, stasis will keep the orders at bay for a time but enough of them will force a start, it’s a temporary measure at best’’

She make a little ‘’phew’’ and reach for the liquid, the thing doesn’t seem alcoholic, probably some sort of energy juice.

‘’What I’m asking is… I could take the long route and hack her helix with your blood to make you the creator, or… you use enough of your blood to put it all over her helix and then sleep; nobody ever done that afore so I can’t give ya any advice, but it’ll save ye time’’

Waiiiiiiit a minute.

This sound suspiciously like the practice of Blood Oath…But it will also save you time.

>>26299098
"I know it might be asking a lot but take the safer route. It sounds like the safer option for Emeth."

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>>26299038

You know with this statement, would yo usay our protagonsit alignement fit very well into Neutral Good? (Despite the willingess to do very, very bad thing)

>>26299142
He's NG with heavy Chaotic tendencies, close to the border of NG and CG but still NG in the ultimate analysis. Alignment... Isn't as cut and dry as people would like it to be.

>>26299098
"No, take the safer route. Knowing the creator and person who originally put together her matrix, there's going to be at least 7 layers of protections and contingencies, and probably some kind of failsafe mechanism in place to prevent just this sort of thing. They even had this ready just in case this situation happened, after all."

Don't underestimate the Fluffy Tail's preparedness.

>>26299142
So that pic has Lenneth and some girl I haven't seen before Vs. that robogirl whose name I *know* but can't remember at the moment and KOS-MOS version 4...

That would be a very interesting fight. The highest magic vs. the highest tech.

>>26299300
Lenneth will win. Because if Lenneth is involved, Lezard can't be far behind.

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>>26299338
Unless Lezard's plans require that she lose there. Never underestimate the convolutedness or the number of steps Lezard's plans are ahead of you. He's like Tzeentch's bro.

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>>26299300

Its a stand off of Valkyries

That pic is my biggest fetish. All those girls are so strong

so jsut to make sure, we take the safe approahc and have Ithel hack into her Helix and swap the ''owner'' identity?

>>26299384
Yeah. We're dealing with Tsu here. The broad is batman levels of prepared. Do anything reckless against something like that and you WILL be made to regret it. If only she had placed a tracker bug on Bletsia...

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>>26299384
Care to name them for me oh based GM? I got 2 out of 4, would like to know the other 2 so I can look that shit up.

>>26299384
Tell Ithel to specifically be careful, and that there might be a trap built into changing the owner ID.
Also that there might be a backup that will trigger and re-overwrite the owner ID.

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>>26299469

Lenneth, Aigis, KOS-MOS and Gwendolyn

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>>26299523
So Valkyrie Profile, Odin Sphere, Xenosaga III, and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona III right?

No wonder I got 2.5 out of 4, I've only played the Xenosaga series and VP, and I only know of the Persona series through doujins and such. Damn, my naming ability corresponded exactly to my level of knowledge!

SCIENCE regarding my own cognition and such has been achieved this day thanks to my fetish for monstergirls. Thanks dude.

>>26299505
Yeah this. Tsu is crazy prepared. Ithel is likely the best human golem expert out there, but Tsu is a fucking Tenko. It's like Lezard vs. Odin, Lezard won because he knew who he was up against. If he didn't well... there's a chance he wouldn't have gotten as far as he did.

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"No, take the safer route. Knowing the creator and person who originally put together her matrix, there's going to be at least 7 layers of protections and contingencies, and probably some kind of failsafe mechanism in place to prevent just this sort of thing. They even had this ready just in case this situation happened, after all."

The idea of the Blood Oath sound tempting, it’s a way to get even closer to Emeth after all but, in the end, a smart and careful approach is likely to win out in the end, especially considering Tsukiyomi absurd amount of planning and preparedness; the only reason why the hack seem feasible is because she didn’t have too much time to toy with Emeth before Avina soul was infused in her body, it’s likely that she had a lot of plans in actually protecting her but it seemed that she concentrated on making the girl as human as possible during your stay, with of course your help given her attachment.

With some distance, you see perfectly why the soul of your childhood friend was the key point for activating the golem; it’s highly likely that it is the entire reason why Emeth give a damn about you in the first place and it is what Tsukiyomi seem to have bet on to give her the ‘’humanity’’ she wished for the golem.

But why? Why go through so much trouble with this girl…? Why is she so precious, nay, why did she describe her as irreplaceable for the entire war effort?

You feel on the verge of opening a Pandora’s Box…and the Blood Oath would have been a quick, but reckless way to do it.

‘’Ya know you REALLY aren’t giving me a whole lot of self-confidence now’’

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She searches your eyes for some kind of joke instead you give her the most honest gaze you can and actually nod to pursue your warnings.

‘’There might be a trap built into the identity of owner itself, the name of that person is Tsukiynomi-no-Mikoto, god of night of Zipangu… Ithel, if you see any reference to the heroes, take them extremely seriously if the word ‘’Tenko’’ come up, remember it well I…I have no idea how this thing work, but she goes by many name. I suspect that there might be a backup that’d trigger as well to overwrite the new ID of the owner, namely me. You really, really have to be careful, comb all over it; I’ll give you all the blood you need’’

Now, the small girl start rubbing her hand together as cold sweat clashes on her body, she start letting out a few worried breath and then look up at you with a hopeful, serious face where hidden tear prickle the edges of her eyes.

‘’Just answer me this, please; does she have a soul?’’

>>26300067

you already know the answer to that

>>26300067
"....Yes."

>>26300067
"Yes. One that is important to me."

>>26300067
You know the answer to that by now.

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>>26300048
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-i8ebC-Xjg

Good. The Shadowrun hackerspace battle is likely to be worthy of this song. We're putting Ithel in Ledo/Chamber's shoes when they fought Striker and the weaker Hideazue.

She can do it, she has the resolve and skill to do this, but it will take all she has. She will have to maximize her neruoplus power to pull it off but she WILL pull it off.

Ithel, pull this off and you'll have my trust. All she wants is to make a true robogirl, a robogirl that gets us to ask all the important questions. If a Golem of all things can pass for a human, are not the monstergirls at that same level? Are they not human? Could be another step towards the world we seek to create. Man and monster, hand in hand, walking in peace toward a glorious future? That's what Lex, our Brother, and we most desperately want. Please, just this once, let things pan out for us INH.

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>>26300067
"I know she does. I can't explain why but... I just know she does. She is her own person, the only difference between us and her is her birth. We came from a womb, she came from a lab. I just know she feels, dreams, and even feels just as we do. Even if there is a fundamental difference somehow, she's just as much human as we are. Please, do all you can to ensure she retains who she is. It's all I could ever ask of you."

ALLLLL IIIIIIN!

>>26300481
Besides being wrong, this isn't what she needs to hear now.
Just shut up before you make things worse.

>>26300516
She won't go all out unless she's sure that Emeth is an embodiment of her dream. What dream? Making a sentient golem that can pass for a human. A Golem with a soul.

Also, we have no idea what she "needs" to hear right now. People are beyond "empirical" analysis. Many say people act upon their own best interest, but not everyone gets what that really means. In truth, people act upon our own PERCEIVED best interest, and to add complication most don't even know what that is.

The question of "Do you know what you really want?" pierces us all because of this. Most of us, in the ultimate end, don't. Yet we act in accordance with it regardless. We act, for reasons we don't fully understand...

Think man, really analyze thine own thought patterns.

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"Yes. One that is important to me."

‘’I see’’

The alchemist put her two hand together for a moment, rubbing her mouth as her brilliant eyes fly from your feature, then toward the pained Emeth who hasn’t so much as moved nor breath, the girl look… dead, properly deactivated you really, REALLY hate to see her like that but she’ll probably activate on her own again.
Wishful thinking…

‘’So it wasn’t created on her own, but one was actually sacrificed… no, no not sacrificed, I’m sorry fer saying that’’

You wave and ignore the pang in your heart, showing her for sure that you find no anger in her words, but you see what she was getting at.

‘’Ya know…’’

The small Ithel start speaking in a low voice, her eyes trail back to Emeth, then she shift toward Leila whose face present a mask of indifference, for some reason this provoke a large smile on the alchemist feature.

‘’Ya had the same face when ya found me that day, he he he, anyway… Siegfried. When I failed to make a sentient golem, the thing I lacked was a soul. Had me proper human body an’ all for identification and empathy buuut… no soul, thus the thing lashed out and slaughtered my whole group o’ friends and colleagues, long story short I got thrown out of me home and all… y’see the Hermingild family been alchemist for generations and all but that kind failure sent me older brother and sister to da grave an’ all…’’

She’s telling you this because of Emeth, there’s no doubt about this, and your golem is striking a very important chord inside the girl heart.

‘’Anyway, we didn’t’ want to go kill someone, and even then we had no way to capture a soul an’ all but hey, we forged on… fat load o’ good that did but ye, ye went and put a soul in her… she forged her own identity, right? She aint the person that was used, right?’’

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You simply nod, Emeth body changed when the soul was put inside of her, beside that… she doesn’t share Avina mischievousness and optimism but….but no you can’t spot any similarity.

‘’Dats the kind o’ sacrifice needed to advance science and I wasn’t willing to do it. Let me make a pledge to ye now; I will either succeed and trump her current owner or die’’

‘’Ithel…?’’

Leila soft voice pierce through her mask, you notice that the girl look a bit pale and she’s gripping the sword fiercely, she also took it out very briefly out of its scabbard, allowing the angel inside to listen and notice the world around her you bet.

‘’Yah, yah I aint kidding naw. Ya know, I saw me older sister pregnant, I saw her with her baby and I held my nephew and love him to this day very much so, I know I could get myself impregnated by a some dude an’ all, give birth, have a baby and love him and all that, I respect that ambition an’ all, really, I do.’’

Then Ithel start wiggling her fingers, then after a few seconds of this strange exercise, balls her hands into very tight fists.

‘’But dat aint what I want. Me brother and sister found only exhaustion in the legacy of da family but me… I…I want to create something, I want to see life an…an me think this girl is…is… once this is over I wanna look over here I wanna… I wanna stay yeah…’’

Her words are tantamount to heresy and for a moment you look at the entrance of the tent for fear of anyone overhearing but, the distance you have with it is rather large, accompanied by the wind and march of the soldiers here and there, you’d need magical enhanced hearing to actually listen and thankfully there’s not much obstruction.

‘’Ithel…’’

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Leila repeats once more.

‘’Golem with a soul goes outside da cycle of rebirth, ya, I know but I can’t back down from this Leila. I won’t.’’

You can’t find anything to say; you are effectively rendered speechless by a girl that isn’t’ even reaching to your shoulders, she’s probably still in her teens.

This world really makes people grow up fast.

‘’Now then, go get some shut eye will ye? I aint sure when she’ll be ready sooo… you’ll have to do what ya need ta do alone, Siegfried. Or with her at least come back first thing tomorrow when ya wake up’’

--

There was nothing more to say, you had Leila help you out in picking up Emeth who is now sleeping on your back, the girl resumed breathing halfway through the alchemist speech.

‘’Your friend is really something’’

You simply need to voice your impression, if the church had more people like Ithel… then again, the church itself isn’t corrupt or evil at all; it’s simply mismanaged to a gross point.

‘’I…never really knew she kept this dream, she really…’’

Leila stops and shakes her head.

‘’Look Siegfried, I was about to report what happened to Lex but now I-I can’t.’’

Dodged an arrow right there.

‘’I’m just wondering if… if I’ll ever find the motivation to risk my life so wholly for any cause’’

[A tale of Monster 75- end]

>>26300947
hehehe, just like KOS-MOS's original activation. Went berserk and killed everyone it saw before somehow being shut down. Fuck.

And Leila will find that motivation if she hangs around us long enough. I mean hell, if a world of peace and understanding for all people isn't worth risking your life for I don't know what is. I mean, in the end, wasn't that the dream of so many martyrs? A world where people just understood each other?

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>>26301054

Thankfully Emeth didn't go down that route.

But this solution also put you down one bodyguard during the time of the hack, you'll have to be extremely vigilant.

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>>26301186
Leila's pretty damn competent. So long as we're deployed with her squad I'm confident in our survival odds. Besides, we'll have a good night's sleep behind us, meaning a full mana battery.

A mage lives and dies by that thing. If it's full he's got a good chance of surviving, it's only when one is running low on mana/spells per day do they start to get pretty goddamned worried. We didn't accompany that purifier squad for a reason. The reason? After fighting off a horde of abominations, resisting the beast's desire to eat the Demon Lord, and all that jazz I'm surprised we could even fire off Ice Cubes and such in our attempt to spare Monstergirls. Too bad "The Beast" finds humor in inflicting Gorn when we've got arrowheads in our precious Kidneys.

>>26301186
Based on our track record, Siegfried is getting crippled at least then in the next encounter.

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>>26301338

Aye, a mage without juices isn't much at all but hey, if you get desperate enough and don'T fear burning out...

And I just forgot to put one last tidbit of information for the night, damn. I'm gonna write up a little something.

>>26301384

Don't forget that 1 doesn't mean a YOU ARE FUUUUUUUUUCKED anymore

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>>26301384
Holy mages can heal cripples. Just pray we don't get a limb lopped off. That seems to require prosthesis, prosthesis=massive dosh. Massive dosh we likely don't have ATM. Vamp pot could likely negate the need for it. But it has a list of side effects longer than my arm and more than a few that H.P. Lovecraft would more than readily approve of. That's a BAD thing By The Way.

>>26301433
Oh but I do fear burning out. Yes, you can exceed thine limits and I am glad that we have that option, but it's an absolute last resort.

Sieglind did it because it was quite literally the only way he (as a C-B rank magus) could beat an elder level Shoggoth and well, he liked loli Hadraniel, He didn't want her to die and well he was fucked either way. Might as well go down in a blaze of glory!

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You parted way with Leila and exchanged polite good night and headed to your tent located not too far from the alchemist, a pair of tent in the deepness of the soldiers quarters make you feel like an ant and, thankfully, Leila arrangement is right in front of yours, preventing you from the reality of getting lost and, it is with a satisfied sigh that you put Emeth on the bed, the girl let out a soft ‘’Swiggy’’ before turning and sleeping, recharging her battery after her draining experience…

Then you feel a strange vibration in your inner pocket of your vest.

>’’That fucking witch? Pah!’’

The black jade of Daiyu Jawahir has activating and you take it in your palm tentatively, feeling it tremble some more and you clutch it strongly in your palm while shaking you hand side to side, how in the world does this thing work…?

«Hiya hiya, Is this Siegfried? Am I speaking to the good kisser Shieffer? »

You hear a strange clamor in the background, a voice you remember in a certain dungeon going ‘’SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT’’ the entire thing resonate in your mind and give you a strange impression of being underwater

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«It’s me»

You say simply as you peruse over the black stone.

«Myuu, you should take a night off over here, you really are going to overwork yourself»

Another clamor resonates behind her, the shock of metal.

«I can’t do that, nevertheless it’s good to speak with you, Daiyu»

Perhaps a bit too stiff but you can’t help it; you are so damn exhausted right now.

«I won’t be keeping you; I just want to say something important, my delicious little Siggy»

So, it seems that a relaxed Demon Lord is akin to a perverted old man?

«I heard that! Anyway, the Demon Realm is very, very quiet right now, Deruella is nowhere to be found, I’ve decided to call you because… well, this quietness happened only once before; right at the dawn of the fall of Lescatie. Be vigilant Siegfried, I’ll continue to help you out. Yuyu out! »

…

Oh to hell with it, you don’t give a damn right now, you just need to sleep.

>>26301642
>Deruella is nowhere to be found
Oh, that's not good.

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>>26301732

No, no its not

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Anyway I hope today was good

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>>26301758
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N49Jy7SjdY

We'll be meeting a member of he Fallen Maiden entourage soon methinks then. Not good, for ANYONE!

Let it be the Loli S-rank magus. She's fucking meat on the table for us now thanks to manaphage and our little pet beast. Let us free her tragic ass from that daemon's voice that has plagued her for far too long. Her dying breaths, will be those of joy and thankfulness. She didn't want it to be THAT way with the man she fell for. She didn't want to corrupt him and sex him up day in and day out. She just wanted to be held in his arms in a truly pure way. She just wanted to be loved as a person. Too bad Deruella's pet Baphomet offered her "The Power" that she foolishly accepted...

>>26301880

I don't think I've been able to find all the profile of the Fallen Maiden, know any good place to hunt for pic or should I just hunt on Gelbooru?

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>>26301937
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VjPEqXZCzM&list=PL3BF80736D5207A83

I forget where I saw it all. But let it be known there was a Fallen Maiden that was a little girl of the utmost Magical Potential in Lescatie. One many hoped would be able to finally defeat the Demon Lord. She was but a little girl, but her power and skill with magic were surely of the caliber of Mana's. The prodigy of her age, A true "S-Rank" magus.

Yet her power isolated her from others. She was just too strong, too powerful. She was always alone, lauded by all yet isolated from all.

Only a lowly shopkeep treated her, well, like the little girl she truly was. He knew all about her, yet didn't let that affect his treatment of her. She liked this, someone who, well, treated her normally.

She grew to love him because of that, only when she was with him was she truly at peace. She loved him in the way only a child could. No conception of sex or "adult" intimacy. She just wanted to be with him as often as possible. If she could be with him, she could deal with it. Deal with all the horrible things the grimdarkness of the MGE world could throw at her.

Then she got overwhelmed by a Baphomet under Deruella's command. She was corrupted, her pure feelings towards that man warped because of that. He was corrupted by her hand, turned into an incubus. They boned endlessly afterward like any of the Fallen Maidens. Yet her TRUE intention was to just be purely loved by that man, no sex, no lewd, just a pure acceptance of who and what she was. Deruella robbed her of that. Really, I almost cry when I really, truly think about it. Song fits so hard, why I linked to it.

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>>26302128

I need to find allof those profiles.

Thank for that

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>>26301839
It was good.

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>>26302155
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L1DEvzsftw

Here's an extended version of the song. The Fallen Maidens, their wishes were so pure, their love was so innocent and chaste in a way. All they wanted was to be with their darling. And said darling was a good man, a great match for them. Yet society, culture, and other such concerns barred them from being able to be with them. It left a void, a hole in their will. Then down comes this broad, offering them a chance to be with the one they love if only they accept "The Pleasure"...

They accepted. Why wouldn't they? Their wish/dream/desire/what have you was utterly pure. "I just want us to be together. What's wrong with that? I know he reciprocates my feelings, I've seen him blush, smile, look, leer, lick his lips... He has consoled me, said just what I needed to hear despite his awkward nature... I can't help it. I love him with all my soul! If I can only hold him in my arms for but a moment, if I can transmit but an ounce of my true feelings to him, that would be enough. I accept, let him feel but this one grain of my true feelings. Let him know, just for an instant, how much I love him!"

A wish becomes a curse, as this fucker said all to well. I'm damn near crying as I write this but I think I must do so. This is what I got out of the MGE, I believe you did too...

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>>26302372

I saw the potential of the MGE and decided to build upon it as best I can, it's not quite the time for the Fallen Maiden but that will come soon enough indeed...

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>>26302413
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHd7SFE7DdA

I just hope we got a good cadre of Purifiers, members of the =][=, or our original party of waifus behind us when that happens.

We *will* need backup to take them on. I said their dying breaths will be full of praise and thankfulness towards us. Rest assured, they are up until that point FULLY behind Deruella and all her plans. Their corruption just plain and simply goes that deep. I said as much many threads ago. Only... ONLY when they are breathing their last will they thank us for giving them that final moment of clarity. Up until then, all their demonic might, all the power they can hope to muster will be directed towards stopping us from accomplishing our goals. They are Boss-tier enemies in my head for damn good reason. They must therefore be ended ASAP.

>>26302542
I foresee lots of death when we finally face one. On our side of course. We don't have the best track record for fights.

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>>26302680

Nonsense, we've improved the rules!

>>26302743
I don't buy it.

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>>26302761

I do. Stop the pessimism!

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WE got quite alot on our plate now do we? Robo girl getting hacked, big bad angel right in the camp, intrigue succubus somewhere her all powerful mom can't see her...

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>>26302743
I like that girl. The fact that she looks kinda like Nagato is but a bonus for me. Intellect, it shall forevermore be my biggest turn on!

>>26302852
This, and nothing less, happens when dealing with Tzeentchian villains. Plans within plans, plots within plots... If only I wasn't in such a bad place IRL. Want to be here when it all goes down, just never certain I will be here when it matters most...

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>>26302876

I'm quite sad to hear that, I hope everything turn out well for you, I sure have been enjoying writing this quest for you guys.

The confrontation with the Embodiment of Strife will be alot of fun i can sense it

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>>26302911
PANIC

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>>26302911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9vpnWqJQ4

If I'm there you can fully expect an exchange on the level of Yuri and company vs. Duke.

Even moreso, if Radiance is freed by then. Orion, such a sad, tragic fool. He just can't understand what we're trying to accomplish. I feel bad for him, really I do, but if he refuses to see reason we won't have a choice. He will have to go. We have our dream, he has his. They are mutually exclusive.

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>>26302933

The entire fight will easily take more than a single session

Do take care of the non-hostile angels...

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>>26302994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYoYb_G94O0

Spoilers ahoy but hey, play Tales of Vesperia if you get the chance. This exchange is exactly what I have in mind. We got a big enough cast to pull it off. Siggy and Yuri are quite similar, it's why I see him as damn close to CG in alignment.

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>>26303131

Given that Orion is not the active villain of our arc right now, I won't be giving any hint regarding him.

>>26303244
Any ideas on your new writing work then?

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>>26303312

Most likely going to be expanding on that night when Hadraniel ate the life of the forest

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>>26303244
He still kinda is, being the likely source of the new revised Church teachings that are about to be released to the public. Good thing we're about to waste the most ardent disciple of said revised teachings.

Once he's down I pray the Tsu and the rest buy our story. It's the only real chance we have of regaining their trust after our betrayal. We'll need every last one of them to take him down. I just hope Radiance is on our side when that happens, for I don't see us avoiding casualties without her assistance and/or us double critting on Ahriman. We'll need a solid hit on his ass from Black Barrel or an Embodiment vs. Embodiment with backup (that is, us) match up for that happiest of happy endings to happen. And I know you don't want that, the happiest ending I mean.

>>26303329
Nice, wouldn't mind seeing more of that.

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>>26303363

Just because I enjoy Urobutcher and Suu works does not mean I aim for tragedy, no sir, nothing like that at all. Nuh huh.

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>>26303425
We both know you're lying Insert-kun.

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>>26303678

I don't need someone like you in my life, God

That guy scared the shit out of me when he appeared without smiling

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>>26303707
>That guy scared the shit out of me when he appeared without smiling
I don't even know where they're going to take it next, it can only get worse.

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>>26303734

Pun-Pun is already half buried in his self digged tomb

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>>26303778
>Half
Come on Insert, stop being generous.
And stop feeling inadequate in your work, I'm sure your lewds are fine even if they need some editing to improve your Engrish.

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>>26303793

I say half because, as of yet, he's still drawing breath so that's something.

I try my best to write adequately ;_;. But the ideas itself for writing it barely come, it's like squeezing a half-dry sponge while I'm used to the faucet going wild, like today.

>>26303846
Alright, how about you write it from Tsu's perspective then?
That might make it interesting.

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>>26303865

Been thinking that, I usually go into a third person view when making those short stories, but making her the protag of that paticular event seem fitting too... hmm...

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>>26303893
I'm sure you'd enjoy it more if you tried it like that.
Maybe even Ame's perspective or Voyeuristic Mylen outside?

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>>26303905

I can be very thick headed and don't tend to think outside the box when writing because I usually always have something to tell, while that help alot in painting pictures I can get the meanest of writer block.

Thank for that, I'll see how it goes but I'm likely to finish up that story about Hadraniel first given that I've gotten farther into it.

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>>26303981
I know how writers block goes bro, I usually run into a brick wall 8 sessions or so into a campaign where I just don't have the motivation to keep making the prep material for each game, from there it just goes straight downhill.
That might just be the depression though.

The best thing I've learned is to just sit back, and take a completely different perspective of whatever I'm doing, that is usually enough to help me get whatever I'm working on done before the game.

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>>26304014

I gotta admit that I do tend to be much, much more pro active in my writing and prep time right before the session, altought I usually have it figured out during the week. Guess I gotta feel pressure to do something!

>>26304061
Yet you've felt pressured about Lewds and got jack, it's obviously more than just pressure that gets you going.

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>>26304085

Guess so, then I have no idea.

>>26304116
Sleep on it then, get going.

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>>26304369

But I'm reading Grisaia

>>26304489
Insert, it is way too late, how are you ever going to fix your sleep pattern.

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>>26304501

Don't dwell on this, here, have a Valkyrie.

>>26304520
I'd prefer the lewds and I'm sticking to my guns here, I will not accept the Valkyrie.

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>>26304536

What about an Angel?

>>26304562
No alternatives.