"God damn it, Reinhold..." Nicolette mumbles to herself as she follows Sylvie's blood trail down the hallways of the castle.

Getting barged in on like that nearly gave her a heartattack, especially considering that she was in the process of unhooking Melanie's...

...she was SO CLOSE, damn it!

Chalk it up to the elation that she felt in learning that her crush wasn't one-sided after all or maybe her surprise at the way that Melanie just kind of jumped on her, but Nicolette had completely lost sight of anything around her while they-

Oh yeah, if Reinhold hadn't been the one to walk in on them, then her father most definitely would have. And knowing that jerkass, he'd probably pick the absolute most embarrassing moment to show up and then lord it over her for the rest of her life.

So -maybe- she shouldn't beat the hell out of Reinhold for that.

Maybe.


>[1/?]

>>30115169

But now's not the time to dwell on her own (admittedly minor) issues, Sylvie's the one who she needs to be worrying about. She really liked Reinhold, too... and not like the crush-level of feelings that Nicolette holds for him, either.

Better find her before she uses one of her father's spells on someone's face.

"Hey, you got a minute?" Nicolette asks a guard who's... dusting? That's odd.
"What is it?" the guard replies.
"Have you seen a girl pass by here... she's got brown hair and glasses an-"
"Training hall," he says, cutting her off mid-sentence. "That chick looked PISSED, too..."
"Thanks!"

Waving goodbye to the helpful guard, Nicolette races down the nearest stairwell and runs as fast as she can towards the training hall...

...and is met with a large crowd of off-duty guards who are running in the opposite direction, muttering something about a crazy girl breaking everything.

Yup, that's probably Sylvie.


>[2/?]

>>30115177

Weaving through the crowd, it's not long before Nicolette finally makes it to her goal, and there she sees her best friend.

With tears streaming down her face.

In the middle of a room that's filled with craters and the remains of what she assumes were training dummies.

"RRAAAAAH!!" Sylvie shouts as she kicks the last of the training dummies into splinters. "That STUPID-"
"Sylvie!" Nicolette calls out. "C'mon, you need to calm down!"
"Wha...?"

As Sylvie turns to face her best friend, her expression softens ever so slightly.

"Nicolette?" Sylvie gasps. "Wh- what are you doing here?"
"Looking for you," Nicolette replies, taking a few moments to catch her breath.
"...why'd you even bother, wouldn't you rather be celebrating your new relationship or something?"
"Because you're my beat friend, dumbass!" Nicolette shouts as she runs up to Sylvie and takes her by her hand... and then she sees that it's completely raw and bloody.


>[3/?]

>>30115197
>mfw Realizing sylvie is now the third wheel to everyone
>mfw Ihave no face

>>30115197

"...shit, you're all bloody!" Nicolette gasps.
"Who cares," Sylvie mumbles. "If I concentrate on this, then I'll be able to ignore-"
"God damn it, just calm down for a minute!" she shouts.

Sylvie stands in place, shocked by Nicolette's outburst... but then the same anger as before starts to flare up again. "And what do YOU care!? -I'm- the idiot who got played like a fool while that stupid bitch swooped in and... and..."

And then she falls to her knees and starts bawling.

"You're my best friend... and you might as well be my sister, dammit." Nicolette says softly as she kneels down and pulls Sylvie into an embrace. "I'm the one who relies on you, you know? I'm the hot-headed dumbass and you're the smart one."
"It... it's just not- I mean, why would he-" Sylvie tries to speak, choking back tears. "It's because she's prettier than me, right? Because I'm boring?"


>[4/?]

>These feels
>Damn these feels.

>>30115314
>[5/5]

Taking a deep breath, Nicolette helps the distraught girl back to her feet.

"You're plenty cute, don't let anyone tell you otherwise," Nicolette says, pulling out a handkerchief and giving it to her. "And you're not boring..."
"Then why'd he pick HER then!?" Sylvie shouts. "I wouldn't have cared so much if he'd fallen for you or Marianne or anyone else, but he picks the stupid bitch who singled me out and threw me off and-"

Before she can say anything else, Nicolette simply shakes her head and holds Sylvie tightly.

"C'mon, just let it all out," Nicolette says. "I know it hurts, but it's not the end of the world... just let it all out and let's try to get things back to normal, okay?"

And so, Sylvie does just what Nicolette said, hugging her best friend as tightly as she can (painfully so) as she cries and cries...

>>30115314
>yes, on both counts

I'm an aweful person, but da troof is da troof.

>>30115333
>>30115249
Well, apparently you guys wanted this so suck it up and quit bitching.

Personally, I hope she never forgives Reinhold for lying through his backteeth to her. I didn't like Sylvie much already, but if she lets this slide she'll officially be a doormat unworthy of any respect.

>>30115333
>Those feels because you've been in sylvie's shoes before.
>>30115355
I usually just read the archives. I'm a Marianne person, but I think what we did was utter shit.

>>30115355
Backteeth?

>>30115314
>"It... it's just not- I mean, why would he-" Sylvie tries to speak, choking back tears. "It's because she's prettier than me, right? Because I'm boring?"
It's because he's unaware that he is actually being piloted by a collective of irregularly rotating consciousnesses with disparate opinions.

Don't hold it against him. Or do. Or go Deadpool-meets-The-Truman-Show and launch a campaign against Archelon directly.

>>30115378
Molars, I guess?

What is the origin of the phrase 'lying through your teeth' anyway? Surely all lies would be through the teeth? Unless you speak without moving your jaw, but why would that be attributed to lying?

>>30115376
I'm a Marianne person myself and I think this whole turnabout is nonsensical bullshit, but we're stuck here, so might as well enjoy seeing the aftermath of the Lucifags getting what they deserve.

Now the only question is whether or not Sylvie'll actually TELL Nico about how Reinhold strung her along and lied to her face.

>>30115333
sylvie dakimura when?

>>30115381
So Sylvie goes and finds a Sealed King and people wonder why she's talking to herself in yellow background text bubbles as she plots her revenge on Luciana?

>>30115402
Lying to someone's face instead of through an intermediary or in writing, generally also while smiling.

>>30115410
see
>>30115314
its too late my friend. Now the only fate we have left is our inevitable death at the hands of Sir Vincent.

>>30115423
Which is what Reinhold did when he smiled and told her he wasn't ready for a relationship, and that he didn't like being pressured and when Sylvie was being pushy. ..and then went with the pushiest girl of them all. Hence, lying through his backteeth.

>>30115442
Yeah, I figured it would be too much to ask for Reinhold to get called out on his bullshit. Gotta make sure everyone thinks he's faultless in this and that 'love just happens' after all, so we can't have Nico knowing about how big of a shit he's been.

>>30115445
Not lying, just having vastly different opinions during different times because he's not a real person...
he's a collection of scarred minds, barely held together by dark forces. So an eldritch abomination

>>30115464
I'm waiting for BAD END still, so archelon can explain why leading on girls, especially girls who can fight on our level (with fathers that can kill us ten times till Sunday) is a bad idea.

>>30115445
Part of how pushy Luci is is also her being pretty open with her feelings and extremely communicative. Given the Reinman's mental state, that is more appealing/likely to not end terribly than Sylvie's constant beating around the bush and unwillingness to be direct about her desires.

Open communication is key, especially with someone who has psychological scars.

>>30115471
Nah, see, apparently we're going with the whole 'Even if Reinhold's decisions are purely influenced by greedy and self-centered anons, we're gonna make up reasons for Reinhold to IC'ly have always felt this way' excuse. In other words, Reinhold always liked Luci, "he just didn't realize it!" Which means he's a lying shit.

You have a girlfriend now and your best friend's accidental love confession seems to have went well but... you feel kind of shitty.

In fact, you feel REALLY shitty.

Sylvie is (was?) your friend too, and seeing her break down like that just left you with a sick feeling in your stomach. While you'd still like to be friends like you had been, that may not be possible now.

And even if she decides to forgive you, there's still the issue of Luciana, and you're fairly certain that things between those two won't be good any time soon... if ever.

With a tired sigh, you walk over into the corner like you said that you were doing to do and just lean back...


.[1/2]

>>30115471
If we were a sealed king with faggotface does that make Reinhold a sealed king himself?

>>30115495
That said, he still should have been straight up with Sylvie and told her he wasn't interested instead of that 'muh trauma im not ready' bullshit

>>30115511

Luciana's more cynical and desperate.
She lept on Reinhold both out of attraction and opportunism, played by her own interpretation of the rules, and then won him by a more or less unrelated event. Ergo, she probably thinks she was destined to win all along. Still, she appears as the bad girl of the story, something that she must be used to.
Results: She feels bad for Sylvie, but she wouldn't back off if she had to do it all over again. All in all, she found a possible future husband on fair terms, and, apparently, genuine affection, at the cost of making another girl ressent her for, essentially, being successful where she was not.

TL;DR: They're fucking teenagers, you can understand why they'd fuck up in-universe.

Stupid formatting.

>>30115495
holy shit you articulated what I have been trying to put my finger on for a while

>>30115524

Sylvie's the shy nerd with her first crush.
From her point of view, both Reinhold and Luciana were dishonest with her. Reinhold chose to give himself the most margin possible when he already friendzoned her, Luciana refused to play by the rules, and Reinhold rewarded her for disregarding his apparent demands.
Results: She's angry, and mostly at herself for falling in a "nice girl finishes last" situation.

Reinhold's the pretty boy with, among other things, self-esteem issues.
From his point of view, he had no reason to expect girls to fall all over him all at the same time. He tried to ignore it to give himself the time to sort his feelings out, and then gave an honest but uncomplete answer when confronted about it - that he doubted he could have an healthy relationship. The following days, the pressure to choose increased exponentially, and he had to take a leap of faith based on confused feelings suddenly made clearer by specific events, at the cost of hurting one of his friends.
Results: He feels like the victim of circumstances he had little control over, but at the same time can't shake the guilt of having been unable to do anything. Frustration and self-loathing. Sounds familiar? Bonus: He made a girl he cares about angry at him.

There.

>Reinhold should stop leading on all these girls
>Reinhold picks a girl
>What the fuck, Reinhold, why did you pick a girl!?

>>30115559
>>30115524
thank you, I was trying to articulate this and couldn't word it right. Your post just saved me a lot of work.

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The best ship is friendship.

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>>30115471

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This is what Reinhold "wallowing in self-pity" would be like if he was an actual whiny 17 y.o.

>>30115568
Nobody's pissed that he picked a girl. They're pissed that he picked a girl immediately a day after bullshitting another girl about not being ready, and doing so entirely with the players under the duress of 'omg someone else will have her' (regardless of whether others might try to insist that it 'made perfect IC sense').

>>30115423
Pretty sure the first half is closer to how it was derived etymologically, but the latter is the common interpretation.

>>30115464
>>30115496
On this line of discussion, at least, since there's no way of accurately and directly attributing our choices made because of out-of-character preferences to Reinhold as an entity, we have to look for things that could potentially justify it in-character as being his reasoning.

So we can either (at least somewhat truthfully) say that Reinhold had no previous model for romantic love (and a lot of really bad ones) to look at to compare his feelings against, and thus was unable to put his feelings into context until he happened to run into an unexpecting catalyzing incident, or we can say that retroactively, IC, Reinhold was lying at the time when he said he wasn't emotionally ready to pursue a relationship.

And even if the former seems narratively unfulfilling to you, it's still way more reasonable than doing the latter.

>>30115508
The issue with this is that the OOC decisionmakers behind Reinhold at the time wouldn't have backed this as being a viable choice. Even if in retrospect it would've been the right thing to say given our later decisions, it doesn't mean it was actually doable at the time.

>>30115610
that boat has long ago sailed.

only death and tears remain now.

>>30115613
This is...a surprisingly accurate picture.

>>30115626
>under the duress of 'omg someone else will have her'

Except we got that shit sorted out before we went back to her room with her. And remember, we had ample opportunities to not get into a relationship with her, but /tg/ dove right on in.

Shit, I'm a Mariefag, but even I think all this buttdevastation is pathetic.

>>30115613

What does the skull on the right stand for?

>>30115620
>at any moment my crazy future father-in-law could end the whole thing and marry her off to the first asshole to present him some magic trinket

Based Celestino if this happens.

>>30115501
>[2/2]

Luciana looks upset, and Marianne seems -slightly- more annoyed than she usually does... Melanie's the only one in the room right now who -isn't- in a crappy mood from as far as you can tell.

And now it looks like this is finally starting to get to her, seeing as how she's about to say something to (hopefully) break through the unpleasant atmosphere.

"Umm..." Melanie mumbles as she starts to blush.
"Hm? What, is something the matter?" Marianne asks, turning to her bespectacled friend.
"I'd have liked to tell everyone during a more, umm... pleasant time, but I guess things aren't going to get any better," she sighs.
"Tell us what?" Luciana asks.
"M... Nicolette and I are, umm... we're kind of together now?"

Luciana simply looks at the maid with an expression of slight surprise, but Marianne... her mouth is agape.

"Wha- You mean that you and Nicolette are-" the blonde princess stammers, her usual poise having been completely shattered. "You're like how Luciana and-"
"Ummm... yes," Melanie says, nodding.
"I'd known that Nicolette was interested in girls, but I didn't know that she liked you, Melanie," Luciana giggles.
"Oh... oh my..." Marianne mutters.


>anything to say?

>>30115691
the final anthropic principle

>>30115680
>Except we got that shit sorted out before we went back to her room with her.

The duress wasn't that Monique would have her. The duress was the fact that ANYONE could have her if Celestino felt it would be advantageous to him. It's the fact that even if the Monique bullet was dodged, unless the deal was sealed some other guy with a magic sword was gonna get picked to be partnered up with her based purely on politics. That's where I'm saying the duress came from. Celestino pulling that stunt basically opened a buncha anons eyes to the fact that their time with Luci was limited to how fast Celestino could find someone to push her into marriage with.

>>30115559
Now that I can read it easily, those are some excellent points anon. Thank you for sharing

>>30115727
Actually, the fact that this comes as a complete surprise to Marianne is kind of interesting, given that Melanie was basically her closest confidant.

Was their relationship really that one-sided that Melanie never brought up HER feelings (that apparently she also had for some amount of time prior) on the matter, or did she just deem it un-maidly of her to burden Marianne with it?

>>30115727
No, we've said enough for today.

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>Reinhold always loved Luci he just didn't realize until he was almost NTR'd

please kill me and spare me this horrible story telling. I wish I was not emotionally invested at this point, I have spent to many hours reading and participating just to give it up.

Kill Me

>>30115727
"congrats again.
still, i wonder how long you two have been liking eachother without doing anything for it"

>>30115727
"I'm very happy for you both, by the way. Didn't get a chance to say that in all the confusion."

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>>30115727

We ain't saying shit.

>>30115727

congratulate Melanie, make no comment about barging in on them.

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>>30115727
>"Oh... oh my..." Marianne mutters.
Let the Takei flow through you!

>>30115727

>"Nicolette got some luck you shared her feelings. I was worried she'd never have the courage to ask you out at this rate. Anyway, congrats."

>>30115774
Melanie is very secretive. Why do you think Arnaud made her a spy?

>>30115727
"I hope you're happy together, congratulations. I was wondering how long it'd take for one of you to work up enough courage to ask the other out."

>>30115727
"Melanie, be careful of Gregory. He's like Gerhart but like... materializes at really awkward times."

>reinhold picks Sylvie
>cockblocks Guillaume
>reinhold picks Marianne
>cockblocks Emilio
>reinhold picks Nico
>cockblocks Meido
>reinhold picks Luci
>cockblocks Monique
I just realized all routes lead to cockblock

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>>30115845

Except for Rana.

>>30115845
you forgot the King and hes single

>>30115778
ain't love at this point, love takes a great deal of work and time. What we got here is an attraction stronger than just lust and a shot at companionship, thems just the buildin' blocks of love.

>>30115774
Or maybe Melanie comes from "girls don't like girls that's SATAN talk. Fifty lashes!"

>>30115727
I like this >>30115833

Might as well help anchor Mel and Nico's relationship by warning them about impending parental interest.

>>30115727
Let's not

>>30115845
>reinhold picks Luci
>cockblocks Monique
nah, not really
cockblocking implies Monique would be actually interested in Luci, and not just in the advantages he'd get from the marriage

>>30115856
And that is why she is best girl

>>30115856
Reya. You know it to be true.

>>30115776
>>30115792
I'm for saying nothin too.

>>30115727
"We have that one good news at least. Even though she just blurted it out, i am glad nico told you instead of waiting for some perfect moment or something."

>>30115845
>picks Meido
>doubly cockblocks Nico
>also possibly Monique

>>30115856
>implying Rana actually wants the D
>implying Rana isn't just baiting us on
>implying we won't cockblock ourselves

>>30115845
>No Tina on that list
Son.

>>30115778

truthfully I'm in the same boat as you Anon but i stopped participating several threads ago, now I'm just waiting for this to reach its unfulfilling conclusion so i can go back to sleeping at night

>writing

>>30115381
I vote for this

>>30115845
What about super secret Fluffy tail route?

>>30115727

>>30115833
This is a good thing to bring up, and something Marianne probably has a bit of experience with, which might help snap her out of her stupor.

Also pro-congratulations, even if they're a bit belated.

>>30115906
>picks tina
>cockblocks himself because she's a bracelet

>>30115845
also Takamura but I guess then we are cockblocking his waifu Unless she joins in

>>30115833
I also like this.

>>30115833
mentioning this is a good idea.

>>30115873
I have to question what Monique would actually do in that scenario. Honour demands he accept, and it certainly comes with a lot of perks, but I get the feeling he would at least have the decency to respect Luciana's feelings and the fact that she utterly loathes him. It'd basically be a greencard marriage, I think.

>>30115950
How old is Taka's daughter again?

>>30115856
Nuuuuuuu Onee-chan is mine!
>poutingotouto.jpg

>mfw can't post images from this device ;_;

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>>30115964

Got you covered homie

>>30115956
Well, according to his sword, Monique likes asian girls, so it's hard to say really just what he'd do.

>>30115956
He would accept, and then cry internally about being married to some dirty, big-chested, gaijin woman

If Grego's everywhere, where was he when Millien went after the peaches?

If Arnaud can hear everything in the castle, why didn't he say anything about it to the King?

>>30116027
Whoops didn't clear the name field. Adds

>>30115778
Honestly? I hope this relationship develops so that Reinhold realizes he's jumped into a relationship a bit too suddenly, reveals some irreconcilable issues in said relationship, and they both decide to renege on it later

>>30116028
It's a conspiracy

They're all in on it

The only solution is to murder everyone, Reinhold.

>>30115994
Much appreciated, but isn't that a grill?

>>30116043
I hope Reinhold and Luci stay together and have a happy relationship

>>30116028
Gregory isn't everywhere, he's just sneaky.

Arnaud can sense the presence of people, but I don't think he can gather that much detail at a distance, and Milien was not an intruder so his presence wasn't surprising.

>>30115962
She's probably somewhere around Luciana's age, though maybe a bit older, given what we've heard.

(Takamaru reminiscing about cheering her up when she was Elena's age, saying that he sends his pay back to "them" (both his wife and daughter, as opposed to just his wife), meaning she's not at an age where she's left home yet, explaining to us that one of her favorite pastimes was clothes shopping, plus how protective he is of Luciana.)

>>30116043
>>30116070
I hope their relationship has some speedbumps, but they both realise that people are inherently different and they find ways to compromise and reconcile their differences, ultimately leading to a fulfilling and happy relationship based on mutual trust and a shared love of hand holding

>>30116081
Yeah, dude offered to commit treason for her.

Takamaru is probably the most decent dude in the quest. If anybody deserves a knighthood, it's him.

>>30116093
I like the way you think anon

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>>30115933

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Why doesn't Sylvie just rape Reinhold?

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Huh, so Marianne had no idea? That's kind of a surprise, considering how close she and Melanie are...

...but then again, Nicolette kept her crush a secret from everyone except for Sylvie and Sir Gregory for years so you guess it's not so outlandish. Not to mention the fact that Melanie seems to be a lot better at keeping secrets than Nicolette is.

A LOT better.

"So, um, how long have the two of you been..." Marianne asks.
"Nicolette accidentally confessed to me maybe a halfhour ago?" Melanie replies, blushing profusely and smiling like she's the happiest girl in the world.
"Oh, so it's not like you've been sneaking around and..." she says, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Ehehe... no, we've only kissed and um-"
"I don't need to hear any more!" Marianne shouts, completely flustered.


>[1/?]

>>30116142
>implying she won't

>>30116142
Because arch doesnt wanna make rein kill sylvie.

>>30116142
Soon. I'm waiting for her to kill Luciana with an axe, rape us, and then murder suicide. It feels in character for her.

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The plot twist is that the rival #1 finds a superpowerfulrelicswordthatusesmagic, proceeds to challenge the protagonist to a duel with it that he is almost guaranteed to lose (thanks to swordmagic and a dice rule change during the same thread) and then the King of Potential waifu #4 offers potential waifu #4's hand in marriage to rival #1 so he can get his greasy king hands on the superpowerfulrelicswordthatusesmagic

>>30116161
"YOURS IS A SINFUL EXISTENCE AND I SIMPLY WONT TOLERATE IT MELANIE. OFF TO THE CHURCH WITH YOU!"

>>30116093
>>30116070
The way I see the guy who posted the WAA BAD WRITING stopped thinking for himself and was influenced by others perhaps.

Its normal for young people to convince themselves they love people who attractive and of the opposite sex even if they just met, see sylvie herself.

Plus they really havent been all shakespearen

I WILL DIE WITHOUT YOUU WAAA STARCROSS.

its more like, well, young people figuring life out.

>>30116161
>"women kissin women..? I do declare"

Said in a southern belle accent.

>>30116161
>every one of her friends know Marianne got molested
>still feel the need to talk to her about their sex life

>>30116181

I admit, i laughed harder than I probably should have.

>>30116161
i wanna go hug marie

>>30116181
>dice change was voted by anons, and not on the same thread

>>30116142
Because you can't rape the willing?

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>>30116181
>rival #1
>potential Waifu #4

>>30116213
This is actually a saliant point.

>>30116187
>The way I see the guy who posted the WAA BAD WRITING stopped thinking for himself and was influenced by others perhaps.
>if you disagree with my opinion, you are a brainwashed sheeple
Seriously?

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>>30116225

>voted by anons
>in IRC

>>30116279
when did i say that?

I merely said that it is easy to be influenced by others who share a similar opinion, and you can go from thinking something is average to hating it when you are annoyed with how things have gone.

Nice exaggeration by the way.

>>30116293
No, it was voted by anons in a PGQ thread, just not the same thread that everyone spends their time bitching about.

When did he ever mention IRC?

>>30116293
>in IRC
What kid?
The vote happened in the thread, are you retarded or weren't you here that day?

>>30116293
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/29638206/

Post 29640566.

>>30116318

going back and re-reading the previous 5 threads before the duel, i don't remember a vote for a dice system change, let me look if i'm wrong i will retract what i said.

>>30116161
>[2/2]

"I guess I ought to warn you," you say as you finally move from your sulking corner, "you might want to watch out for Sir Gregory. He's kind of like Gerhard, only he shows up at really awkward times instead."
"Y- yes, I'd kind of noticed that when he came in the room shortly after you had." Melanie replies with a nervous laugh.
"Oh, so Uncle Gregory nearly walked in on the two of you..." Luciana giggles. "...but you said- Reinhold, were you-"

"I didn't see anything!" you shout, shaking your head violently. "Really!"
"I'd hate to learn that you were some kind of voyeur..." Luciana sighs.
"Let's not talk about anything concerning this," Marianne says, rolling her eyes. "Please."

Seriously... you're trying -not- to piss anyone off, and just remembering that you saw Mela-

NOPE, not going to think about it anymore. That was not for you to see.


>change the subject?

>>30116353
You don't remember because your selective memory only serves to back up whatever your opinion is

See this:
>>30116345

>>30116293
Not in IRC but it was done in separate threads.

I'm past the point of caring about the dice change. We rolled higher above-average than usual that thread and still got our ass kicked, so I'm not sure why anyone thinks that the dice system would have mattered if it was on best of 3 or not.

If it was magic vs magic, we could have probably covered him in clay and then sworded his ass to the ground since he was already using all the ice magic he wanted. IMO we should have just voted to use light magic to win and then when we get disqualified say "Wasn't us! The sword did it!"

>>30116364
>>30116364
Just get back to your sulking corner.

>>30116364
Back to the corner.

>>30116345
>>30116324
>>30116318

my bad, I swore that IRC was involved somehow, now that i think about it he got the idea came from IRC not the vote.

>>30116364

Talk about writing letters to Luciana and Agnes.

>>30116364
Reinhold, corner awaits you.

>>30116381

I have bad memory not selective memory, get it right Anon.

>>30116412
Not IRC, but QTG

There are some bitter people making the worst decisions possible every vote. They were in the duel thread and have been in every thread since then.

I say QTG but it could easily be anyone.

>>30116419
>writing letters to Luciana
You need Celestino approval for this.

>>30116403
>>30116410
>>30116424
Now wait as Arch bitches us our because 'you're not picking choices that advance things!'

>>30116364
sit with luci and talk about the future with everyone

>>30116364
Comment on the stonework in the corner

>>30116364
>>30116403
>>30116410
>>30116424
right, so shall we assume the fetal position?

>>30116364
"A change of subject may be in order... How does one send letters to places? I have never actually needed to mail anything before and feel it would be wise for me to learn about that kind of thing."

>>30116364
Ask Marianne what book she's been reading lately.

Also, ask Luciana if she minds if we occasionally sent her some sketches of ours that we think she'd like.

Talk about the future with them, what we'll be doing once we leave Marconetti and go back to Granache.

Don't just go back in the corner.

>>30116364
Only corner understand us.

>>30116439
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

>>30116364
we need a diversion
um... anyone hungry?

can we leave Namek now

please

>>30116464
This. Walk back to corner, assume fetal position.

>>30116445
jesus you are bitter

>>30116499
Awaken PTSD power.

>>30116469
>>30116472

This. Seriously, no corner. It'd just be awkward for everyone.

>>30116364
No subject change on our account. It tends to end badly today.

>>30116364
Ask about letter writing for Luciana and Agnes, we'll want to keep in touch with them. Mention that we've never done it before, ask what you're supposed to write about, how you send them, that sort of thing.

>>30116494
Not until Sylvie kills herself.

>>30116469
This simply because I want to know how magicmail works.

>>30116364
One of these.

>>30116472
>>30116469
>>30116454
>>30116419

I don't care all that much which, just don't go to the corner.

you guys suck for not picking choices that would advance the story


>writing

>>30116364

>>30116419
This is actually an interesting topic, since we don't know the mail screening habits of the world's most simultaneously overprotective and callous father.

If Celestino's going to be a hardass about things, should we ask about writing to Agnes (which we'll probably do at least semi-regularly because we're probably not going to get sick of the novelty of having a grandma that quick) and also sending letters to Luciana through her? Gets people visiting with grandma, and Luciana can insinuate her way along presumably to keep Elena from getting too carried away.

Or is that just too sneaky and/or forward for Reinhold to think of proposing?

>>30116555
:3

>>30116364
why are you trying so hard to forget meido boobs?you saw them and tey were beautiful, get over it. Dont go jacking it to them since she's best-bro's girl, just get over it.

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>>30116555
>/tg/ being asked to advance a plot

>>30116555
HAY ARCH
START HOLDING HANDS IN MARRIANES FACE AND THEN KISS AND THEEEEEEN
hamma time cant touch this

>>30116555
What story

>>30116364
Go back tothe corner.
can we move on alreeady?

>>30116555
This is my corner, it was made for me!

>>30116555
I just want to go back to Guarding at Ganche

is that to much to ask?

>>30116555

Aïeeee. What's the count?

>>30116528

Magic pigeons, obviously.

>>30116581

Nico didn't get Melanie's bra out of the way, I don't Reinhold saw much than a bit of flesh.

>>30116559

Maybe we should ask Meido. After all, she seems to be able to send them in record time.

>>30116610
>go back to Guarding
We were never guarding in the first place.

>>30116555

what story? All i see is more pointless lesbian and waifu drivel.

>>30116512
>bitter
>Archelon has bitched us out and pettily punished us for shit like this before

Sure thing, brah.

>>30116555
we talked what we wanted already. if any of the girls have anything interesting to say, lets hear them. caue we dont.

>>30116632

Ok how about go back to being Princesses chaperone/chew toy.

>>30116666
We still are that.

>>30116555

What story?

>>30116676

At Ganche

>>30116555
There's nothing for rein to do in this situation, homebwah. All we have to do is wait for sit rep from nico.

Well what was that with the dusting guard? That bears
>investigation

Too bad it's OOC knowledge.

>>30116636
I am not sure if I am alone in this opinion but you (and I do mean YOU) wouldn't get scolded, if you would stop acting like spoiled asspie and be fucking accountable for YOUR actions before and after you make them.

>>30116555
Whenever we do that we get Sealed King'd or routelocked.
So.

>>30116555

but bad shit happens to us when we advance the plot, maybe if you gave us some incentives other than just waifus and more dialogue.

>>30116801
Luciana assigned him to cleaning duty after the assassination attempt ruined her balcony scene, remember?

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"Hey, Luciana?" you say, sitting down on the couch next to her. "Seeing as how I'm going to be heading back home to Granache like tomorrow or something, how exactly are we supposed to, uh..."
"How are we going to keep in touch?" Luciana asks, scooting up closer to you. "By letters, of course."
"I figured as much since that's how you and Marianne keep in touch, but I've never actually had much of a reason to send one before so I don't exactly know anything about them."

And so, your ignorance is exposed. Time to brace for insults...

"We send them by messenger bird," Marianne replies. "And I generally write her every other day, so it wouldn't be a problem to simply send your letters along with mine."
"So there's not like a proper letter-writing form or anything?" you ask.
"There is, but I don't particularly mind if you send me something more casual," Luciana replies.

"As long as you don't write anything lewd, anyways..." Marianne says, sighing. "I'm fairly certain that her father has all of her mail read before she gets it, so please don't write about any eloping plans or perverted things or anything of the like."


>[1/?]

>>30116809

>Advances story
>complains about story being advanced

c'mon now.

You could always tell Marianne that you are resigning and running off on an adventure so that you can prove yourself that you are worthy of knighthood and hand of the princess to the manipulative king.

or even better never see that soulless conniving harpy again

>>30116802
>be fucking accountable for YOUR actions before and after you make them.

That'd be relevant if I'd made any of those decisions. I haven't bothered to do anything besides just read the threads since Luci routelock went down.

>>30116869

well I do feel like accomplishing something other than more dialogue, it feels like for awhile now we have just been failing and dealing with waifu's I kinda want to do something else

>>30116887
thanks for looking out for reinhold marie.

>>30116891
>never see that soulless conniving harpy again
But we are route locked to Luci now.

>>30116887
>"I'm fairly certain that her father has all of her mail read before she gets it

God damn Celastino, you don't have to keep trying; you've already got that "Worst Dad of the Year" award in the bag.

>>30116887
>"I'm fairly certain that her father has all of her mail read before she gets it
So King have pretty well informed about Reinhold, probably on par that Luciana knows about him.

>>30116936
you bothered to bitch about things. dont forget that. thats important.

>>30116887
Lets invent out own language
Such Uniform Colour Kites, Mister Yul, Didnt Include Colour Kits

>>30116953
blame all of the autists who can't deal with the fact that their girl didn't win and are actively shitting up the thread.

>>30116887
Pretty sure Reinhold couldn't bring himself up to Joyce-levels of scatological fixation if he tried.

Celestino learned to stop screening Giancarlo's correspondence with his now-wife REALLY fast.

Rolled 10

>>30116970

We're not even married, and even that didn't stop guys from running away from their spouses.

On a more serious note, we should go out into the castle and monitor the HAPPENING. I don't think we're returning to Granache so easily.

Rolling for random encounter.

>>30116988
Bitching is par for the course in PGQ. It's basically become the standard format of communication now.

>CAPTCHA: firemen marie

What're you trying to say, Captcha?

>>30117010
>I don't think we're returning to Granache so easily.
Anon, you never leave the Namek Boat.

>>30117010
>10
>fuckingnothing.jpg

>>30117023
Marie will be raped. Again.

>>30116887
That's filthy, arch. Does your sister know you read that kind of smut?

>>30116887

"You know that I wouldn't do anything like that," you reply, exasperated.
"Just giving you a warning in case the distance between you and your love starts to gnaw at you..." Marianne replies with a smirk.
"Oh, I'm sure that I could convince Father to allow me to visit before things got that bad," Luciana says, winking at you.
"C'mon, seriously," you sigh.

There's just no getting away from it...

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Great, something to save you from the teasing!

"Who is it?" Marianne calls out.
"It's me," Nicolette replies from the other side of the door.
"Come on in."

As Nicolette enters the room, Melanie definitely seems to perk up... but Nicolette herself doesn't seem all that happy.


>[2/?]

>>30117070
Reinhold gonna get laid the fuck out.

>>30117070
Punch Reinhold, Nico. You know you want to.

>>30117023
>What're you trying to say, Captcha?
That she needs a rescue girl to save her world.

>>30117070

yay more dialogue and waifu problems

kill me

>>30117070
ids habbening

>>30117070
hide behind meido's skirt

>>30117070
uh uh

>>30117044
By Sylvie

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>>30117070
Unrelated to that post in particular, but
>inb4 Melanie and Nicolette are repeatedly interrupted every single time they get to be alone, just like in my japanese animes

>>30117070
>>30117102

>yay more beatings, dialogue and waifu problems

ftfy

>>30117128
>it's always by Reinhold

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>>30117088
>grit your teeth Reinhold

>>30117102
>>30117137

why are you even following a quest that is primarily about dialogue and waifus?

>>30117070
its just one batch of waifu problems to the next with you arch isn't it.

>>30117150
So that he can bitch about it. Why else?

>>30117102
>doesnt like dialogue
>follows a quest that was drived by dialogues and character interaction since thread one
please dont cause anyone any trouble and fulfill that wish yourself by killing yourself.

>>30117157
Reinhold got 99 problems and a bitch is every single one.

>>30117157
All waifu problems, all the time.
Now and forever.

>>30117157
>one batch of waifu problems to the next
more like
>jesus fuck, look at all the explosives I have in this stockpile, so pretty
>holy fuck wait, if I blow up ONE explosive in there it could ALL go off?


PGQ confirmed DSP of questing.

WOOOOOOOOOOOW I CAN BUILD UP ONE GIRL AS MUCH AS I WANT BUT IF I DONT PICK HER SHE EXPLODES? BUGGED WAIFU MECHANICS, MUCH?

>>30117200
Just like my japanese visual novels!

>>30117145
>eventually they invite him and luci to join in

>>30117213
Why can't I talk to that other girl after I kissed this one? Why does she hate me? What do I do the game isn't telling me anything!?

>>30117213
It helps that Arch threw the match on the explosive pile and not us.

>>30117070
>[3/3]

"Nicolette? How is Miss Sylvie doing?" Melanie asks.
"I was able to convince her to come back to you two's room and I managed to finally get her to heal her hand too, thank God," Nicolette grumbles.
"Is she going to be alright?" Marianne asks.
"I think she cried most of it out for now, and she broke everything in the training hall instead of Luciana's face so I think things're gonna be as alright as they'll ever be..."

Well at least she's going to be alright.

"Hey Reinhold. Come over here for a minute," Nicolette says.
"Uh, okay?" you say as you do as she asked... and then you notice that Nicolette's fist is clenched.


>roll 1d20

>>30117150
>>30117167

I realize that's the main draw of this quest and I'm not arguing with you but after so long of the constant shit stream its getting somewhat repetitive.

>>30117213
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foRvvjkNBg8

Rolled 10

>>30117251
Yep

Rolled 3

>>30117251

Rolled 8

>>30117251

we deserve it.

>>30117251
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN

Rolled 15

>>30117251
fd

Rolled 16

>>30117251

Rolling for fortitude, not reflex.

Rolled 17

>>30117251

>>30117265
>>30117268
>>30117267
welp

>>30117265
>>30117267
>>30117268

Good.

>>30117241
Except he didnt. We're the ones who bought the matches, lit them, and then threw them into the barrels. All Arch did was put them on the shelf.

>>30117251
BRACE FOR IMPACT

>>30117265
>>30117267
>>30117268
Even the dice know he fucking has it coming.

>>30117251
Punish us Nicolette!

Punish us!

>>30117251
>lost two friends
yay, should've gone for Marie, srs

Rolled 12

>>30117251

Rolled 16

>>30117251
just watch it land and and roll with it

>>30117294

Sadly, not even Nicolas's granddaughter has power to punch people over the internet.

I wonder if that could be a thing in this setting once computers have been developed.

>>30117296
you really have poor judgment and/or reading comprehension.

>>30117321
Oh god. If I could punch people though the Internet, I'd have millions in battery fines.

>>30117251
Neh, I'd say we just take it, we deserve it anyway.

>>30117241
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g5Hz17C4is

Deny, deny, deny.

>>30117296
Pretty sure this isn't about Nicolette not being friends with us anymore, it's about that as Sylvie's best friend she's more or less obligated to have her back on this for at least some amount of time.

Even if we didn't intend to at first (which people will obviously keep arguing about until they're blue in the face), we handled things pretty indelicately, and this is just another natural extension of her many prior "for fuck's sake, Reinhold, get it together" punches.

>>30117337
>sylvie says any girl except luci is okay

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>>30117265
>>30117267
>>30117268

>>30117358
we should just ask her what the hell was that for after she gets done beating the shit out of us so we can find out the reason.

>>30117364
it was about the '>lost two friends part'.
you really do lack the skills.

>>30117358
And Reinhold shall take the punch like a man. Or cry like a bitch as he gets wrecked by it. Ether way.

>>30117358
I'm still hoping that part of the reason she's punching Reinhold is because Sylvie told her about the bullshit reasoning of 'I don't like pushy girls' and 'I'm not ready' that she got fed.

>>30117387

We know what it was for.

Just curious how much is related to Sylvie and how much to the peeking.

>>30117394
>Reinhold
>man
gud joek

>>30117394

its not the punch that hurts, its the busting your head open on the concrete afterwords that does

trust me on this

>>30117389
>makes thing forever awkward with Sylvie
>also the whole way Rein went for Luci
>have Sylvie tell Nicolette the details of the 'told her not to pressure, goes for the pushy girl'
>expect them to truly be friends, not 'friends' at best
People how do they work

Moving as fast as any of Sylvie's punches, Nicolette's fist races through the air and right into your stomach, causing you to double over in pain.

"Nicolette!" Luciana shouts as she rushes to your side.
"Why would you do that!?" Marianne shouts.
"Since he'd probably end up dead if Sylvie punched him right now, I took it upon myself to do so in her place," Nicolette replies as she shakes the numbness out of her hand.

"Reinhold, are you okay!?" Luciana asks as she helps you back to your feet.
"Yeah, I'm fine... just caught me off-guard, is all," you reply.
"Nicolette, what the hell!?" she shouts.
"To be honest, I ought to slap you too for the shit you pulled," Nicolette replies sighing. "I love you and all, but that shit wasn't right."
"What!?"

"You know exactly what," Nicolette replies. "And I know that you do too, Reinhold... pulling that 'I'm not ready for a relationship' bullshit on her two days before picking the pushiest girl in the entire fucking world."
"Nicolette? Please, calm down..." Melanie says, running over to her.


>[1/?]

>>30117456
>"And I know that you do too, Reinhold... pulling that 'I'm not ready for a relationship' bullshit on her two days before picking the pushiest girl in the entire fucking world."

Don't forget the part about outright telling Sylvie that he didn't like it when she was being pushy.

>>30117456
"nope, let her do it"
Says the Reinhold

>>30117456
"It's my schizophrenia, I can't help it!"

>>30117402
I'm 90% sure that most of the "I'm not ready" suggestions were from Mariefags that were waiting for their moment.

>>30117456
Gratefully Accept the punching. Ask for another.

>>30117456
That is not enough, Nicolette!

Write the wrong-doings in our flesh! Damage us! We dun goofed!

>>30117387
>ask her what the hell was that for
...really?

We can pretty much put it all together ourselves at this point. Sylvie couldn't bring herself to do it because she's transferring all of her anger to Luciana instead and probably deep down knows Reinhold would just take it stoically because part of him feels bad about the whole situation and it would just make her feel worse, so Nicolette is taking it upon herself to do it for her.

She's disconnected enough from the whole situation but close enough to the parties involved that she's got pretty much the best objective view of matters, discounting whatever weight you allow yourself to assign to Reinhold's subconscious internal turmoil.

>>30117490
More like it was the players wanting to have all the girls, even when they knew they never could, so they were happy to keep all the girls in the wings and not pick one.

Until they realized that one of them wasn't always gonna be around.

>>30117456
>meido got back under her cloak of invisibility

>>30117495
"She's right, Luci. I've been bad. I deserve to be punished. I -need- to be punished."

BDSM waifu best waifu

>>30117490
It's not like we can tell them that though

>"Yeah, the only reason I said that was because one part of my consciousness was intentionally sabotaging me because it wants to get into Marianne's pants, but when Luciana and I were alone the part of my consciousness which liked her just about edged out the rest."

>"And now they're just fighting with each other over bullshit. Seriously, it's like a war in here."

>>30117456

Is it bad I was hoping that Reinhold would end up 14 stitches and a concussion like I did after getting punched by a girl

>>30117497
>... but close enough to the parties involved that she's got pretty much the best objective view of matters
I agree with your overall point lolwut, but that's not how "objective" works.

"Oh hey I'm sorry the serial rape victim isn't in touch with his feelings. Or even knows what he wants."

Eat a dick, dust-devil.

>>30117502
Basically a combination of the two, with players trying to keep the decision off for as long as possible like with every other quest.

>>30117502
I think a lot of people were holding out for Marie.

>inb4 /tg/ decides to break up with Luciana trying to make up with Sylvie and Nicolette and it doesn't work

>inb4 we just go full depression modo and just do our job without talking to much of anyone

Surely, this is the worst path. ;_;

>>30117565
We're not breaking up with Luci over this. What would that even accomplish?

>>30117525
No, because now you have to live with the fact that you are an even bigger pussy than Reinhold.

>>30117456
"It's true. I'm far from ready for a relationship. If it makes you feel any better, by all means punch me again. It's not like I'm not used to it."

>>30117557
I think a lot of people were in want of a princess. This one is honestly an upgrade seeing as she can hold her own in magical combat and isn't emotionally stunted.

>>30117565
There would be a bad end in the process of doing something stupid like that.

>>30117565
If we broke up with Luci over this than I'm dumping this quest. Not because Luci was my favorite, but because it would be complete bullshit.

>>30117570

I don't want to either.

But I have a gut feeling that people would be dumb enough to think of that option.

>>30117565
>Free of bitches and whores
>nothing to do all day but sword, art, and swordart
>implying this is anything but the best path

>>30117576
Yah know I kinda hate myself for it but I like this.

>>30117557
I was fine with any of them, I just felt that the whole falling for Luci thing was too sudden. I was kind of hoping to bond more with all of the girls over some HAPPENINGS.
So long as we get to bond more over time, I don't mind.

>>30117456
"But Nicolette, that was nearly 60 threads ago!"

>>30117536
Well, yeah. It wasn't meant entirely literally; I was just trying to get across that she had the most balanced and/or well-informed view of the situation within our peer group.

In before Reinhold snaps and goes Mind of Steel route.

Also, inevitable Luci-NTR when they get into that long-distance relationship.

>>30117525
>14 stitches and a concussion

...was she using brass knuckles or something?

>>30117607
I agree with you. But you should have used the word "neutral" in place of "objective."
I have nothing to do while I wait for more posts, so I'm going to continue nitpicking.

>>30117589
Whole thing is already bullshit.

The reason we didn't want people to be pushy is that we knew that eventually we'd cave, and you only need one moment of weakness to cause a route lock.

Lucianna just wouldn't fucking stop pushing and now we're stuck with her. It's really not cool, but it's the way it is.

>>30117619
Hell hath no fury, anon.

>>30117633
>Lucianna just wouldn't fucking stop pushing and now we're stuck with her. It's really not cool, but it's the way it is.

The fuck are you talking about? WE are the ones who walked her to her door. WE are the ones who went into her room. WE are the ones who KISSED HER.

if anything, we're the pushy one in this situation.

>>30117525
do you have a CON inferior to 5 or what?

>>30117642
>>30117619
How can a one punch do that.
He must've been punched repeatedly and liked it
That or she punched him, then he tripped and fell facefirst on a stone florr

>>30117522
>Not hooking up with Sylvie
>Sabotage

Personally, I just hated the whole "love-competition" crap her and Luci had going on.

>>30117573
But with so much pussy, one must be a girl!

>>30117456
>[2/2]


"Don't worry, I'm perfectly calm," Nicolette replies. "Just punching someone that deserved it, is all."
"Nicolette," Luciana growls, "what gives you the right to-"
"I'm more involved in this shit than I care to admit," she says, shaking her head. "So yeah, I have every right to say that Reinhold was being a dick and you were being a bitch about this whole thing. And Sylvie's been my best friend since the day I was born, so yes I WILL side with her over you."

Nicolette then takes a deep breath before turning back to the two of you.

"And now that that's over with, I don't want you to thinking that I hate you or anything. You're still my best bro," Nicolette says, pointing to you, "and you're still my favorite cousin," she points to Luciana. "That doesn't mean that I won't call you on your bullshit, though."


>how do you respond?

It seems the only way to get people on our side is to spill the spaghetti on "our trauma"

Go and cry to Sylvie that she would never want the real Reinhold anyways. That we were saving her from our own brokenness. That abuse from women is all we were meant to handle.

Remember that surprise gut punches can be lethal even without hero level characters

>>30117456
"Yes Nicolette, thank you for showing me how much all of my friends hate me right now, that makes me feel so much better about having feelings."