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>>35492816
>it is likely to be removed soon
>
>and then
>
>you will be next

Hey, don't exert yourself too much arch, we still need you for the VN.

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"God damn it..." Mina mutters as she places a hand over her face. "So what are you gonna do now?"
"Huh?" I snap back to reality. "I- I don't know, I mean I really didn't mean to make her mad like this, but-"

it hates you

you will never be forgiven

"Not now, dammit!" I growl.
"Hey, you don't need to be snapping at ME now-"
"Not you, it was-" I sigh. "...never mind."

Of all the times...

"Uh, anyways," Mina says, "Theresa's been through a LOT over the past few days so I guess it's not too surprising that she reacted like that. And she sure as hell isn't going to listen to ME so this is all up to you."
"Yeah, but what should I even do?" I ask.
"Shit, I don't know..."

Mina takes a deep breath, and I think I see her armor thing blink in and out of existence for a splitsecond.

"I'll head to her house and see what I can do... not that I think it'll do much good," Mina says. "You can try and call her or give her some space or whatever, I'm leaving that up to you."


>go ahead, thanks
>no, stay here with me

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>>35492917
>tfw when a vote went exactly as planned.

>>35492943
>Go ahead, thanks

>I.. I think overshine wants to kill me.

>>35492943
>no, stay here with me

>>35492943
>no, stay here with me

We set the super villain thing into motion, lets not stop it now.

>>35492943
>go ahead, thanks

>>35492943
>no, stay here with me

Explain the situation first. Charlotte can detect lies, bla bla bla...

Then we can think of a way to calm Theresa down.

>>35492943
>no, stay here with me

>>35492943
>>go ahead, thanks

>>35492943
>go ahead, thanks
>I'll shoot her a text as well
>I'll try to get Charlotte to let her keep the damned book

>>35492943
>no, stay here with me

>>35492943
>>35493078
I agree with his anon

>>35492943
>no, stay here with me

>>35493010
This.

>>35493078
>I'll try to get Charlotte to let her keep the damned book

I'd like to, but these things are incredibly valuable and dangerous.

>>35493078
No

>>35493131
If we can convince her we are perfectly willing to let her keep it we can make her give it up of her own free will. She just needs time to think a bit more about how dangerous it is just to keep it as a souvenir.

Great...now the voice in our head is threatening us.

>>35493210
Over-chan was always a Theresafag.

>>35493210
That was always the case.

Over Shine is about as optimistic as a Jewish mom once you reveal that you won't go to med school.

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>>35492816
So I asked for a pic of Charlotte in the yandere pose in a drawthread and got this.

>>35493236
>>35493210
it is saying that other theresa is gonna try to kill us

>>35493260
>Not going to med school.

Why the hell wouldn't you?

>>35493264
Looks like /v/-tan in drag.

>>35493282
>/v/-tan.

Do I even want to know?

>>35493276
Nah, it's saying Theresa is gonna get herself killed because she's a stupid teenager and that we will suffer the same fate because we're also a stupid teenager.

>>35493276
I thought Otheresa wanted to fuck pizzabutt?

>>35493276
>>35493330
It says O-theresa is about to take over, and so is Over Shine going to do with CC.

>>35493358
It's not like you can't fuck dead things.

>>35493276
More likely that Blind Spot is going to take her over and then molest CC every chance it gets.

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>>35493383

>writing

>>35493301
Anon, you can't seriously be this new.

Ten bucks Theresa meet the BBEG and become his disciple.

Then we'll never see her again until the climactic final battle after a five years timeskip.

>tfw you just wanted to make Theresa smile
Do you people only live to smash my dreams?

>>35493552
She had months to make a move on us before the beginning of the quest.

>>35493552
>we could have kept everyone happy by just telling charlotte that it was puppy love and you love her as a friend and dating best girl

>>35493552
Yes.

Did you think there was anyone socially inapt enough to think telling Charlotte about both books was a good idea?

>>35493597
i still don't get how people got that stupid right at this crucial point

>>35493597
Do you know how well /tg/ plays the keep secret away from important people who can tell a lie role?

>>35493620
They are most stupid at the most important of choices.

>>35493620
I can only speak for myself but I voted that way for the rejoicing.

>>35493629
Could have just said, "Yeah Mina has the book."

>>35493620
Not the first time it's happened in Arch's quests. I'm remembering a certain point in PGQ where the group was given 3 chances to not skip out on a party one of our friends organized for us.

Oh well, you roll with what you've got, not what you want.

>>35493679
there was also that time where we trolled Elena way too hard

>>35493620
Too be honest I prefered dealing with Theresa over lying to Charlotte.
I still stand by that.

>>35493620
>>35493679
>>35493701
I think it has something to do with the time arch runs, only idiots and Aussies are up that late and neither are known for their intelligence.

>>35493732
Char is the daughter of a charismatic mafia boss.

You don't lie to the mafia too often and get away with it.

>>35493748
All we know is that they burn mafia organizations when they have to, not they are one.

>>35493802
A bit weird that a legitimate business organization would have a spymaster/shocktrooper as the adoptive daughter of the owner, but that could just be one of those things that everyone who has these powers thinks is a smart business sense.

"No," I shake my head. "could you stay here with me instead?"
"...huh?" Mina stares at me like I'm stupid. "Theresa's faster than I am, but I could still make it to her place pretty quickly if I took a taxi or something, and I'm sure that her Mom would let me in if she's home too."
"I know, but-" I stop myself and take a deep breath. "I'm all confused right now, and I have no idea how I'm supposed to handle this. I mean, I told Charlotte about Theresa's book because Charlotte's Branch lets her tell lies and leaving it out would make her suspicious..."
"...uh, how?" she asks, looking even more incredulous. "I mean, me and Theresa discussed this stuff while we were on the way to get you out of that mafia den and I was totally prepared to take the blame for the book and give mine up after all of this was over. You didn't even have to say anything about it."

Damn it.

"Yeah, but Charlotte was just about to ask me about the book when we got knocked out by that poisoned food, and..."
"That still doesn't mean that you had to tell her that Theresa had one too, all you had to say was that I read my book and it would have been totally true... never mind, what's done is done," Mina sighs.


>[1/?]

>>35493871
>a legitimate business organization
>spymaster
>adoptive daughter of the owner (son)

Is Guathier freaking Batman? And Charlotte Robin?

so, on a scale of Loki to 10, how much do you guys trust Gauthier?

>>35493973
-10

>>35493973
He seems like a cool guy so far.

So not at all.

>>35493973
Loki sounds about right, chances are he's to blame for everything.

>>35493886
>[2/2]

"Alright, so I'm here as your moral support I guess," Mina says. "So what now, fearless leader? Do you want to try and call her, or maybe I should do it... or maybe give her some time to cool off, I dunno."
"Ugh..." I stumble over to my bed and fall on it.


>call theresa
>text theresa
>have mina do it
>put it off until later

>>35494112
>text theresa

>>35494112
>text theresa
That way she's sure to see it.

>>35494112
>>text theresa
Maybe we can make her think we're retarded, she'll have to take pity on us!

>>35494112
>>call theresa

And head to her home, bring gift of her favourite snack/baked goods.

>>35494152
Yeah...CC REALLY needs to work on her texting skills.

>>35494129
>>35494149
>>35494152
Are you guys actually trying to get her to kill us?

>>35494112
>>text theresa

>>35494112
>call theresa
leave a vocal message if she doesn't answer

>>35494112
>put it off until later

Anything we'd do right now would probably backfire.

>>35494129
>>35494149
>>35494152
Are you trying to kill us as well anon?

I can't take it. If anyone can fix that texting habit, I am all for jumping ship and marrying that person.

>>35494112
[x] Other:

Go to her home. She can't keep away from home for long. Make pleasant conversation with Theresa mom. Bring her favourite food. Watch Madoka.

>>35494112
>call theresa

The shitty texting is funny and all, but it's really not appropriate right now.

>>35494187
>>35494204
Theresa have known CC for years. She is used to how CC texts, hell she probably doesn't text much better herself.

>>35494204
OTOH there's a good chance Mina will snap and tell us to text properly for once.

>>35494225
>Watch Madoka.

Such an evil anon. She will be so tempted to comment on various aspects of the anime that she will fall into our trap.

[x] I am for this.

>>35494112
>text theresa

>>35494225
Can we even leave the hospital right now?

>>35494112
>>call theresa

>>35494237
Oh.

I am ok with that then.

>>35494235
Such horror. I am glad we did not go down her path.

>>35494252
Pretty sure we are discharged since we were there over night.

You can actually discharge yourself against medical advice. Usually a terrible idea but this time should be Ok.

>>35493886
Mina, I want to shake you.

>"...uh, how?" she asks, looking even more incredulous.
Because when we say "it lets her tell lies" we mean it in the polygraph sense, not as in "magically interprets whether things are technically objective truths". C.C. knows there's a second book, and felt anxious enough about it to want to spill the beans about both of them. Which means there's no fuckin' way that doesn't come across in pulse/body language/whatever other thing Charlotte uses to sense this shit/etc. if she tries to keep it under wraps.

And "we talked about it while you weren't around, so you should've known what we planned to do" is hardly helpful.

>>35494112
>text theresa
Something that shows up immediately, but isn't directly confrontational. Shows her we haven't just written her off, but doesn't make her have to choose right then and there whether to pick up the phone and answer.

>have mina call her a little later
Hopefully she can get through once Theresa has cooled off a little so we can get a better idea of why Theresa is so hellbent on keeping this stupid book in the face of her friend (hamfistedly and tactlessly, perhaps) trying to get them out of our lives to the point of risking literally losing her mind over it.

And no, "but muh souvenir" is not good enough, Theresa: it's a temper tantrum. Try again.

>>35493679
And then they tried to retroactively justify it by saying it was giving Rein time to reflect on the preceding events but it was really just a huge waste of time.

>>35493886
Thank you for spelling it out.

>writing

>>35494336
Yeah. The idea that we'd just give her Mina's book and then never let it slip during however long this relationship lasts was kind of a ridiculous expectation on their part.

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>>35494482

Question is still, what will Teresa do with the book if she could have held on to it?

Trophy case it? I think not. She will breed an army.

>>35494574
She was going to use it to assemble a squad of other like minded people to go around and do JUSTICE.

>>35494336
This. Given that Charlotte's powers are animalistic in nature, I'd be very surprised if her lie-detecting power was based on semantics instead of body language/smell/pulse/etc...

And Cecile is honest enough to feel stress over a lie by omission.

>>35494574
>Trophy case it?

That was apparently her intention. Methinks it's more of "just in case" thinking, though.

>>35494597
Isn't that even worse? A squad of chuunis?

Is it bad that Theresa motivated me to try to watch Kaito Kid?

It is... very 80s. Also the nose.

>>35494603
I agree. It is not a long term solution. This is not Ase Sedai vow here. If we have any intention to be wary she will smell it.

>>35494626
I doubt arch would have advertised an animu he didn't like.

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>>35494626

>>35494626
I wouldn't consider it bad, hell quests in general convinced me to actually watch Kamen Rider. I'm honestly amazed I didn't watch it sooner, Drive is great so far and I'm loving going through W.

"I'll text her and then see what happens from there," I say as I reach over to the nightstand and pick up my phone.
"Alright," Mina replies. "I'll be here if you need me," she says as she walks over and sits down on the chair adjacent to the bed.

While I flip through my contact list and pull up Theresa's name, I notice Mina form armor around her hands and start flexing her fingers. I guess now's as good a time as any to practice with her Branch...


>what should I say in the message?

>>35494695
"Sorry about telling Charlotte, but she can tell if someone lies to her and she knew we knew about the book from day 1."

Or something like that.

>>35494655
>>35494652
>>35494664
It is fun in a strange sense.

>>35494695
I am sorry for being a shit.

>>35494753
I like it. But call over Mina to check over the message. Please Mina correct it into human speech instead of 1337 speech.

>>35494695
Whatever we do, make an effort to text properly.

>say we're sorry but we didn't trust ourself to hide the truth effectively because of lie-detection
>plead her to not do anything drastic
>say we don't want to drift away again and that she does deserve friends and affection

I don't know, man.

>>35494807
Do you think Theresa will think someone else, like Char, got a hold of our cellphone since we started texting like a proper human being?

>writing

>>35494695
- We can't possibly explain any of this to her if she wants to run away badly enough, so PLEASE hear us out.

- We're sorry. It'd have been a whole lot easier to work things out if we had talked it out with both of them in advance, but it turns out that almost getting murdered by superpowered lunatics kind of throws off your state of mind.

- Even if we did get to talk it over, we still would've asked her to give up the book; not because it'd help Charlotte make a quota or some shit, but because they're DANGEROUS. Someone out there sent two of those books, and if anyone nasty ever learns that and finds out that the groups that came looking the first time picked up one and went "that's it! back to HQ for celebratory toasts.", they're going to come for it, and there won't be a couple other organizations in town to keep them in check.

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"im sry 4 teling charlotte but she can tel if sum1 lies 2 her &she knew we knew bout the book frm day 1," I type out.

Yeah, I think that'll work.

"Hey Mina," I call out.
"Hm?" as Mina turns to me, the armor vanishes from off of her hands. "What, you're done?"
"Umm, I thought that maybe it'd be a good idea if you looked it over before I sent the text," I reply.
"Oh, okay," I nod. "Alright, toss it over here.

Immediately after she catches my (admittedly bad) throw, Mina starts typing really really fast on my phone.


>[1/?]

>>35494944
And on the off-chance her real reason for wanting to keep the book is to make a legion of superpowered people to run around doing good deeds, she needs to realize that it'll turn the town into a Branch turf war, and on top of all that, the book isn't selective. It's like a grab-bag of Lantern Corps rings, and you can't run a lotto like that and assume nobody's ever gonna pull Red/Yellow/Orange/Black.

>>35495015
>"Oh, okay," I nod. "Alright, toss it over here.
hehe

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>>35495015

>>35495015
>mirai nikki pic
that can't end well...

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>>35495015

Immediately after she catches my (admittedly bad) throw, Mina starts typing really really fast on my phone.

"Okay, I fixed it," Mina says, tossing me back my phone.
"..." I look over what Mina retyped. "...this is the same thing as what I typed, just longer."
"Do you honestly think that reading your gibberish will do anything other than piss her off any more than she already is?" Mina asks.
"Gibberish?"
"UGH, never mind!" she shouts. "Just send the text already!"
"Fine, fine..."

After reading it over one last time, I hit send.

"I hope she actually reads it..."

BZZT BZZT BZZT

...well that was quick.

>[2/?]

>>35495192
Mina entered the rank of awesome girls today.

>>35495192
Mina is sick of our shit too, it seems.

>>35495192
"Cecile is an airhead"

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>>35495192

"Who the FUCK do you think you are, you fucking bitch!" Theresa screams from the other side of the line. "What, you thought I'd go along with your bullshit just because you got Cecile to lend you her phone!? I've known her for most of my life and that is NOTTHING like how actual messages from her read!"
"H- hey, wait a minute!" I shout back. "It was me!"

Did she actually think...

"Yeah right," Theresa says. "You just answered because it's your phone."
"No, it was ALL me!" I shout. "I just got Mina to recheck my message so I wouldn't end up saying anything wrong!"
"She's telling the truth," Mina says, leaning over into the receiver.


>[3/?]

>>35495403
Based Archelon.

My work is done. I am going to bed.

>>35495403
>don't text like a retard
>it's obviously an imposter!
Poor CC.

>>35495403
Yep. Best thing.

>>35495403
>[4/4]

"God fucking damn it..." Theresa growls. "So what, you wanted that badly to get me back on your side after screwing me over?"


>how do I respond?

>>35495403
Well if nothing else it got her talking to us at least.

>>35495515
"Ok, I'm wasn't thinking and admitted everything, I'm an idiot. I'm sorry."

>>35495515
Up for a threesome?

>>35495515
The medicine the hospital gave me, made me dumb. Otherwise I wouldn't have been so stupid, I'll try to talk Charlotte into letting you keep the book.

>>35495574
This

>>35495574
this

>>35495515
perfect:
>>35495574

>>35495574
Isn't that kinda defeating the point of this whole excercise?

I don't think her throwing a tantrum means we should suddenly advocate that she retain possession of the Legion of Doom Do-It-Yourself Kit.

>>35495574
I would suggest against that. That is not the best thing to say to somebody already pissed at you.

Though I do agree to the talking to Charlotte thing.

>>35495642
Yeah, blaming medicine just reeks of poor excuse.

>>35495664
It is a poor excuse but it is the kind of decision a drug addled mind would come to.

>>35495515
"I'm trying not to lose a friend because I was an idiot.

I fucked up, I wasn't thinking and I just wanted to be able to stop hiding things after what we went through. But that doesn't mean I want some stupid voice in your head to take over."

>>35495515
Maybe we could just sit down and explain our actions thus far and why we did them? Barring any more than needed about our crush on Charlotte?

>writing

>>35495574
[-x] I am voting against this. Don't shirk responsibility like a kid.

>>35495704
[x] This.

>>35495697
I'm saying that it would look like we're trying to shift the blame away from us. Which is exactly what it is.

So yeah, don't say it.

>>35495727
>like a kid.
So consistent with our character's decisions?

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"I... I'm sorry, okay?" I say. "I just want us to stay friends and I don't want you to hate me for telling Charlotte about your book..."
"Well you can't un-say what you did," Theresa replies. "and Charlotte's a Control-type so it's not like I can even-"
"Huh?"
"...anyways, you made your choice QUITE clear," she growls. "So just shut up and stay the hell away while I try and figure out how I'm supposed to-"
"Wait, dammit!" I shout. "Th- the medicine that they gave me here at the hospital, it made me stupid and-"

No, that excuse is what's stupid. Trying to blame something else for it'll only serve to make Theresa even more pissed at me...

"Never mind that," I sigh. "I was stupid and I screwed up, okay? I wasn't thinking and I was just tired of hiding things after what we went through, but that doesn't mean that I want the voice in your head to take over! I- I'll try and talk Charlotte into letting you keep the book. so-"


>[1/?]

>>35495870
>"the voice in your head?" Mina asks.

>>35495870
>and Charlotte's a Control-type so it's not like I can even-

Does she have mind wipe abilities now?

>>35495902
either that, or she planned to just disappear with the book (or make the book disappear)

>>35495914
Clever girl.

We do need to keep a leash on her. I can see her joining the tree of life.

>>35495870
But CC, Theresa's already gone

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>>35495870

"Into LETTING me keep MY book?" Theresa shouts. "Yeah, you fucking do that."
"C'mon, I'm trying to make things right here," I plead.
"You need to realize a couple of things, okay? First, What I do with MY book that I bought and was sent to ME is MY business and nobody else's. That's not your fucking choice to make, and it never was."
"Hey, calm down," Mina says into the phone.
"I'm as calm as I'm gonna get, so butt out," Theresa replies. "Or maybe you want to be the one who tells her about what her girlfriend's father said to you?"

Wait, what?

"D- did he threaten you!?" I turn to Mina with a worried expression.
"No," Mina sighs. "Whatever, Theresa can say whatever the hell she wants to."

>[2/?]

>>35495957
Route spilt.
\/tg/ has decided.

>>35495957
>[3/3]

"I don't trust him," Theresa says. "There, I said it. Mina might be fine with giving him her book because she owes him for helping Andy out, but I sure as fuck do NOT trust someone who's as casual about disp-..." she sighs. "He's shady as fuck, and I haven't drank the Kool-aid like the rest of you."


>but what if...
>yeah, sure, fine

>>35495992
>yeah, sure, fine
she does have a point, he is pretty shady
he's going to kill her, or at least try

>>35495992
>[OTHER]
"Well it's the only kool-aid that ANYONE was offering. I'm willing to listen if either of you are willing to at least talk to me."

>>35495992
>yeah, sure, fine

>>35495992
>>yeah, sure, fine

>>35495992
>[Other]
"Who's as casual about what, Theresa? Quite frankly, the other organizations are shady as fuck and have the manpower to be able to kill for the book. There is no way keeping that book will do any good besides getting you killed."

>>35495992
>"Had I known you wanted it kept secret, I would have tried to keep the book a secret, even from Charlotte. I was stupid, but I didn't sell you out to her. You are still really important to me."

>>35495992
I really wanna tell her off with something that hits close to home and just hang up on her, but I'm afraid of how arch will write its repercussions...

On the one hand, really pissing someone off with a heart shot can make the anger burn out faster and make them go "I guess I was overreacting. Hmm". On the other, arch is a fan of rejoicing.

>>35495992
>>"I know they are both suspicious as fuck. Charlotte has almost casually had someone eaten alive by rats. Her father probably has more skeletons in his closet than we can even imagine. I just hope that they are still good people."

>>35495992
"Exactly. We're out of our depth, Theresa. In just a few days we got our powers people started dying. I shut up about the book because I wanted Mina to make her own decision and because I selfishly wanted to keep her around, and it attracted attention and look where it got us. I'm tired of lying to people I care about, and with Charlotte it's futile since she can just TELL when I'm hiding something."

"I won't lie anymore. I suck at it anyway."

>writing

I think theresa is being pretty egotistical.

all assuming its about HER and HER book and upset that she can't play super special power rangers and use the book how she wants.

She doesn't seem to grasp the simple facts that people are dying and being hurt because of the GUESS that these books are in the area.

Shes needs to wake up.

>>35496119
My little anon can't be this retarded.

>>35496160
and with that I'm gonna have to leave our fate to you idiots cuz I got jury duty in the morning.

But before I go I give a pre-emptive vote against retarded options and a vote FOR anything trying to patch stuff together.

>>35496201
I made another suggestion linked to the same post. Can you find it?

>>35496195
She's confused about the genre she's in.

From her point of view we're the weak-willed friend who sold the hero out to the obviously evil organisation for pussy.

>>35496195
>She doesn't seem to grasp the simple facts that people are dying and being hurt because of the GUESS that these books are in the area.
There's the whole problem of that not stopping even if you get rid of the books because people will still think they're in the area. Also only a single issue we've had has been related to the book from what I remember, and that was Doritos, so it's not like that's something you can say her getting rid of the book would help.

Well, not like it matters since anons seem to just want to shit on her for the hell of it.

"Yeah, sure," I say. "Fine, I guess he does seem kind of shady."
"There's no 'seem,' he IS shady," Theresa replies.
"Well it's the only Kool-aid that anyone was offering, and..." I stop myself. "What exactly did he do that put you so against him?"
"As if I'm gonna say that over the phone," she scoffs. "Ask Mina if you actually want to know, I'm done. I'm tired of this book shit and I'm tired of you so I'm hanging up now."

And before I can even say goodbye, she does just that.

"Well that's ended about as well as it possibly could have," Mina sighs.
"I just hope she doesn't hate me now," I mumble. "Do you think..."
"I dunno, she's in a bad place right now... I guess we'll just have to wait and see."


>ask mina about something
>time to get dressed and call the nurse about seeing charlotte before I leave

>>35496313
>ask mina about something

Ask her what Mr. Gauthier said

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>>35496264
>Implying we aren't.

>>35496313
What did he say?

>>35496339
Since "weak-willed" is apparently synonymous with "not actively suicidal" now then sure, I'll wear that badge with pride.

>>35496313
>ask mina about something
yeah, what did he say?

>>35496313
>ask mina about something

"Do you dislike Charlotte too?"

>>35496361
She can't detect half truths and was convinced there was only one book.

Also we should have talked to Theresa about it first, Hell Charlotte even gave us the time to do so.

>>35496430
Sure we should have, but we didn't, and Theresa being a huge baby about the goddamn Pandora's Box sitting in her closet is still ridiculous.

She's being a petulant child about the whole thing.

>>35496195
Do you have something against private property?

>writing

>>35496430
Yes, we could have handled it better. No, there wasn't any real way we were going to keep a lid on this for more than a month.

All it takes is one slip up related to the possibility of other books and that would be the end of it.

She shouldn't have just expected to throw it in a shoebox and that be the end of it.

>>35496469
It more of the betrayal thing. And I would have reacted worse.

>>35496486
She could have.

>>35496430
It was going to come out eventually, better to rip the band-aid before the situation exploded into fire and death.

Sure it hurt her feelings, but when she's carting around a magical artifact that could instantly spawn an entire comic book's worth of supervillains I'm not particularly bothered about her "muh feelings" whining.

>>35496495
>She could have.

Could have what? Stabbed us in the neck and skipped town? Because that's the only way to guarantee that we never have to lie to Charlotte about her not having a book.

Just picture this scenario:

>Char: Sorry CC, I have to leave town. After all, Mina's book was the only one in town, right?
>CC: Right

That, or any possible variation of that, and it's all over.

>>35496531
Could have kept it if we didn't betray her.

>>35496531
Or the Mysterious Book-Selling Resident Evil 4 Internet Merchant sells her out.

What Theresa mentioned is still bugging me.

"Hey, Mina? What was this horrible thing that Charlotte's father said to you that set Theresa off?" I ask. "I mean, she didn't went to talk about it over the phone so I'm guessing it's kind of bad."
"Ugh..." Mina slumps over. "I called him after you killed that guy..."

And now I feel even worse than before.

"Theresa was using her power to keep us and the body hidden, and the smell was just-" Mina stops herself for a few seconds. "It was awful, and neither one of us had any idea what to do about it. I mean, I was prepared for something like this to happen from the start but Theresa sure as hell wasn't and now she had to stay in contact with a corpse..."


>[1/?]

>>35496583
I got a feeling these guys are about as relevant to the quest as Reinhold's parents are to PGQ.

>>35496523
So now instead of Theresa keeping it and letting civilians of her choosing get powers, now Mr. Johnson gets to have an army of supercharged shadow runners.

>>35496583
Why do you think they sold it?

>>35496610
Theresa could still destroy her book.

And Gauthier is going to have Mina's book. Better to trust one person with two books than two with one each.

>>35496624
To kick the plot in motion. Or maybe they're dumb meth addicts in need of cash, for all we know.

>>35496610
The status of Theresa's book doesn't affect that at all, since Mina was already going to give hers up.

As far as we know the books can be used an unlimited number of times, so an organization doesn't really need two of them if they're just intending to use them to churn out magical soldiers.

>>35496646
>Better to trust one person with two books than two with one each.
sure, because balance of power means nothing to you

>>35496662
>Balance of power
>Billionaire shadowrunner
>Teenage girl weaboo

That's a perfect system of checks and balances if I've ever seen one.

>>35496655
maybe different books all have different "rolling tables" of power?
or it's just that having more books just means you can get more magic soldiers faster (you could have one "training camp" per book, for example) or it's just "one less book that could be used against us"

>>35496655
There is a possible case of experimenting on one to figure out how it works without worrying about it fucking up now that they have a second.
If Gauthier really did want to research it then now he can do that and get his superpowered army as a bonus.

Not that I'm really on either side of this, but that could be a possibility. Hell, I want to know how much of the book is actually needed for it to work, could it work without the covers? How about with any of the pages missing?

>>35496646
1 How would dumb meth heads get multiple superpower books.

2. If they needed cash they could get way more selling it to the government or a Johnson then some random civilian.

>>35496682
She isn't a weeaboo.

At least as far as we know.

>>35496662
Between who?

Theresa and Gauthier? There is no balance there, he's a billionaire CEO of a straight-out-of-Shadowrun corporation.

Gauthier and Tree of Life? We don't want that to be balanced, we're as good as on Team Gauthier as far as any other big organizations are concerned, and last time we interacted with them we nearly got a facefull of Salsa Verde Extra Deadly Doritos.

Theresa and [any major magical organization]? They'll just crush her, the book just paints a target on her back.

>>35496696
Charlotte's already mentioned having gathered books before, so it stands to reason they already have a few of the things.

>>35496728
1. I was joking.

2. They're dumb, remember?

>>35496739
Just checking, we are still talking about Theresa here right?

The girl who decided she needed to dress like an anime character while using her invisibility powers?

>>35496585

"So I called up her father and he was really calm about the whole thing," Mina explains. "Told me about what hospital you guys were gonna be taken to, and then said he'd call some people to take care of the body... had us wait around for a black van to show up and then said we could make ourselves scarce."
"So that's it?" I ask.
"Yeah," she nods. "Theresa was listening in on the conversation and said that he sounded like one of those corporate supervillains like you see in the movies and that nobody should be that nonchalant about disposing of a corpse, even if it's of someone who just tried to kill your daughter... and to be honest, I don't disagree with her."

So Mina feels this way about it too...

"So do you feel the same way about Charlotte as Theresa?" I ask. "you don't like or trust her?"

I really don't want that... I mean, Charlotte's my girlfriend but Mina's my BEST friend and I just want everyone to get along.


>[2/?]

>>35496764
I think he was talking of the stricter definition of weeaboo, the one who want to move to Japan to be all kawaii desu.

>>35496696
Char has book hunted before, so he's probably already got at least one.

And while your hypothetical may be correct, it may also be the case that the two books secretly contain the Triforces of Courage and Wisdom and if Gauthier gets both of them he can combine them with his Triforce of Power and save Hyrule from Ganondorf.

>>35496802
or he is Ganondorf and will use the full triforce to rule over Hyrule

>>35496771
>nobody should be that nonchalant about disposing of a corpse

Well you can't just leave the streets strewn with corpses after every time you have a wizard battle now can you?

This is how we prevent the muggles from finding out.

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>>35496764
Wouldn't that be a chunni?

Weeb would be if she went around talking about how great anything Japanese is better then anything else.

>>35496817
At the moment, it more feels like Tree of Life being the Ganondorf.

>>35496817
Also possible, but like the previous two hypotheticals it has an equal amount of hard evidence (zero) to suggest it.

All we know for sure is that he's done right by us and ours at every turn thus far.

>>35496771
>[3/3]

"I never said that," Mina sighs. "I like Charlotte just fine as a person, and I owe her a lot for helping out Andy... though I guess it's even now since we saved her life and all. But it's still really shady and I don't blame Theresa at all for being paranoid."
"Yeah, I guess," I nod.
"And telling Charlotte about her book without even bothering to say anything to her about it first was a really shitty thing to do, if I'm gonna be totally honest with you here."

Yeah, I've definitely gotten that message.

"But what's done is done," Mina says as she hops to her feet. "We just need to keep moving forward and all that. And the first thing to do is for you to finally get dressed, right?"


>get dressed and go see charlotte
>talk about a thing down here for a little longer (specify what)

>>35496831
It's 5 AM. I don't care about how pedantic you feel like being right now.

>>35496831
But if a chuuni's powers are actually real, are they still a chuuni, or just cosplaying?

>>35496842
>>get dressed and go see charlotte

>>35496771
I like this guy. He seems like he'll make for a good boss.

Would they rather he freaked out instead of solving the problem?

>>35496842
>get dressed and go see charlotte

>>35496817
Or perhaps tying our shoes tomorrow morning is gonna trigger a breach in the fabric of the world and the reign of blood will begin.

Speculations based on magic are kind of tricky.

>>35496833
I honestly believe both factions have equally valid claims to being the good guys. arch wouldn't punish us with villainous allies just for choosing the wrong waifu.

>>35496842
>get dressed and go see charlotte

>>35496472
Sure, when the private property in question is a powerful object which the impact of its abuse in the hands of an emotional child.

Its like saying I have something against the private ownership of nukes.

... all though she did save us

>>35496842
>>get dressed and go see charlotte

Also, we should make it clear we take no responsibility if Theresa gets herself snuffed by tree of life or gangstas because of her hysterics.

>>35496848
I thought that was the sole purpose of the internet.

>>35496842
>get dressed and go see charlotte
Tempting as it is to ask about her branch now, a hospital doesn't seem the best place for that.

>>35496842
>>get dressed and go see charlotte
>>talk about a thing down here for a little longer (specify what)
"I'm an idiot"

>>35496859
Yeah, I think what they're missing is that the magical underworld seems to run on COME AT ME BRO conflict resolution, and anyone who's operated in it for any length of time would obviously know how to deal with the aftermath of a magical wild-west showdown.

I can understand why it would be shocking for normal people (well, previously normal) to have their first experience with by-the-numbers incident cleanup, but at the end of the day it's either that or allowing the obviously killed-by-powerful-magic corpses to sit there and draw attention.

>writing

>Salsa Verde Extra Deadly Doritos.

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>>35496968
I swear to god I uploaded this.

>>35496954
>the magical underworld seems to run on COME AT ME BRO conflict resolution

I'm honestly not sure. arch seemed pretty shocked by how aggressive we're playing as Cecile. But if it's the proper attitude to have, wouldn't he have nothing to say about that?

>>35496979
Well it's not necessarily lethal, the first like five times it just ended with one party walking away with a bloody nose.

But just thinking about it logically it wouldn't always end with nothing but bruised egos and flesh wounds, considering the level of power being tossed around and the fact that the combatants are really only accountable to whatever rules their own organization sets.

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"Yeah, I guess I probably should," I say to Mina.

And so, I gather up the change of clothes that Allison was nice enough to leave me last night since the dress I was wearing got ruined, then get changed and call the nurse to see if it's okay for me to go up to Charlotte's room and see how she's doing. After getting the okay, I ask Mina to stay down here just in case Allison shows up while I'm gone and then grab Charlotte's cellphone so I can finally get that back to her.

Just the thought of getting to see Charlotte again cheers me up... a little bit, anyways.


>[1/?]

>>35497009
Are the cat eyes intentional?

>>35496979
I'm not sure why he's been so shocked. Our powers so far include 'minor illusion' and ' omega death laser', and we had to practice to learn the illusion.

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>>35497009
>[2/2]

KNOCK KNOCK

"Come in!" Charlotte calls out from inside the room.

And so, I do. Charlotte's eyes light up when she sees that it's me, and I'm filled with a warm fuzzy feeling that makes me think that maybe I've got it for her a little bit -too- bad.

"Good morning, Cecile!" Charlotte says, meeting me with a warm smile.
"And good morning to you," I reply, smiling right back at her. "How's your arm?"
"Still broken," she sighs. "And this cast is far too itchy, too... not to mention that I'm going to have to figure out what I'm going to wear since I can't exactly walk out of the hospital in the same blood-stained dress that I wore in here."
"Well the hospital giftshop has sweatshirts and pants, I think..." I shrug.
"I haven't worn pants in years, though." she mumbles, pouting in a really cute way that just makes me want to-

No, this isn't the time for that. We can make out when we get back to her hotel room.

...wait, what the hell am I thinking oh man I'm such a pervert!

"Cecile, is something the matter?" Charlotte asks. "Your face is flushed, and-"
"It's nothing!" I stammer.


>talk to charlotte about...
>give her back her phone now

>>35497022
It's probably the restrictions of Dreamselfy. Cecile doesn't have them in the Rinmaru pics.

>>35497022
>>35497107
Yeah, they're the only eyes that I could find with the right color.

>>35497106
"Well Theresa hates me now. And neither her nor Mina trust your dad."

>>35497106
>talk to charlotte about...

How Theressa has gone crazy

>>35497106
first, catnip joke

then,
>talk to charlotte about...
Theresa
tell her the big mistake we made, and ask her if she could do something

>>35497106
>>talk to charlotte about...
the pervy thouhts.

>>35497106
>No, this isn't the time for that.
There's never a bad time for that, CC.

>>35497106
>talk to charlotte about...
Theresa didn't take it so well when I told her that I'd told you. She really wants to keep her book.

I hate this piece of shit that I'm using while my laptop is in the shop so much...


>writing

"Well I guess that something -is- the matter, but..." I mumble.
"Want to tell me about it?" Charlotte says, beckoning me closer. "Come here and take a seat," she says, patting the side of the bed with her good hand.
"Yeah, okay," I nod.

As I walk closer to Charlotte's bed, the first thing I notice is that her IV tubes aren't in her arm anymore. And the second thing I notice is that she doesn't look anywhere nearly as beaten up as she did last night. With a sigh of relief that she's doing a lot better than the last time I saw her, I take a seat on the edge of her bed.

"So what's wrong?" Charlotte asks. "If it's anything that I can help out with, you know I will..."
"Uhh, about that," I mumble.

Dammit, why is this so hard to say?

>[1/?]

I wonder what Theresa would do if she had received Antonio's Oathkeeper Branch.

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>>35497354

"Theresa..." I begin, "...she didn't take it so well when I told her that I told you."
"Hm?" Charlotte seems confused. "That's your friend who was wearing that weird costume, right?"
"Yeah," I nod. "She, uh..." As if I'd have more courage to speak if there's more air in my lungs, I take a deep breath. "She blew up at me really bad and I think she hates me now... she really wants to keep her book."
"...oh," she mutters as her smile fades away. "Well did you explain-"
"Yeah, I explained everything to her," I reply. "All of it, all the danger, that I can't lie to you since you can just tell..."
"Well this complicates things a lot," she sighs.

It really does.

"But Mina's still fine with giving you her book, so could you maybe keep the fact that Theresa has one to yourself?" I ask.

I feel like a total hypocrite saying this.


>[2/?]

>>35497416
>"All of it, all the danger, that I can't lie to you since you can just tell..."

Wasn't it -Mina- to whom we explained that?

>>35497430
We talked about the danger last thread.

>>35497416
>I feel like a total hypocrite saying this.
She really shouldn't. She would have tried to keep it a secret had she realized she was supposed to do that.

>>35497430
Also Theresa. She said, there wouldn't be any danger if no one knows and thought technically telling the truth, and just avoiding the subject, would be doable.

>>35497416

"Just when I thought that I was done with all this.." Charlotte sighs. "Are you sure that you can't convince her to hand the book over?"
"She's made it pretty clear that she won't," I reply. "So the only alternative would be to take it from her by force, and I really don't want to-"
"...fine."

Huh?

"You're giving in that easily?" I ask. "I was sure that there'd be some kind of argument, or-"
"I'd certainly -like- to argue, but the only thing that I could do at this point is fight her for it, and I do kind of owe her my life... both of our lives."

She's being a lot calmer about this than I expected.

"And you said that Mina wouldn't have a problem with giving me hers, so my actual mission will still be fulfilled even without her book," Charlotte continues, "but make sure that she knows that I'll be after her if she tries -anything- funny, alright?"
"Umm, sure," I nod.
"I mean it. If I hear anything about new Branch users popping up because she's trying to start her own gang or something, the fact that she's your friend will have no bearing on my actions."


>[3/4]

>>35497536
>we tell Theresa about it
>she already destroyed the books out of spite

>>35497536

So wait,...now that her mission is over she isn't leaving is she?

>>35497558
More like she's taking us with her.

Welcome to Gauthier's Wild Ride.

>>35497558
No, she already promised that she wasn't going to instantly fuck off the moment she got a Book.

>>35497568
>More like she's taking us with her.
I'm not sure if I'm for or against this.

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>>35497442
>She really shouldn't.

>>35497594
What? She isn't a hypocrite, just an idiot.

>>35497598
She is both.

>>35497620
Was it a gift?

>>35497620
"Sentimental value?"

Get her to talk a bit about her relationship with her "father".

>>35497620
>Charlotte says, grabbing onto my arm, "...thank you for coming to see me, Charlotte."

Logic error, logic error!

>>35497620
"So what happens once you have the book?"

>>35497620
>"And now that that's taken care of..." Charlotte says, grabbing onto my arm, "...thank you for coming to see me, Charlotte."
It was all a ruse! We were dating ourselves the whole time.

>>35497635
I honestly did not notice until you pointed it out.

>>35497620
>sentimental value

Do elaborate.

>>35497641
Then who was phone!?

>>35497649
CC was text.

>>35497641
Charlotte confirmed for over-chan.

>>35497620
So what happens now?

>>35497641
Were you expecting a cute girl? Too bad! It was I, Charlotte!

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>>35497536
>[4/4]

"And now that that's taken care of..." Charlotte says, grabbing onto my arm, "...thank you for coming to see me, Cecile."

The best I can do is try not to fall onto her broken arm as Charlotte pulls me closer and closer until finally our faces are centimeters away from each other.

"Umm..." I smile awkwardly as I look Charlotte in her eyes.
"What, you weren't going to give me my 'good morning' kiss?" Charlotte asks.

Not one to pass up such an opportunity, I close the short distance and press my lips onto hers. But Charlotte wanted more than just that, opening her mouth and gently togging on my lower lip and-

I really wish she wasn't injured right now, that's all I'm going to say.

Once we've both gotten our fill of that, I pull away and adjust my glasses, then hand Charlotte back her phone.

"Oh no, it's broken..." Charlotte mumbles. "And I really liked this model, too."
"But it still works at least," I reply. "All you have to do is get the information transferred into a replacement and it'll be fine."
"Yes, but this particular phone has sentimental value," she sighs. "Oh well, it can't be helped."


>ask/talk to charlotte about something?

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>>35497671
Theresa version.

>>35497675
What are your fetishes?

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>>35497675
Wanna trade lewd photos?

I wanted to get to the end of the chapter tonight, but Theresadrama dragged on longer than intended. While it was fun, it ruined all my PLANS.

The next thread will be on Monday night, and I'll be running False Dendrite until the end on the chapter, regardless of how long it takes.
I wish I could have done so on a day when I had my own laptop, but UPS doesn't ship in holidays


And now I answer questions if you guys had any.

>>35497753
If you could sell a year of your life, how much money would you want?

>>35497772
This is an incredibly creepy question

>>35497753
Does Charlotte prefer, thongs, hip huggers, side tie or string panties?

>>35497753
Is there any one cause you'd sell your soul for?

>>35497753
No questions. Just gotta say I hope CC gets to meet the Gauthier's soon.
Thanks for running.

>>35497753
Cheers.

Why did you give Charlotte lie-detection? She already has a huge edge on the other FDends.

Will there be puns in Reinhold's first person narration?

>>35497772
He already spent a year here.

>>35497804
>implying he's got a soul

>>35497753
In madoka who do Mina and Theresa think is best girl?

My guess is Mina=Homu, Theresa the headless one.

I think we might be able to salvage our friendship with Theresa before the end og the chapter.

>>35497753
Did Mina have a chance to give us the flashlight yet?

>>35497820
Theresa probably ships the red and the blue girl.

>>35497817
I think you are underestimating Theresa's total stealth.

>>35497820
Oh gosh, rewatching that headchomping scene is gonna give Theresa a perverted cathartic feeling now, won't it?

>>35497822
End of the chapter is literally next thread.

>>35497753
Which animu or mango character would Mina/Theresa waifu, and have they?

>>35497843
>End of the chapter is literally next thread.
I doubt it. Arch will need at least two more threads.

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>>35497843
Nobody can hate the mumi.

>>35497753
Give the FD main cast a class.

>>35497877
Should have said what RPG class would each of the FD main cast be?

>>35497753
How do you trick your player base into making such bad decisions?

>>35497896
By having a player base that loves to see the MCs suffer?

>>35497877
Paladin Rogue
Druid Barbarian
Armor Summoner
Light Elementalist
Dragonaboo Brawler

>>35497753
Is stuff like the "blaming drugs is stupid, i shouldn't shift responsibility.", just you staying in character, or is it your way of telling the players it was a bad choice?

>>35497908
Wouldn't pizzabutt be a savant that specializes in light?

>>35497917
It was obviously a stupid suggestion, but the kind of thing Cecile might say in confusion.

>>35497917
Point of order: Several players expressed that exact sentiment in response to that suggestions, that seemed like a direct result of that to me.

>>35497936
Which is why I asked for clarification.

>>35497753
What got you into writing?

>>35497772
>If you could sell a year of your life, how much money would you want?
I would never do such a thing.

>>35497793
>Does Charlotte prefer, thongs, hip huggers, side tie or string panties?
Charlotte's favorite type is cute lacy ones, with side-tie after that (aren't those the same thing as string panties?)
Charlotte finds thongs to just be gross, they're her absolute least favorite kind of underwear.

>>35497804
>Is there any one cause you'd sell your soul for?
No.

>>35497817
>Why did you give Charlotte lie-detection? She already has a huge edge on the other FDends.
Most of her senses are enhanced, and that just comes along with the package.

>Will there be puns in Reinhold's first person narration?
I am not into self-harm, so I have no intention of putting too many of those in there.

>>35497826
>Did Mina have a chance to give us the flashlight yet?
I'd actually forgotten about that, someone remind me at the start of tomorrow's thread and I'll put it in.

>>35497753
How many death flags have we set?

>>35497958
Side-tie is actually tied (Could be taken off without pulling them down) while string is not.

>>35497862
>>End of the chapter is literally next thread.
>I doubt it. Arch will need at least two more threads.
Even if I do, the end of the chapter is tomorrow.

>>35497896
>How do you trick your player base into making such bad decisions?
What, you think that I actually WANT them to?

>>35497820
>In madoka who do Mina and Theresa think is best girl?
>>35497847
>Which animu or mango character would Mina/Theresa waifu, and have they?
Those questions are sitting in my ask.fm inbox, I'll get to them soon.

>>35497877
>Give the FD main cast a class.
Cecile: Attack mage (glass cannon)
Charlotte: Druid?
Theresa: Rogue
Mina: Knight/summoner
Irene: ???

>>35497917
>Is stuff like the "blaming drugs is stupid, i shouldn't shift responsibility.", just you staying in character, or is it your way of telling the players it was a bad choice?
Mostly it was
>>35497936
>Point of order: Several players expressed that exact sentiment in response to that suggestions, that seemed like a direct result of that to me.
I will veto stupid suggestions that are out of character, but I'll go by the stupid ones that are in-character if nobody opposes them.

>>35497969
>How many death flags have we set?
What, you think that I'd actuallly TELL you that?

>>35497977
>Side-tie is actually tied (Could be taken off without pulling them down) while string is not.
Ah, I see. Thank you for imparting onto me your pantsu knowledge.

>>35497954
>What got you into writing?
I daydream a lot, and full stories come from that. Writing them down makes it seem more worth it, though some days I do regret running quests here. This might be the last one I do.


And now it is time for me to sleep. Thanks for playing!
For further questioning:
http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame

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>>35497958
>Charlotte finds thongs to just be gross, they're her absolute least favorite kind of underwear.

And to think I voted for her.

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>>35497990
>>Is stuff like the "blaming drugs is stupid, i shouldn't shift responsibility.", just you staying in character, or is it your way of telling the players it was a bad choice?
>Mostly it was


What?

>>35497990
>What, you think that I actually WANT them to?

I dunno, writing a stupid protagonist is good exercise for a VN writer.

>>35498007
Well yeah anon, if you only read the first half of the statement you're gonna end up confused. Read the post again and try to spot your mistake.

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>>35497990
>Even if I do, the end of the chapter is tomorrow.
This could give the PGQ anniversary a run for it's money.

>>35498026
It'll end with us leaving the hospital, just you see.

>>35496495
It is either betraying Theresa or Char (by keeping the other book from her, and she will find out, it is only a question of when).

I would rather betray Theresa, who would not have as much reach in her wraith, than Char.

>>35500024
It seems to be Theresa's standard reaction to anybody saying anything against what she wants. Mina want to spend more time with her? Complete explosion and they don't talk to each other for a year.

>>35500044
True. Sometimes you just have to let a party member causing all the drama go.