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>"C'mon," you sigh. "I'm sure your parents are worried about you so you'd better et going."
>"I don't have parents," she shakes her head. "And you're the only one who's worried about me so I'm gonna stick with you!"


Of COURSE she'd have to be an orphan.

"Well then could you tell me where you live, at least?" you ask. "I'd be willing to take you there before I go."

Though Cateno had no shortage of orphans when you were little, more than a few of them still had their own houses that were left to them by their parents before they died. If this girl's the same way, at least you'd be able to have somewhere to leave her...

"I live over there," the girl says, pointing at what's left of a nearby building.

You remember that it used to be a restaurant that you and Citrine would go to every once in a while... and of course one of the few places with any actual happy memories for you in this hellhole would get destroyed.

"So your parents ran that place?" you ask.
"Uh-uh," she shakes her head. "I didn't live inside there, I had a box out front. That's where I used to stay before the monsters came and broke everything and ate everybody."

She lived in a...

"The lady who owned the restaurant would give me the extra food that they had when it was about to spoil," the girl says. "Sometimes. But she got ate up by the monster that was trying to kill me."
"...damn," you say, shaking your head. "I'm sorry that you had to see that."
"It was really scary," she replies, "but now you're here and you saved me too!"

Yeah, but she's not going to STAY safe if she sticks to you like she has been. It you're going to be any help to Arnaud, you're going to have to get her somewhere safe that she'll actually STAY PUT.


>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
>try and have her hide out at the brothel while you fight
>[OTHER]

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern

Don't condemn her to the horrible life you used to have Reinhold. Save her from what happened to Citrine Save her from what happened to you!

>>36673022
My first instinct is to not have her anywhere near the brothel, so i guess
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
Or maybe run her back there ourselves if it won't take too long

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
No sending lolis to brothels!

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern

"There is a wyvern, a big lizard just outside the town. It's how I got here. Just wait nearby and I'll meet you there. I'm Reinhold by the way."

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
Also >That scar
Looks like we have a protagonist on our hands.

>>36673022
>>try and have her hide out at the brothel while you fight
seriously we are not pick up a child like a puppy. we got a dam good job this hell whole is not our responsibility.

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern

As much as I want to know what became of Spinelle...

>>36673092
She a qt.

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>>36673095
We do have a job but a little compassion is not out of character.

>The Fool – Reinhold
>The Magician – Niklaus
>The High Priestess – Sylvie
>The Empress – Luciana, Takamaru
>The Emperor – Celestino, Lisette
>The Hierophant – Agnes
>The Lovers – Gregory, Ariane
>The Chariot – Thierri
>Strength – Vincent, Angelique
>The Hermit – Monique, Matthias
>The Wheel of Fortune – Citrine, Marius
>Justice – Volker
>The Hanged Man – Nicolette, Melanie
>Death – Gerhard
>Temperance – Marianne
>The Devil – Rana, Reya
>The Tower – Arnaud
>The Star – Elena, Andreas
>The Moon – Karel, Emilio, Adrien, Alicia
>The Sun – Guillaume, Bernard, Valerie, Racquel
>Judgement – The masked guy
>The World – The party guests

Deepest lore.

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>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
Best bet in this town is to avoid having to interact with people. The wyvern won't take our money then throw the girl back onto the streets.

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>Slums and monsters and little girls.
So business as usual for Cateno.

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>>36673022
She's a keeper. Sending her to the brothel would mean going back to fetch her so I'd rather not. It's there any way to keep her with us safely?

>>36673022
She should probably wait outside of town. Inland. Near the wyvern but not close enough to bother it in case of shenanigans/scary monster noises, though I'm sure it's well trained anyway.

We should accompany as far as required to ensure she's out of range of the angry sea-beasts.

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>>36673219
More like

>>36673095
Said everyone who left Reinhold to rot.

We should also tell her about Arnaud.

>>36673270
and things turned out just fine for us we got a great job and are dating a fucking princess

>>36673299
After somebody helped us smart guy

>>36673022

>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
We are taking her home boy

>>36673245
We'll be flinging ourselves around and at multiple huge, lethal monsters. Being near us is Not Safe.

>>36673022
>One of the few places in town with happy memories was pulverized and the proprietor eaten alive
Holy fucking shit this place is a hellhole

>>36673251
Getting her out of town with us and to a proper orphanage or suchlike is hardly going to interfere with our job for more than a few minutes.

>>36673022
Wyvern, we're adopting a daughteru.

>>36673316
didn't help all that much, you want to teach her some magic then leave to die?

>>36673344
god dammit, I meant >>36673095, not >>36673251

>>36673022
Can we ask if there's anyone in that collapsed building we now need to dig out?

>>36673022
Meet outside by wyvern. Tell Luciana we have a child now. Between us we will train her to be a sociopathic sword and spell wielder.

>>36673358
It's the only reason we could leave actually

>>36673352
FIRST ONE TO CRY GETS TO STAY ON MY WYVERN

>Go in to save as many people as possible
>/tg/ goes full retard mode and adopts the first female that is in trouble
>Probably more children dying elsewhere while everyone drools over their pet

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern

>>36673022
>tell her to meet you outside the town by the wyvern
Come on guys, we can keep her and train her as our squire. Who cares that we aren't technically a knight.

>>36673390
Yeah, but she's a cute.
We're keeping her and that's final.

>>36673390
Don't worry, we'll buy them all cake.

>>36673390
Hence why we tell her GET TO THA WVYVAHN and continue on our way.

>>36673411
she is a disgusting street rat probley has lice.

In all seriousness, while we can't take on looking after or training a kid, it'd be nice if we get her a practice sword and give a few pointers to set her on the right path if she seems interested.

>>36673390
It's called empathy you heartless bastard. My vote would be the same regardless of gender.

>>36673390
We're trying to get her away from now. It's not like we can save the people we haven't found yet and it's logical to start by helping the one person that is right her and get her to not endanger herself.

>>36673431
We'll give her a bath when we get home, it'll be fine.

>>36673432
If we don't think we can handle the responsibility we could always just tell her to say her dad's name is Adrien when we get back.

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>>36673390
Adoption isn't a serious suggestion, we lack both the time and any chance of Luciana's consent. Getting her to wait by the wyvern is just a good way of keeping her safe and out of the way of saving others/killing bastard fish-dragons. Getting her out of Cateno to a proper orphanage is just being a decent human being, given how little extra time and effort it would take.

>>36673449
better get flea shampoo as well

>>36673526
But it takes absolutely no effort to do nothing.

>>36673526
Instead of taking her to a proper orphanage it seems more likely that Arnaud will agree to take her in as a maid-apprentice at the castle.

Which is nice, because then we can see her regularly, maybe start teaching her swordsmanship.

>>36673561
Is that supposed to mean something? Every action requires some effort, whether it's worthwhile boils down to how much good comes from how much effort. In this case, saving a life in exchange for giving some directions and a little cover (which we're here to do anyway as part of saving the town) and then asking Arnaud to get her set up in a decent orphanage on the wyvern ride back.

>>36673610
I think there's trials for those positions, but she could definitely apply.

>>36673610
Elena now has a sparing partner.

>writing

>>36673610
I think loli princess might just exploded with jealousy unless we teach her too

>>36673624
Some street kid from the hell whole we grew up in? she shank the shit out of Elena.

>>36673667
Elena isn't a slouch for her age. Plus she knows magic. She's worth at least 2 guardsmen.

>>36673624
It occurs to me to wonder that I'm not really sure if they have a formal tradition in this world like take on apprentices or anything for being magic knights. Sure there's stuff with Arnaud, but that seems like an exception.

>>36673667
>Street rat vs. The Red Meteor
>Elena being the one in trouble

>>36673690
did you see the hair the scar the tragic back story (see growing up on street home town destroyed that's Krypton level history for all we know she spontaneously turns into a elemental, mid fight.

>>36673720
Reinhold has tragic backstory and mental scarring not to mention he's kind of a sociopath he doesn't go elemental mid fight. Besides unless the girl goes wind elemental Elena could just fly away.

>>36673667
Let's be honest: this is pseudo-anime fantasy land, so she's all but guaranteed to be a lovely kid under a coarse exterior.

>>36673649
We really don't have the time to teach, but we could probably set her up with someone who does if she's actually interested in starting a tradition of hardcore noblebright swordie orphans from Cateno.

Also we could engender maximum overjealousy if we convince Arnaud rather than ourselves to give her a half hour of pointers on drills to get her started. That would probably earn the jealousy of any soldier in the castle.

>>36673749
With the new fight system Elena will win simply because she can read the prompts.

>>36673720
We've had two dragons, two half-dragons, an elemental sealed inside a sword, two contractors, two devil children, and a kitsune. Plus a possible ascended rabbit and whatever Tina is.

There's a few tokens left, like fairies and vampires.

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>>36673793
>and whatever Tina is.
Lovely.

>>36673765
Why not have time for teaching? No one will ever spar with us anymore. We can line up swords for her to shatter. Also we should skin the leviathans and make outfits and we can make a group of orphans called the order of the leviathan wearing the hides of the creatures who slaughtered their town.

>>36673793
>like fairies

Damn Fey

>>36673414
>Reinhold doesn't actually do anything to stop the wyverns
>He just goes around Cateno, apologizing and laying a cupcake by any corpse he finds

>>36673810
Neat.

>>36673793
>Possible ascended rabbit
>Possible
I'm almost waiting for her to reveal with a magical stunt and transformation to defend Elena at some point.

Tina voice is probably just a sort of bizarre extension of our own senses rather than a full independent character.

Wasn't there at least one more race like the Kitsune mentioned somewhere?

somewhere there might exist a lamiabrarian

>>36673903
>Wasn't there at least one more race like the Kitsune mentioned somewhere?
Akemi and Masaharu.

I really need to dredge up the thread listing the assorted intelligent races. We have humans, dragons, elemental spirits, kitsune, and ascended animals at least.

"Alright," you sigh. "I can't have you following me around like this, it's too dangerous."

The look on the little girl's face when you say that is one of pure betrayal.

"I'll be good, I promise!" she begs. "Please, I wanna stay with you!"
"I came here to fight those Leviathans," you say, "and you're only going to get hurt if you stick by me while I do that."
"But..." her eyes start to water up. "...but..."

You've been around long enough to know what's coming next.

"Tell you what," you say. "I rode a Wyvern over here, do you know what those are?"
"Uh-uh," she shakes her head.
"It's like one of these," you say, kicking the Leviathan corpse that's filling the street, "but they can fly."
"Y... you're gonna feed me to it!?"
"What!?" you stare at her. "No!"


>tell her where it is and to go hide by it
>carry her out there and then head back into the town

>>36674008
>>carry her out there and then head back into the town

>>36674008
>>carry her out there and then head back into the town
Don't want her to get nabbed on the way there.

>>36674008
>tell her where it is and to go hide by it
"Don't go to near it thought they're wimps and'll probably run off if you spook it."

>>36674008
>Just send her to the goddamn brothel.

>>36674008
>tell her where it is and to go hide by it

>>36673981
There are pixies on the western continent, insect monsters on the southern one, probably mermaids too.

Vampires exist but they're just the victims of a curse.

Then you get the demons which are a peculiar type of elementals, and the contractors and devil children which are created thanks to them.

>>36674008
>carry her out there and then head back into the town

>>36674042
"Don't go near it, period."

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>>36674008
>carry her out there and then head back into the town
we run pretty fast, I'm sure it would be a quick trip then we can go all jackie chan on the leviathans

>>36674046
I'm beginning to think this is the answer.
At the very least, we go pick her up when this is over.

>>36674008
>"Y... you're gonna feed me to it!?"
... The fuck is wrong with people in this town?

>>36674008
>"Y... you're gonna feed me to it!?"
>"What!?" you stare at her. "No!"

>MuhSides.jpg

We should have learned Luci's stone coffin spell.
We could keep the civilians all safe.
Traumatized, but still safe.

>>36674084
Welcome to poverty. It isn't pretty.

>>36674008
carry her out there and then head back into the town
Just take her to the edge of town and point her in the right direction. that will be far enough inland she shouldn't have to worry about more Leviathans. Just possibly Town assholes.

Also this is a very obvious loaded scenario.

I guarantee we're going to end up getting a family killed or making things worse just because we took the time to mess around with this one, stupid kid. That is what all of this is setting up.

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>>36674084
This town is the asshole of the country. think robocop detroit levels of shit.

>>36674008
>Take her to the brothel.
We don't have time to leave the town, we know the Boss can watch a kid for a short period of time, and so help us god if he doesn't we will beat him down on the spot.

>>36674084
In fairness she just saw a bunch of people get eaten by leviathans.

>>36674093
Wasn't that a failed armor spell that prevented the person it was cast on from breathing while slowly crushing them.

>>36674008
>tell her where it is and to go hide by it
Only eats birds and small sheep, you're not fluffy enough to be a sheep.

>>36674130
I seem to remember that the boss is already dead. Didn't Citrine say he died not too long after Rein left? It might've been when we first met her in the earlier threads.

>>36674115
If that family is killed, then they're free from further suffering.
Only the dead know peace from Cateno.

>writing

>>36674008
>tell her where it is and to go hide by it
assuming we know the saddle etc. is big enough, tell her we'll meet her there when the Leviathans are dead and take her somewhere better.

we only accompany her as far as is needed to be confident she doesn't get blindsided by another monster, otherwise we need to get back to work ASAP lest we miss someone else in peril

goddamn captcha

>>36674130
Inb4 Boss is dead and Spinny's running the asylum.

>>36674184
Nah, she just said he was depressed after we left and kept ranting about how we would have made us his successor.

>>36674184
He's not dead, he just had plans in the event of his death.

>>36674184
No. She said she didn't know.

>inb4 it was all a con and orphan girl steals our wyvern

>>36674253
If an eight year old is ballsy enough to pull of grand theft dragon, well, she's fucking earned it.

>>36674115
It's a little hard to make a call on what to do when we have no idea how long it'd take to TURBO our way out of the danger zone with us and point her the rest of the way versus sending her from here unaided

Or how far from the water itself is safe from the Leviathans

>>36674282
Clearly the main character this quest deserves.

>>36674332
So.. if Rein dies we get to play as her? Sounds good.

>>36674056
There are also fairies, which are native to the eastern continent.

They live symbiotically with flowering plants, giving them increased hardiness in exchange for their use of the plant's photosynthesis and piggybacking their offspring on the seeds of said plants. One plant can only bond with one fairy ever, so they'll often fight over the prettiest flowers because that's what they like.

Fairies that are bonded to normal plants are universally female, and only grow to the size of a small doll. But in the event of a bonding with a tree, the fairy can end up growing to the size of a human, at which time they're then called dryads.

The only time you'd see a male of the species is in the event that they were born from the seed of a plant that actually differs from male/female. In such a situation, they're capable of sexual reproduction with female fairies but it's generally not done.


>back to writing

>>36674354
Huh, interesting. I could have sworn these fairies were from the western continent though.

>>36674117
So...modern Detroit?

I forget, can the ascended animals take on a human form? I seem to remember nekomata being brought up as an example and I'm not sure if I'm just misremembering.

>Birthday PGQ
Woo!
Suffering is the greatest present of all

"You know what," you sigh, "I don't have time for this.

Having grown tired of trying to explain things to this little girl, you simply pick her up in your arms and start running in the direction of the city limits.

"Whwhwhwhatareyoudoing!?" the little girl shrieks, surprised by your unexpected actions.
"It's faster this way," you reply. "Now stop talking, you'll bite your tongue."

With that, you chant the incantation for Tailwind and race out of the town as fast as you can manage.

>[1/?]

>>36674436
yes some of them can foxes and cats in particular we met a kitsune (ascended fox) who was queen of a kingdom.

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>>36674423
Archelon already has a promotion lined up for the VN kickstarter.

>>36674436
yep

>>36674461
Inaba route stretch goal

>>36674442
Happy birthday anon. Your present is an orphan girl who is definitely not going t die.

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>>36674457
I remember foxmom from Namek
I wasn't sure if kitsune were their own thing or ascended animals. If the latter, then presumably you can have adorable hybrids with any ascended animal, or maybe you can do that regardless.

>>36674453
Alright little girl, we've officially saved you, now don't somehow un-save yourself before we get back.

>>36674480
She'll be fine.

I'm not so sure about everyone else in the entire damned town that Arnaud asked us to evacuate.

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>>36674501
they are ascended

>>36674442
Congratz on your trip around the sun, Anon.

>>36674480
It doesn't have much effect if it's someone we just met. Citrine's story was so bad because we had at least some familiarity with her character. Some random urchin though? Tough luck kid.

>>36674506
We shouldn't be carting her all the way out of town, just to the edge and then telling her if she waits near the Wyvern and we'll take her someplace she gets to have her own sodding bed.

>we finish killing off the leviathans
>go back to the wyvern
>the entire town is blocking the way and begging us to take them with us

>>36674442
Happy birthday.

>>36674537
I agree. It's too bad everyone voted for it.
>you chant the incantation for Tailwind and race out of the town as fast as you can manage.

Pretty sure we're supposed to evacuate others before ditching the place.

>>36674480
Yay!
>>36674488
Yay!

Hopefully, we won't fuck anything up in this thread, besides the Leviathans.

>>36674545
>>36674523
Thanks, Anons.

>>36674480
>definitely not going to die.
We're leaving an eight year old street urchin alone in the woods next to a town full of rapists and murderers, many of whom are fleeing for their lives. And the wyvern is barely less afraid of her (annoying it) than she is (of it eating her). Yeah, this is totally not a recipe for disaster.

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>>36674595
Truly, birthday pgq is the best kind of pgq.

Now let's hope leaving the town doesn't result in shit getting fucked.

>>36674453

Stopping a few yards away from the Wyvern, you let the little girl down onto the grass.

"Stay right here, okay?" you say, patting her on the shoulder. "I'll be back when I'm done fighting those monsters."
"B... but..." she clings to your pant leg as she eases away from the lesser dragon.
"That's a good one, it won't hurt you," you sigh. "And I -promise- to come back to get you, so be a good girl and stay here, okay?"

Reluctantly, she lets go of your clothing.

"But..."
"Look," you point at the resting Wyvern. "That thing's my ride home. And you're right here by it, right?"
"Uh-huh," she nods.
"So if -I- want to get home then I have to come back here, right?"
"I guess..."
"So you understand that I'm not trying to ditch you," you sigh. "Good."

As you prepare to race into Cateno for a second time, you hear the little girl mumbling something under her breath.

"Hm?" you glance back. "You say something?"
"...can I go home with you?" she asks. "I don't wanna hafta find a new box..."

It's like a suckerpunch right into your SOUL.


>[2/?]

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>>36674636
There was never any other choice, was there.

>>36674636
>It's like a suckerpunch right into your SOUL.

We're going to ascend to Guilt Elemental.

>>36674636
"Sucker punch to the soul", got me to laugh hard mate.

>>36674636
I can just imagine how we're going to pull this one off.

>"She followed me home. Can I keep her?"

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>>36674636
Our response better be "I get up in Cateno. I won't send you back to that hell hole."

>>36674636
So it begins.

>>36674636
>I don't wanna hafta find a new box...
Turtle! What do you get out of clawing at my heart?

>>36674636
Was it really gonna go any other way?

Imagine her face when she's waiting for us and it's an old swordie going Super Saiyan who shows up.

>>36674681
>"grew up"

And it's time for me to check out for the night. G' night OP.

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>>36674705
... We should probably give her a warning, huh. Maybe something for her to tell Arnaud?

>>36674681
>I get up in Cateno
Only when Spinelle makes him

>>36674636
>"Don't worry, I'll help you find a new box."

On a more serious note, we should probably tell her our name, and let her know not to worry when an old zappy guy shows up.

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>>36674703
it was inevitable Mr.Anderson

>>36674636
>[3/3]

"Uh..." you take a deep breath in an attempt to clear away some of the overbearing guilt that you feel. It doesn't work very well.
"Please?" she begs. "I'm quiet and I don't eat a lot and the restaurant lady taught me how to wash dishes that one time so I can do that too!"

Right now REALLY isn't the time to be making decisions like this...


>any last words to the little girl before you go?

>>36674770
Something along the lines of >>36674714 and >>36674725.

>>36674770
ask her name

>>36674770
"I'll see xhat I can do with the guy I came with. He's an old gentleman with a sword and his name is Mr Arnaud."

"I'm Reinhold. What's your name?"

>>36674770
No names have been exchanged yet, let's do that.

>>36674770
Say
>>36674681

>>36674770
I'll see what I can do...just stay near that lizard.

>>36674770
I grew up around here, if I can get you someplace better I will. I know this place is a hellhole.

>>36674770
We'll see about getting her a new box. A BIGGER box. With a bed, and a door. And maybe a job.

Mention we travelled with a guy called Arnaud, and we're Reinhold.

>>36674770
>>36674796
Yeah, ask name introduce ourselves and say we'll won't leave her homeless, but say Arnaud our boss will be back.

>inb4 Arnaud shuts down our plans of taking her with us and feels like a dick for the rest of the day

>>36674770
Cane we do a "Thumbs Up" to her?

>>36674770
Seconding these two options
>>36674796
>>36674807

>>36674770
We live in someone elses house, so we can't offer her a place there, but we can at least get her a place to live with actual bona fide walls rather than a box.

>writing

Now that we've got the loli we can go look out for the 4 year-old boy who looks suspiciously like us.

>>36674851
>Arnaud not adopting her himself on the spot so he and Reinhold can train the next Sword Saint

>>36674770
"Dont know about taking you with me, but damn sure not leaving you here."

>>36674750
That pic. My god, the feels. I don't have a reaction pic for this, and I have a huge file of them too.
I knew of children like that. I did what I could to save them. But I never got a happy ending like that. It haunts me to this day.

>>36674851
I'm comfortable we earnestly tried to get her safe within town and were foiled by MASSIVE ASSHOLES, and our last resort is telling her to wait here and we'll get her to an orphanage or something. Melon might be looking to replace a maid if she's figured out who's responsible for trashing our stuff who is definitely a maid and not an interloper who was ransacking our stuff and doing other minor things in the background before they pop out as a threat.

>>36674750
I'm glad that was a happy ending and not actually child kidnapping.

>>36674987
I can see that, get her a job as a maid.

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>>36674750
Holy fuck. I don't get feels easy but jesus christ.

>>36674942
It's a rare outcome. Saving poor children is a middle-class fantasy but reality is more complex.

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>>36675085
I keep trying. One couple in my church did succeed in saving a child and had adopted him. If they did, I know I still have a chance to do so as well. The best I was able to do was give a couple of orphans a Christmas after their parents pulled a murder-suicide. I do not know what happened to them after word.

>>36674750
Oh boy, it's nurse-kun all over again.

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>>36675163
small things like that count the most

"I..." you place your hand on your forehead, "I'll have to run by things with the guy that I came here with," you say.
"You didn't come here by yourself?" she looks kind of confused. "Who's the other person, is he nice like you?"
"His name's Arnaud, and yeah he's really nice," you reply. "We came here to take care of those Leviathans, and he's way stronger tha-"

BOOM

A loud crack of thunder resounds from the city, accompanied with a flash of light.

"...that was probably him just now," you say.
"Wow..." she gasps.

>[1/?]

>>36675133

Is that Basilisk?

>>36674750
The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

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>>36675163
Fucking hell man.

i think it's time for a for a few shots of medicine.

>>36675188
Truth is stranger than fiction

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>>36675185
did he finish killing them all already?

>>36675185
Arnaud's killing all the Leviathans while we sit here talking to a little girl, we need to get our priorities straight.

We need to get back to that, like now. This would be an ideal cue to say see ya later, gotta help out

>>36675164
I wonder what happened to him.
>>36675185
Go Arnaud!

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>>36675241
but anon
little girls are our priority

>>36675271
Last we heard he posted something on tg about her being fine and them playing 40k.

>>36675271
He stopped posting to protect his identity and shit not long after the abortive friend code thread; I think an Anon identified him in a public park and said hi which spooked him into realizing he had to be more careful. More recently (like a year or two later I think) he posted a brief update on /tg/ that they had achieved Good End, more or less.

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>>36675185

"But don't worry," you say, "I'll make sure that you don't have to go back to sleeping in a box at the very least."
"Really!?" she gasps. "Thank you so much, um..." she trails off.
"I'm Reinhold," you reply.
"Thanks, Reinhold!" she says with a beaming smile. "My name's Carina!"
"Well I'll be seeing you later, Carina," you say, smiling back at her.

You turn towards Cateno, and your smile slowly fades away. It's time to get back to business...

>[2/3]

>>36675300
...wow. We picked all the death flags for Reinhold, didn't we?

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>>36675300
time to fuck shit up

>>36675342
>Daughter
But yeah I just had the same thought.

>>36675300
she is our kid with the whore who raped us

>>36675342
>>36675356
>>36675366
I am pretty sure Arch outright stated that he wouldn't pull something like that on us.

>>36675342
>>36675356
Arch already dispelled this thought a long time ago.

>>36675366
She's what eight? How old is rein now? If she's Reins he'd have seen the whore showing a bit before he left.

>>36675366
Does that mean Spinelle is dead? I know she wouldn't abandon Reinhold's child if it was a boy, but I'm not sure if she would if it was a girl.

>>36675300
>Carina is Rein's daughter
>Spinelle's still around
Is it time to get the pop corn out?

>>36675400
Rein is around 16 now I think. He was around 8 when it started. The numbers are plausible.

>>36675297
That was 2008.

>>36675420
Yeah, but of all the guys she banged what are the odds it'd be Reinhold's daughter?

>>36675420
But he didn't leave the whore house until like 3 years ago. He would have known if she was prego.

>>36675420
Not really, otherwise he'd have known about it, she'd have to be 5 or 4

>>36675420
No because it is only 4-5 years since he left the brothel. He would have seen Spinelle being pregnant if the kid is hers.

>>36675442
100%.

>>36675420
Generally speaking eight year olds can't father children.
Plus she was a whore so determining the father of her kid would be near impossible.

>>36675420
Reinhold is 17, and Spinelle raped him during a period spanning from him being 7 to 12, afterwards he fled Cateno and joined the army. It's possible that he got a 4-5 years old kid but that's highly improbable, joking aside.

Obviously he would have noticed if Spinelle was pregnant back when he lived with her. And he was probably not fertile for most of the thing.

God I feel dirty talking about this.

>>36675459
We just need to find the one guy in town with purple hair, duh.

>>36675300
>[3/3]

You wasted too much time with Carina. Not that you regret saving her at all, but you came out her to do more than kill a single Leviathan and save a single girl. That's right, you're here to kill a very specific LEviathan.

...and to save lots of people. Of course.

Continuing to pick up speed as you reenter the city limits, your ears are assaulted by a cacophony of noise. In the distance by the river, you hear more thunder... and elsewhere you hear the sound of crashing buildings and then there's also the sudden screams of the villagers...


>head to the thunder
>head to the crashing buildings
>head to the screaming peoples

>>36675465
Then we dive into the whole area of less natural things like the supernatural, magicy stuff.

>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples
Let's find more lolis to save!

>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples
Gotta do what we were told to do.

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>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples
save them all Rienhold

>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples
We still have a damn job to do.

>>36675473
>Grudgingly head to the screaming people.

>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples

INTO THE THICK OF THE SLAUGHTER

>>36675473
Screams.
The thunder is already dealing with things, and collapsing buildings sans screams are already either empty or beyond help.

>>36675430
Christ almighty, that makes me feel old.
I remember waiting on the original threads.

Hope she's doing well.

>>36675473
>>head to the crashing buildings

>>36675473
>>head to the screaming peoples
Gotta adopt... eh, I mean save them all

>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples

>>36675524
To be fair, the crashing buildings is probably a bunch of leviathans building a nest in preparation to spawn. We should check it out eventually.

>we get to the place where everyone is
>most of the brothel recognizes us
>everyone else conclude that we're a regular there

>Rein wades in to discover a plethora of dead children.

You saved one and failed the many. Now does he focus this into love and dedication to make sure our new found orphan has a great life? Or treat her with bitter resentment so that she wishes she had just found a new box?

>>36675473
>head to the screaming peoples

>>36675526
No. We learn our goddamn lessons. We kill things attacking them and generally protect their escape as we yell at them to move inland.

>>36675473
>>head to the screaming peoples

>>36675566
Yes, of course, but we prioritize people in immediate danger who are still alive enough to scream and thus most likely to be capable of evac'ing. This is a triage situation.

>writing

>>36675524
Me too man, me too.
I want to believe it was real and they're doing okay.
Maybe one day he'll do an update somewhere if someone talks about it where he can see it.

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The thunder is more likely than not Arnaud, and he definitely doesn't need your help. And the sound of the crashing buildings... though that's probably another Leviathan wrecking the town, the lack of screams coming from that direction suggests that everyone's already been evacuated from over there.

That or they're all dead.

That leaves the aver-growing sound of the screaming villagers... they're the ones who you're here to protect, and you're going to save them all.


>[1/?]

Welp, I've done it. I've powered through the entirety of the archive in a span of two days with no sleep, and now that I have achieved my goal I shall go pass out. Thanks Arch for running the quest and I hope that you have a good morning/day/night/etc.

>>36675856
>and you're going to save them all.
Dammit Reinhold, what have I told you about setting up deathflags for the people you're trying to save?

>>36675856
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2WEq2QOt-E

>>36675888
Well done, welcome to the fold. One thing before you pass out: Who is best girl?

>>36675888
Holy shit, you could've paced yourself at the very least. There's no point in killing yourself...

thanks tho

>>36675888
>Anon has finished the whole archive in 2 days
Well shit, I didn't think that was possible! Good job!

>>36675888
You're a mad man, congratulations on making it this far.

>>36675856


There's the market where you and Citrine would go shopping every week, she'd always get you those cookies that you liked.

And there's the alley where you emptied the entrails of that miserable fuck who punched her all over the street. The stray dogs had a feast that night.

You continue to race along, passing by familiar scenery that you'd never expected to see again. Though most of the memories they hold are awful, you still have no intention in allowing those monsters to destroy this place.

Even though you kind of want to. Just a little.

>[2/?]

>>36675911
I'll have to do it myself again if I want to look for these elusive clues.

Fuck me.

>>36675931
>[2/2]

"Out of the way!" a woman screams.
"Back off or I'll break your legs!" another one yells.

You come skidding to a halt as you find your path blocked off by dozens of oncoming villagers.


>ask someone for information
>run in the direction that they're coming from

>>36675963
>run in the direction that they're coming from

>>36675963
>>run in the direction that they're coming from

>>36675963
>>run in the direction that they're coming from
Trying to talk with them is a waste of time. Espcially since they could have easily trampled someone in their panic behind them.

>>36675907
Every girl is best girl, just in different aspects.

>>36675963
>run in the direction that they're coming from
Fuck em we got killing to do.

>>36675963
>run in the direction that they're coming from

>>36675963
>run in the direction that they're coming from
Shit is urgent and if people are willing to trample each other they won't stop to answer questions.

>>36675911
Honestly I don't know anyone who doesnt catch up to a quest thread like that

>midnight
>one more thread
>check clock
>4:00am
>fuck

>>36675963
>run in the direction that they're coming from

>>36675977
Good answer, good answer. Nico still best best girl though

>>36675963
>run in the direction that they're coming from
Trying to talk to a bunch of panicked low-lifes won't help, might aswell go where the action is.

>>36675977
No no no, you're doing it wrong. You're supposed to insult my waifu and proclaim yours as best. God, how can you be this new?

I agree

>writing

Remember, people: If we get groped, we just have to think about the nice picnic waiting for us and not start considering that it might be Spinelle at the end of the arm.

One of these days we need to sit down and try to actually talk with our sword.

>>36676258
Could be worst than that. We might find Spinelle about to be eaten by a Leviathan and we get to choose to either let her die or save her. That save Leviathan is the same one to killed Citirne's parents.

>>36676268
If we succeed we could make a ventriloquist act with Reinhold and his magical talking sword.

There's no sense in wasting time trying to get information from these people, you're just as likely to get trampled by them as find out anything of worth. Instead, you duck into an alley, then leap from wall to cramped wall until you make it to the rooftop.

As you continue your trek from an elevated position, you can't help but glance down at the fleeing villagers. Though you made a special point to avoid that place on the way here, there's no doubt in you mind as to what lies in the direction that they're running.

The brothel.


>[1/?]

>>36676268
>"Huh... Hello, crystal? Listen, I'm very thankful for that one time with the shed, but I'd like what exactly is your deal."
>"Over Shine? Is that you? What are you talking about?"

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>>36676287
pic related


>>36676303
pfff

>>36676287
RAILROADING

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>>36676287
Incoming PTSD

>>36676303
I want to see a drawfag get on this

>>36676303
>"Curse! What are you doing in my head, you whoreson?"

>>36676287
>inb4 its a orphanage. Boss and Spinelle felt so guilty after Reinhold left they joined the faith and converted the brothel

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>>36676335
>implying Spinelle has a soul

>>36676340
You have no idea as to how upset I am. I wanted those shades to land on a turtle.

>>36676335
>bonus DLC

>>36676287
>there's no doubt in you mind as to what lies in the direction that they're running.
>The brothel.
All of them?
What's the fucking capacity of that place?
Was it 2-for-1 Tuesday or something?

>>36676372
Spinelle has been trying to fill the hole ever since rein left.

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>>36676359
>Niklaus invents a device to see how close someone is to soul ascension
>"by my estimations she'd have to wait until the next ice age"

>>36676368
Deal with it.

>>36676372
The town layout is just that bad, you always end up in front of the brothel.

>>36676378
She should try cakes.

>>36676378
It's one hell of a big hole.

>>36676395
Well Reinhold was a pretty big guy in Spinelle's life.

>>36676287
DUN DUN DUUUUN

>>36676395
I was always lead to believe it was child sized.

>>36676413
So you're saying she could fit a whole kid in there?

>>36676287
>[2/2]

So they're trying to seek shelter over there? While that does seem like a good idea at first thought, you very much doubt that that bastard will actually allow them inside, disaster or no. Not to mention that there's no way in hell that they'll all be able to fit in there.

<ahead>

That's right, you need to focus on what's ahead. Personal traumas and all that unpleasantness crap can wait until you make it...

...to...

Your rooftop stroll is stopped by the deafening roars of another Leviathan. This one's a fair amount larger than the one that you just killed, and it seems to be staring at the ground.

Oh no.

Her back against the only intact wall of a ruined building, a woman screams for help as the monster reels back.


>swoop down to the rescue
>draw its attention with a longrange attack
>[OTHER]

>>36676441
>draw its attention with a longrange attack

>>36676441
>>draw its attention with a longrange attack

>>36676441
>>draw its attention with a longrange attack
We aint bird enough for swooping.

>>36676441
>draw its attention with a longrange attack
More light blades

>>36676441
>swoop down to the rescue
we move fast enough

>>36676441
>draw its attention with a longrange attack

>>36676441
>draw its attention with a longrange attack

maintain the high ground

>>36676441
>[OTHER]
Bash the fucker hard while it's focused on her, don't leave her in the crossfire between us and it if it chooses to retaliate

>>36676441
We need some battle music in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaNFO3EDw4

>>36676441
>draw its attention with a longrange attack
"Fight me you overgrown eel!"

>writing

>>36676441
>draw its attention with a longrange attack
Sword throw attack!

>>36676533
Wait... did we just choose to draw its attention while standing on top of crushable buildings with people probably hiding inside?

>>36676537
Where were you when we were deciding our plan of attack, great Alexander?

>>36676568
Maybe?

>>36676568
Yes, apart from tge people inside part. They were probably a part of the group we saw before.

>>36676584
Unless anyone in the building was old, frail or crippled.

>>36676599
Or just assholes who boarded themselves in and refused to grant others entry

>>36676599
>implying you can survive in Cateno if any of these applies to you

>>36676599
Sometime you have to crack a few eggs to kill all the bad eggs

>>36676607
The Boss can't be much of a spring chicken anymore, can he?

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"Raising my sword before the coming shade," you chant as you draw back your sword, "its glint is the final glimmer of light before twilight's wake!"

Swinging your sword as hard as you can, you launch a wave of light from your lengthened blade at the apex of your swing. Your attack flies true, crashing into the Leviathan just as it's about to devour its helpless victim.

Though it doesn't seem as if your attack was able to pierce its armored hide, the feeling of utter shock that anything in this town would dare to attempt to harm it is enough to draw its attention away from the woman who it had cornered and towards you.


>[1/?]

>>36676630
The instant his pimp hand would weaken the prostitutes would eat him alive.

>>36676665
>I'm now imagining an old Boss with one absurdly toned and muscled arm, trained from a lifetime of pimping

>>36676684
Final boss

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>>36676684
Accurate portray of the Boss.

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>PGQ
>Wakfu KS digital rewards released
Today's shaping up pretty nicely

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>>36676664


"That's right!" you shout as the monster searches for what could have hit it. "I'm right here!"

While you taunt the sea serpent, the woman who you prevented it from eating slowly rises to her feet and ducks into an alley a few buildings away. Though she's pretty far, you're pretty sure that you recognize her as Emeraude, one of the girls from the brothel.

But there's no time for reminiscing, as this gigantic sea serpent is staring you down with a single yellow eye...

"So it was YOU," you growl as your lips curl into a mad grin. "So I was right to come here after all..."


>[2/?]

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>>36676784
kill them all

>>36676784
STANDING HEEEEEEEERE

>>36676784
>inb4 we fail horribly and die

>>36676816
>and stranded you in this hellhole.
>you
>BURN IT ALL DOWN

>>36676816
dead fault its ass
then magic sword it

>>36676816
Awwwww, Tina asked a question for the first time.

>battle plans?
Iron modo, throw beamswords at eye, walk up and start hacking?

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>>36676816

>Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering leviathan; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned leviathan! Thus, I give up the sword!

>>36676816
Damage its other eye to blind it.

>>36676816

MURDERISE'EM

>>36676816
Go for the other eye from range

>>36676816
Aim for the eye

>>36676816
Dead Fault seemed to work last time, and it's already half blind so try and take advantage of that?

>>36676784
>[3/3]


This thing in front of you, it's the one that destroyed Citrine's boat and killed her parents and stranded her in this hellhole. The direct cause of all her woes for the better part of the past decade.

<kill?>

"Yeah," you nod. "Kill."


>battle plans?

>>36676816
>Go for it's other eye with twilight wake, then, rapid stikes with deadline fault. Once it is weak and blinded, go in for the <Kill>.
>Also <kill?>
Was that the voices in reinhold's head asking him that?

>>36676816
Time to unleash the dragon.

>>36676864
>Was that the voices in reinhold's head asking him that?
Yep.

It should also be noted that the <ahead> was likely referring to the serpent destroying further ahead of us, rather than affirming to look ahead in our life.

>>36676861
Relinking
>>36676855

>>36676861

destroy the anus

>>36676861
>I am the bone of my sword

>>36676861
>battle plans?
The ten or so posts linking to the one you deleted.

>>36676842
>>36676855
>>36676846
These,
Also try to stay in its blind spot when not attacking.