>>36887369
"Let your brother speak, dear." Just to subtly troll him.

>>36887369
>>Go ahead and talk to him.

>>36887369
>Go ahead and talk to him.

>>36887369
>Go ahead and talk to him.
But if he's gonna start whining about stealing his thunder (or lightning in his special case), the feed's going off.

Bets on Masunaga being pissed that we stole the rodeo, the girl, and his glorious hair?

>>36887369
Don't we have his ex girlfriend on the ship? have her show up and talk to him

>>36887369
>Go ahead and talk to him.
But the moment he starts going on about Artesia putting herself in danger and outing both of them like that tell him he had his chance but was too busy being dark and brooding.

The world ain't gonna un-fuck itself here, so we're being proactive.

>>36887561
This is a good point. First long distance comm we receive from him and you'd think he'd at least see how Natalie is doing.

>>36887561
ex-wife and his wingmates. We've set Ridden up for his counterattack early. Probably sooner if we goad him. He'll singlehandedly take Space Germany's doom fort.

Seems like telling Artesia to go right ahead and talk to the man wins.
>Writing

>>36887644
I don't think he and Natalie were ever actually married. But yeah, we've got everyone who's even the slightest bit important to him on this ship.

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ack, I'm late! I saved this for you, though, KoH!

>>36887680
"The man called you from..." your voice falters, uncertain. "From wherever he is. Might as well talk to him."

Artesia seems to ponder the matter for a moment. Haman glares angrily at the screen, remaining silent.

"Very well," Artesia agrees. "So, Casval, I assume if you took the trouble to contact me. What for?"

Char, or Casval, or whatever he wants to call himself, straightens his uniform as he notices the tension in the air on your end of the call. He makes sure not to make eye contact with Haman, focusing entirely on his sister.

"With that major event in Dakar," Char explains, "I figured it would be beneficial to share information, plans, that sort of thing."

"You called me to share intelligence?" Artesia sighs. "Fine. What do you need to know, and what do we need to know?"

"I listened to your speech," Char continues. "Am I to understand that you are separating yourselves from the Titans?"

"Seems that way," Haman quips. "Very perceptive of you."

Artesia shushes Haman with one hand. "They probably don't feel too great about us now. Why?"

"So what faction are you planning to join now?"

>Probably staying in the EFSF
>Maybe join the Republic
>I was thinking we'd do our own thing
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them
>Other

>Sorry that took a bit

>>36887994
>>Probably staying in the EFSF
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them

>>36887994
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them

>>36887994
"Our plans are not set-in-stone. We're taking the wait-and-see approach until things settle down enough for the lines in the sand to be drawn."

"What, do you have a job offer, Johnny?"

>>36887994
>I was thinking we'd do our own thing
It's worked fairly well for us so far. We work fine with other groups when the situation calls for it, but ultimately we're pretty much our own independent faction at this point.

>>36887994
>Probably staying in the EFSF
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them
Stick with the EFSF if possible, it's important that we frame this in terms of loyal EFSF soldiers verses the treasonous Titans. Makes for much better PR than joining another group. But we should still cultivate a relationship with the nascent AEUG, incorporate them into our structure if we can, and have an out if the EFSF becomes too compromised to work with.

>>36887994
>Probably staying in the EFSF
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them

>>36887994
>Maybe join the Republic

>>36887994
>Probably helping the EFSF
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them
>Other
"Honestly, we're keeping our options open for the moment to see what comes out of our announcement."

>>36888151
this

>>36887994
>Probably helping the EFSF
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them

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>>36887994
>Probably staying in the EFSF
>There may be a new faction forming in Dakar, we may work with them

>>36887982
>muh'quve

my sides

>>36887994
“I dunno,” Artesia admits. “Unlike some people we may know, I know how and when to listen instead of speaking.”

Ouch. Char winces visibly at the not-so-subtle rebuke.

Karen steps in before Haman gets the chance to add insult to Artesia's injury. “We've been keeping our options open, for now. It's what's worked for us in the past.”

“And we can't commit to one faction just yet anyway, Johnny,” you add as Char sighs loudly. “I think staying with the EFSF is an option, and there's a new faction forming... Karaba, I think?”

“And if all else fails,” Carya concludes, “we're capable of going it alone. After all, we don't even know which factions will still be there next week, let alone by the time Titans or Mars make their respective moves.”

“Fair,” Char agrees, “but it may not be enough. There's been enough division in the wake of your little stunt that it may be difficult to build relations with any of the major players who are left. It would pay to begin that sort of planning soon.”

>Which faction are you planning to join?
>What about Natalie and Miss Mineva? Are you concerned for them at all?
>How about joining us?
>Write in

>>36888388
>>What about Natalie and Miss Mineva? Are you concerned for them at all?

>>36888388
>>Which faction are you planning to join?
>>What about Natalie and Miss Mineva? Are you concerned for them at all?
>>How about joining us?

>>36888388
>Which faction are you planning to join?

>>36888388
>Which faction are you planning to join?
>>36888504
Ridden plz no.

>>36888388
>What about Natalie and Miss Mineva? Are you concerned for them at all?
>Which faction are you planning to join?
Rhetorical question, but depending on his answer, he might have some insight on where the battle will be thickest.

>Write in
Although the primary concern at this point are the Titans, there's also the matter regarding our unfinished business with the Principality remnants.
I just can't help but think they might use this schism as an opportunity to undermine... well, both Feds and Titans simultaneously, if given the chance. Everyone would be too distacted to pay any attention to them.

>>36888388
>Which faction are you planning to join?
followed by
>What about Natalie and Miss Mineva? Are you concerned for them at all?
at the end of the conversation. Sort of a "You want to talk to them, man? It's been a while."

>>36888388
"There may be a third option. The Principality Remnants."

"That was a joke. If worst comes to worst, I have a big enough stick and enough connections to force them in-line long enough for the showdown with Axis. Plus, facing a common foe will unite these imbeciles or break them."

>>36888516
what I do not want to deal with him dropping shit on earth

>>36888579
Char won't. He's too busy scheming up ways to off Panini for killing his kid.

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>>36888663
He'll have to get in line. Haman's got dibs on him first.

>>36888388
“Well, Manfred,” you muse aloud, prompting a loud groan, “I was actually thinking about the Principality remnants.”

It takes nearly ten whole seconds for Char to catch your drift. He can't feel on his end that behind your carefully controlled face you're joking, but your friends can.

“They always have been reliable,” Rosse points out.

The Sisters have to stifle a giggle. “They've got such snappy uniforms, too.”

“I still have mine,” Haman adds.

Char's sunglasses slip from his nose as he leans forward at the screen. “I... you...”

Finally, it seems your grin convinces him that you were only kidding. “Fuck you, O'Hara.”

“Fuck you too, Mister Richtoffen,” you shoot back.

“So what faction are you courting?” Artesia asks after the laughter dies down.

Char retrieves his polarized glasses, pushing them back onto his face before brushing a stray strand of hair out of his face. “I was planning to join Karaba,” he explains.

“Why?” you ask, suddenly curious.

“Because Amuro Ray is planning to join.”

>Are you sure that's a smart idea?
>I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Rau.
>Why are you so obsessed with him? Your family is on this ship, your lover is on this ship, your old wingmates are on this ship.

>>36888711
Technically, ALL of us have dibs on Panini. He's just that big of a dick. Fucking Voight comes next no matter what after we've affixed Jamitov's head to the bow of our Nice Boat. One dick is enough to handle. Two dicks at once is manageable. Three dicks is asking to get raped.

>>36888812
>>Are you sure that's a smart idea?
>Why are you so obsessed with him? Your family is on this ship, your lover is on this ship, your old wingmates are on this ship.

>>36888812
>Are you sure that's a smart idea?
>Why are you so obsessed with him? Your family is on this ship, your lover is on this ship, your old wingmates are on this ship.

>>36888812
"Rau"? That doesn't make sense. Unless..does Gundam SEED exist as a work of fiction in the Shadows of Zeon universe? Please tell me it does, that would be hilarious if Tem Ray built the RX-78 because he was just some SEEDfag.

>>36888812
>Why are you so obsessed with him? Your family is on this ship, your lover is on this ship, your old wingmates are on this ship.
Admittedly, most of them are angry with you to some degree between disapproving and murderous, but you'd think you'd still want to stop by at least.

>>36888812
"Hear that, Artesia? Your bro has a mancrush. Don't worry, Char. You'll always have me as rebound."

"He likes long walks on the beach, drinking, and playing house."

>>36887982
I feel ashamed at the number of those I can't identify.

>>36888877
It's a running joke about Char clones, like calling him the Lightning Count several threads back or the Red Baron this time (because Char himself was styled loosely on Baron Manfred von Richthofen).

>>36888812
"And you know this how? Amuro is under house arrest guarded by a Titans detachment. Did Chan break him out?"

>>36888948
I know that, I've been following this quest since the beginning. I just mean that so far all of Dom's nicknames have been people he could actually know about. Why call him Rau all of a sudden unless there's a Rau Le Crueset filling a similar conceptual niche as Char for him to reference?

>>36888948
>Red Baron

I wonder what Char enjoys on his Tombstone.

You know if we actually join the new fraction being made and char does as well then the titans and the rest of the fractions that are causing trouble are kind of screwed. It would have us, our team, Char, and Amaro all on one side.

>>36888812
Something inside you immediately snaps for some reason. Your face doesn't show it, but each and every Newtype in the room (and there are a lot of them right now) seems to know. Even Karen takes a step back, and the image of ALICE on the screen flickers, reappearing somewhere off to the left.

You feel yourself smile. "Oh? And are you sure that's wise?"

"What do you mean?" Char asks, obviously confused.

"You seem awfully obsessed with this young man," you continue. "Your sister is here after having declared war on Titans before the Assembly, on television, and you haven't spared her a word of congratulations or even shown an interest in her safety. The girl who fell in love with you on Axis is here, and you haven't spoken to her at all. The woman who carried your child is here, and you haven't asked for her. Even the last living ZABI is on this ship, and it's not your concern."

"So what," you press as your knuckles pop ominously, "is so special about Amuro Ray?"

Char seemingly takes it in stride. "He's the one living man who truly understands me. Not Casval Deikun, not Char Aznable, not Quattro Bajeena: the true me, which only comes out in battle."

"So that's why you're running this time?" Artesia quietly concludes. "Because the weight of all your lies and facades have caught up with you."

"Yes," Char admits.

"When you're ready to move on, call me again," she replies. "Do you have a message for Natalie?"

"Tell her I'm sorry."

"Anything else to say?"

"Take care, Artesia."

The call ends abruptly, terminated on Char's end.

>Try to console Artesia: she could use a few carefully chosen words (write-in)
>Party. We need a distraction, and there's still some time before you reach the coast of North America.
>Do both.
>Other?

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>>36889290
>brb, acquiring caffeine

>>36889290
>Do both.
I think the people on this ship could use a comedy night, not enough laughs on this ship full of grim faces.

>>36889290
"You know what, fuck it. If Char is going to go off chasing Amuro, then I'll oblige him by sweeping his sister off her feet. I mean, how long HAVE you been on your feet without a proper drink of booze?"

>>36889290
>>Party. We need a distraction, and there's still some time before you reach the coast of North America.

>>36889290
>Do both.
"Maybe he's not wrong to chase after someone he thinks understands him. Hopefully he'll come around after he and Amuro exorcise the ghosts they keep being haunted by. Our paths will probably cross again and if needed we can always just hit him with a tranq dart and force him to sit down and have an actual conversation for a change."

>>36889290
>Do both.
"I'm sorry, Artesia. He's an ass, and you don't deserve to be treated that way. I think on some level he knows that. He called even his birth name of Casval Deikun a fake identity, but not Edward Mass. Not the name he wore when it was just you and him together as kids. He knows, Artesia, even if he won't acknowledge it. He knows you're worth more than any battle he could ever fight. Maybe someday he'll admit it to himself. And until that day comes, we'll be here for you. We're not so stupid as to ignore all the wonderfulness you have to offer. So come on. Let's all of us just enjoy ourselves for a while before we have to go back to being soldiers."

>>36889290
We all knew Char had a thing for Amuro. Now it's out in the open. We should order a wedding cake complete with a salmon pink Zaku-II wearing a tux arm-and-arm with the RX-78 in a wedding dress. The second tier down would have Zaku-IIs while the third layer would have 79s. Trolling Char would get her spirits up.

>>36889290
>>Do both.
do both, with writein from >>36889551

>>36889290
>Do both.
Technically, his call interrupted the party that's already underway, so carry on.

>Try to console Artesia: she could use a few carefully chosen words (write-in)
"He's going to be sorely disappointed if he finds out that Amuro's reason for going into battle may have changed since the last time they met face to face."
"Look, you've done all you can with your brother. You were already brought Amuro back into the saddle, so maybe it's fate that he'll knock some sense into him the old fashioned way."

>>36889290
“He's an ass,” you observe quietly.

“He is,” Artesia agrees. “Always has been, probably always will be.”

You shrug. “There was one name he didn't write off entirely as being a facade.”

“Edward Mass?”

“Bingo.”

Artesia spares you a sidelong glance. “You really think that wasn't an omission? 'Edward Mass' died a long time ago.”

“And became Char Aznable,” you remind her. “Who knows, maybe there's still some part of him that wants to go back to the way he was before the War.”

“And maybe Amuro is his key to getting there,” Haman adds. “I have to admit, as much as I hate the man even I'd like to see him fill his potential. What's disgusted me most is what he COULD have been, but chose not to be.”

The room remains silent until you clap your hands.

“Well, that's enough of that then!” you declare. “Who's up for a party?”

“I could go for a party,” Rosse admits.

Audrey nods quietly. “Hey, I won't complain. Captain?”

Karen shrugs. “If you're looking to me for permission, you've got it.”

The three Puru sisters, who have remained silent with Audrey the whole time, are clambering over Carya to suggest ideas. All three seem anxious to start partying as soon as humanly possible.

“We need cake!” Marida shouts.

“You could teach me to play 'Mario Kart', big bro!” Diana insists.

“Karaoke sounds like fun,” Cynthia adds.

>We need booze
>We need music
>We need party games
>We need (write in)

>>36889712
>We need a game of Twister

>>36889028
Obviously pepperoni and cheese!

>>36889290
>Console Artesia
Grab a bottle of booze and two glasses and inform Artesia that we will be taking a brief counseling session in her office.

"Your brother is a goddamn fucking idiot. Unfortunately for us, that's something that all men like him won't grow out of. If he's willing to die a dog's death over 'ideals' and a borderline homoerotic obsession with Amuro, then that's fine by me. What's more important here is you, Artesia. You have the brains, the willpower, and the mindset of seeing beyond what Casval is stuck seeing. Let it all out, milady. I wanna know how you truly feel about your brother."

>>36889712
>>We need party games

>>36889712
>>We need booze
>>We need music
>>We need party games

>>36889712
Truth or dare in the hot springs. We missed our chance during our bullut drop. What could possibly transpire with alcohol and a bunch of women?

>>36889712
>>We need music
>>We need party games

>>36889712
>>We need booze
>>We need music
>>We need party games
>> We need pillows

>>36889803
seconded

>>36889712
>We need (write in)
Okay, ALICE should set up the karaoke machine (she absolutely has to take a turn at some point, she is literally a Vocaloid) and get games up on the big screen. The Twins can handle booze, they're our connoisseurs there. Audrey on tunes, Rossweisse gets party food brought up. We'll go around inviting people from throughout the ship. The Purus have to be gophers, sorry girls. Artesia and Haman get to rest or help out as they see fit, they've had a busy day. We all did, but theirs involved making a public appearance in front of four billion people, so let's let them get off easy.

>>36889712
Alright, back from having dropped a wine glass on my own damn foot.

Give me 1d100, taking the worst of three.

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>36889917
inb4 1

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>36889917

nat 1 pls

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>36889917
Sounds painful.

>>36889939
Apparently it was.

>writing

>>36889939
Huh....

>>36889939
I AM BECOME DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS!

>>36889939

my kek is at maximum

>>36889949

curiously, is this life threatening?

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>36889939
We have THAT hangover again don't we. The one where the entire station of the La Vie en Rose felt during our layover.

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>>36889939

>>36889949
It's... a day. Probably still September. A quick glance at your watch tells you it's the 18th and oh god why does it hurt to move?

What were you... there was a party? It was a party, you think. On a ship.... the Nagato?

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Looking slowly around you reveals a royal mess in your quarters: clothing strewn haphazardly about the room, lampshades askew, towels on the floor. There's even a bra hanging from the damn ceiling fan.

Your ability to turn your head is limited, however, by your company. Present are the expected bodies that used to be your teammates: Audrey snores quietly, a bottle tucked under her arm, to one side. On the other is Carya and Catrina, both of whom are out cold. Haman is curled up with her, an empty bottle of whiskey nestled between their breasts. You eventually realize that your head isn't actually on a pillow: that's Rossweisse's belly. She seems to be the least out of it of your entire crew, stirring with a contented sigh and squirming a little.

More unexpectedly, you find that there are more bodies than that here. One of them has red hair...

... oh God, that can't be Karen? Oh sweet baby Christ on a motorcycle it is. And she's not wearing anything. It's actually not an unpleasant thing to wake up to in and of itself, but it's the implications that have you worried.

"ALICE?" you moan weakly, looking around you further. Laying across Karen on her belly you spot Artesia, her face planted firmly in Audrey's cleavage.

"ALICE?" you ask louder, surprise and a twinge of fear giving strength and clarity to your foggy mind.

Around your legs are a trio of similarly-sized figures, each in varying states of undress.

>If you sneak very quietly, maybe they won't wake up. You need to get clear of all this, come up with a plan.
>Oh who are you kidding, you're fucked anyway. May as well try and relax before Karen murders you: wouldn't do to die tired.
>Ask for ALICE again.
>Other

>>36889978
Possibly.

>>36890139
>>If you sneak very quietly, maybe they won't wake up. You need to get clear of all this, come up with a plan.

PANIC

"i am not a child molestor" /nixonvoice

>>36890139
>Bask

>>36890139
>Oh who are you kidding, you're fucked anyway. May as well try and relax before Karen murders you: wouldn't do to die tired.

>>36890139
>>If you sneak very quietly, maybe they won't wake up. You need to get clear of all this, come up with a plan.
>Ask for ALICE again.

>>36890139
>red hair
Could be Chris for all we know.

>Oh who are you kidding, you're fucked anyway. May as well try and relax before Karen murders you: wouldn't do to die tired.

>>36890139
Sit in the chair at our desk and wait for people to start waking up. I mean, shit. We're boned either way.

>>36890139
>>If you sneak very quietly, maybe they won't wake up. You need to get clear of all this, come up with a plan.

>>36890139
>Just enjoy these last few moments quietly.

What were the effects on everyone else on the Nagato?

>>36890139
"We need a bigger bed."

Dominic's Newtype power confirmed to be Unlimited Stamina Works. Or balls as limitless as the universe.

>>36890230

The Big Rang has nothing on Dom...

>>36890139
>If you sneak very quietly, maybe they won't wake up. You need to get clear of all this, come up with a plan.
Hope springs eternal.

>>36890139
>>Oh who are you kidding, you're fucked anyway. May as well try and relax before Karen murders you: wouldn't do to die tired.
>>Ask for ALICE again.

>>36890230
Well, we know Catrina is bi, and Haman and Rossweisse possibly are. So it's quite likely Dom wasn't working alone on this mission.

>>36890243
>>36890269
If Dominic isn't a Thrallherd, he missed one hell of a good opportunity. That's exactly the type of shenanigans a Thrallherd gets up to given enough time. Hell, at this rate, he's going to require a Megazord with a King Size XXXL bed in it to pilot from.

>>36890139
There were quite a few ways you thought you would go out when your time came. But this? This wasn't one of those. But you suppose you have to admit, there are plenty of worse ways to spend your last few minutes in the world of the living than being surrounded by beautiful, semi-naked women.

That state of calm is how Karen finds you half an hour later when she finally wakes up. After looking around, briefly disoriented, her eyes lock on you.

"You seem like you're enjoying yourself, Commander," she growls.

"This is the look of a man who has accepted his fate," you reply calmly, shutting your eyes. "I have lived as few men ever dreamed. I face my demise with no regrets."

Karen glanced down at Marida, Diana, and Cynthia, who are snuggled together somewhere around your knees.

"The hell is this?" she continues in a low voice.

>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?
>I have no idea, you'll have to ask them.
>I did not have sexual relations with those women.
>Other?

>>36890393
>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?

>>36890393
>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?
Let them sleep.

>>36890393
>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?

I want to do >I did not have sexual relations with those women. In the Clinton voice but man we don't even know.

>>36890393
>>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?

>>36890393
>>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?

>>36890393
>"The spoils of victory, m'lady."

But jokingly, of course.

>>36890393
>I wish I knew. Maybe ask if ALICE has any records available?
Maybe it was regular Twister game turned strip Twister after a few bottles, then everyone kept tacking on bonus points for creative poses and maximum contact with fellow players, and ALICE is still tallying the score up to now?

>>36890393
"Is that a rhetorical question or are you asking for another round... of drinks! DRINKS!"

"Karen, uh, about our relationship? I, uh, hope this doesn't complicate things anymore than they are. Rather, I should apologize for taking advantage of your nice butt when you weren't cognitive enough to enjoy it. I hope to rectify that at some point."

>>36890393

From appearences, Three quarters of Team Three. For anything more specific than that, you may have to ask ALICE, as the last I remember is suggesting that we all have a party...

Little O'Hara finally poked the Purus. I bet if we dig underneath the pile of bodies, we'd find a Yazan. Or an incredibly confused Banana.

>>36890393
“I was hoping you could tell me,” you admit quietly. “I can't remember anything after Char's call to Artesia.”

“Who's also here, I see,” Karen adds.

You nod to yourself, though the motion is a bit painful. It feels like your brain is trying to hammer its way out of your skull through your eyes, and you have to keep your eyelids shut to keep it from escaping.

“Maybe ALICE has visual records?” you suggest.

Karen carefully extricates herself from the pile, stumbling towards a nearby desk terminal.

“ALICE?” she groans. “Do you have anything like that?”

“Affirmative, ma'am,” ALICE replies, wringing her virtual hands nervously. “Would you... like to view them? Visual-only.”

“I would,” Karen growls. “I wanna know how this whole mess played out.”

ALICE's avatar nods. "Retrieving visual playback logs relevant to the night of September 17th and the morning of the 18th."

>Watch
>Don't watch
>It's not too late to sneak out
>Other

>>36890543
>Watch
We are at peace with our fate.

>>36890543
Cover Karen's eyes.

>>36890543
>>Watch

>>36890543
>Watch

>>36890543
>Watch
Let's at least know why we are going to die.

Even ALICE is nervous about playing this. Do you ever get that freshly fucked feeling?

>>36890640
We don't know it's bad for us. Maybe it's just bad for Karen.

>>36890543
>>Watch

>>36890670
>we don't know it's bad for us

Dude. We had an orgy with over half our effective mobile suit personal. It's going to be one of those months trying to sort out FEELINGS and EMOTIONS.

>>36890543
>Watch
We should at least know what we died for...

>>36890711
Did we? Maybe we only had an orgy with the half of the team we always orgy with. For all we know Karen had the orgy with Artesia and the Purus. We just stumbled into it after they had passed out, when we took the Battle Harem back to our room.

>>36890543
You figure that at this point, you could still very well die for whatever happened last night: and you want to know exactly what that was before you do. Make sure that it was worth it.

The first scenes were obviously from the ready room, where all your pilots and officers were gathered. Drinks are poured, singing breaks out. You made good on your promise to play Mario Kart with Diana, and it seems there were constant rotations set up on multiple screens for other games.

More singing. And then, a cake arrives: ice cream, by the look of it, shaped to look like the Assembly building. You hand the knife off to Haman, who shares the duty of cutting and serving the cake with Artesia, both young women shaking the whole time with hysterical laughter.

“Next sequence,” Karen orders.

“These were taken at 01:00 hours,” ALICE explains. It's the inside of the baths, where a slightly more intimate group apparently continued to drink. It seems like fun times, with some splashing and chatting. A game seems to break out, with Karen eventually standing in the water and walking to a figure with their back to the camera.

You eventually realize it's you.

“What...” Karen mutters as her image tackles your image to the wooden flooring, their lips locked in a fierce kiss. You see your arms flailing in surprise: you must not have thought she would do it.

The real Karen rests her head in her hands, and you can feel a sense of dawning realization. “I had to pick dare,” she growls to herself. “Now I remember... what am I doing now?”

Sure enough the scene had changed: your video doppleganger is still on his back, but Karen's image is doing something different to him. Holy shit, is she really doing what you think she is?

Karen touches her hands to her lips in surprise, honestly too stunned for words until the act on screen is nearly over. “Did I really?”

“Apparently,” you offer. “I don't remember any of this.”
>Continue watching
>Stop here

>>36890752
>Continue watching

Can't stop.

>>36890752
>Continue watching
ALICE, feel free to fast forward a bit, get us to the part where we all wind up in here.

>>36890752
>>Continue watching

>>36890752
"That must have been Artesia's dare..."

"Whatever happens, I want to say before you crack my neck with your delicious thighs, that I regret nothing. Next."

>>36890752
>Continue watching
Purupurupurupuru

>>36890752
>>Continue watching

>>36890752
So who awakened as a Newtype, Hearts?

Gentlemen I have come to the conclusion that Karen may have been sexually starved and frustrated.

>>36890848
Nah, couldn't be

>>36890848

MY GOD. It all makes sense now...
Dom had nothing to do with the mainly female crew...
It was All Karen. She subconsciously set a trail for Dom to unwittingly follow, and it all led to This moment.
She was a Newtype all along, just no-one realised how subtle she was... not even herself...

>>36890848
>>36890875
Karen was showing Dom a new method for consuming freeze pops.

>>36890752
“No sense stopping here,” you mutter half to yourself. “ALICE, you can skip ahead.”

“Aye, sir,” the AI agrees, fast-forwarding through quite a long series of increasingly lewd and or silly dares before reaching a segment set in your quarters.

What Karen sees stuns her even further. “Wow,” she mutters. “I... don't even know what to say about that.”

“You look like you're having fun,” you comment. “Whose hand is that, though?”

“Maybe Audrey,” Karen replies. “She has strong fingers like that.”

Finally, after what looks to have been about an hour worth of time-lapse, the critical moment: one of the clones, who you can't quite place the name of due to the poor resolution and lack of color, walks in from the other room in her pajamas.

“Who is that?” you ask ALICE quietly as one of the Puru clones stirs briefly around your leg.

“Cynthia,” ALICE replies after a brief moment where she no doubt compared the image to every image on file for the triplets.

The image of Cynthia seems taken aback, but approaches you with obvious determination. Words are exchanged as you cover yourself. Karen looks first at you, then at Cynthia, then back at you. Then she shrugs, saying something to you that causes the others to give you a little space. Cynthia slowly removes her pajamas: first the tops, followed by the bottoms. She eases closer to you, nervousness and tension suddenly apparent in her body language.

>I've seen enough
>Fast forward to the end
>Other

>>36890898
>Other
"ALICE, could you just summarize the rest for us? I'm scared to keep watching, but I need to know."

>>36890898
>>Fast forward to the end

>>36890898

Continue watching, write will, prepare for summary execution...

>>36890898
>Fast forward to the end

Cant stop now

>>36890898
>>Fast forward to the end

>>36890898
But Marida a best puru...

>>36890898
Hug Karen to you in mock fear for what we're about to witness. Ask her to close her eyes as she is too young to be watching this.

>>36890898
>watch it all
Um how old are the purus again?

>>36890898
"I'm not sure if I should congratulate her for being so forward or scold her for taking advantage of me while I was drunk so I couldn't remember. Damn, she has nice legs."

>>36890970
16+ p physical/mental.

But vat grown soo.

Huh. Thrall heard indeed.

>>36890970
Chronologically? Somewhere around four years old. Biologically they're sixteen. Mentally they're all over the place due to the mishmash of implanted and real memories in their heads, though trend towards closer to their biological age than their chronological.

>>36890898
Did Karen dare the Puru to experience Dominic's patented wild ride? Wow.

>>36890994
FINALLY. Someone else besides me realizes Dom is a Thrallherd. It explains so damn much. The entire crews near fanatical loyalty is the big giveaway.

>>36891007
It's her responsibility to give the Purus "The Talk" now then.

>>36890898
Your likeness waves off the others, who disappear into separate rooms: Haman and Carya into one, and the rest into another. When you and Cynthia are alone, you begin.

“You can fast-forward again,” you tell ALICE. “I want to see how this movie ends.”

From what you can tell from the video evidence you were gentle and tender with Cynthia, for a reasonably long time. And she seems... for lack of a more precise word, she seems blissful. As if she was completely happy and relaxed once the initial nervousness left her.

Finally, after cleaning up at what looks like Mach 5 on the tapes, you're rejoined by a bedraggled-looking Carya and Haman, as well as the rest of those who are currently laying all around you.

“So that's what happened,” you sigh. “Well, Karen?”

“Well what?” she asks.

“What happens from here?”

She shrugs. “Nothing. Nothing happens from here.”

“You... positive about that?” you ask tentatively.

“It seems I started it,” Karen explains. “Well, to be precise Artesia started it, but I agreed to it. And I can tell you weren't lying: you have no memory of any of that either, so it's hard to fault you after the fact.”

You let out a sigh of relief. “I was sure you were gonna kill me.”

Your captain shrugs at you. “Apparently I even enjoyed it. So who knows, maybe I'll send you on another suicide mission as an excuse to cut loose again.”

>Get up, try and prep for the coming mission briefing.
>Stay put for a while, wait for the others to get up.
>Start some coffee, but relax here for a while.
>Other

>>36891041
>>Start some coffee, but relax here for a while.

>>36891041
>Get up, try and prep for the coming mission briefing.
Take a shower. Between the sexual fluids and sweat and lying in big pile with nine other bodies all night, we have to reek at this point.

>>36891041
>>Get up, try and prep for the coming mission briefing.

>>36891041
>Start some coffee, but relax here for a while.

we'll need industrial amounts of coffee for everyone involved in last nights debauchery...

>>36891041
And this is gonna have to be the second to last post for the night: things to do tomorrow morning, and the exhaustion has set in.

Things will get back on track after Christmas with an encounter I had sketched out from the beginning and never got the chance to use... until now. Should be fun.

>>36891072
Is it the literal space Nazis? Please tell me it is. I've been so disappointed that we've had too many bigger threats to deal with to spend any time to interact with them.

>>36891085
Sadly no. It has to do with your ship's exit strategy after you reach North America.

Though the literal space nazis will make an appearance sooner or later.

>>36891041
"I just wish.. it wasn't this. If we're going to do it, then I want to make it memorable. Not a one-night drunken fling. Hell, Karen, I didn't even return the favor after you helped out Little O'Hara. So, yes, I want to make this right and have coitus together without alcohol clouding everything."

Wow. So who did Dom sleep with?

Beyond Karen and Cynthia.

>We fucked a Puru
God damn it, why can't we have nice things. Nice imouto things.

>>36891163
seemingly everyone but Marida and Diana...

>>36891178
Not just one. All of them if the nakedness and them clinging to our legs is any indication.

>>36891163
Carya//Catrina
Audrey
Haman
Rossweisse
Artesia
Karen
Cynthia (Puru 9)

Marida (Puru 12) and Diana (Puru 7) came in later to sleep closer to their sister.

I hope this is just a one time thing, I'm really not liking this turn of events

>>36891178
That's what a 1 got you: that roll was for exactly how out-of-hand things got that night.

In this case, it got as out of hand as it could possibly get at that point in time. Reviewing the evidence with Karen will have diffused some of the issues associated with it, but not all.

>>36891185
That's still seven people (well, eight, but the twins are a package deal). How has Dom not died from dehydration?

>>36891200
I'm not sure if I should apologize for rolling that one or not.

>>36891185
Good Christ. This just entered Rance levels of screwing.

>>36891197
There was alcohol. There was one guy amongst a horde of women. We rolled a 1 on inhibitions. It literally could not have gotten any worse/better depending on your perspective.

>>36891225
True, I guess it's better than choosing to waifu them. I just hope we can diffuse this enough that she isn't waifu'd

>>36891201
His testicles are Reality Marbles. Endless mana transfers.

>>36891231
hahaha na nigger we waifu now

>>36891041
You give it your best go, but you just can't focus on your mission briefings with that pounding in your head. So instead you have to make due with having Karen grab an extra coffee maker from her quarters next door so you can run two pots at once.

Some signs of life.

Rosse is the next to awaken, seemingly surprised at the situation she finds herself in but grateful for the coffee.

The scent of sweet caffeine causes Audrey to roll out of bed, then stagger towards the table where it's brewing with a mug in hand and a shirt tugged on backwards.

One by one your other teammates follow. The Puru sisters seem outright cheerful, probably because they weren't drinking; though Cynthia blushes and quietly avoids eye contact with you. The sisters have to be drug out of bed by Haman, who barely seems to be alive and kicking herself.

And if what you read in your report is right, you're going to have to get past Titans to return to space tomorrow...

... well, at least you have today to nurse yourself through the hangover of a lifetime.

Char and Amaro are going to try to kill Dom. He fucked Artesia for the first time in the middle of an drunken orgy.

>>36891252
What they don't know can't hurt them, Anon

>>36891231
Yeah, that's not happening. If we don't reciprocate, she'll go full Nice Boat on us. She'll drag the other two in with her next time guaranteed. Then there's Artesia. Oh boy is that going to be a doozy.

>>36891200
What would a 100 have done? Civil affair, with wine and cigars?

>>36891259
yep we took her first so if we turn her down she gonna pull out her axe

>>36891178
I'm pretty sure that wasn't going to happen since Cynthia seems to have always been interested in Dom. As far as I can tell she was attracted to him the moment they met.

I wonder what the rest of the crew are going to say about what happened to night. The sheer amount of newtypes involved was insane. Heck I wouldn't be surprised if a few people awakened as newtypes from all the feelings and what not released.

>>36891259
Maybe we can find and recruit Judau and deflect their affections onto him

>>36891243
And that's going to have to be it for tonight. Thanks for playing, and hope to see you in 2015!

This thread's archived, and Kancolle Quest will run tomorrow at about 9pm PST. It'll be a short thread, basically wrapping things up before the second and likely final story arc to be continued in January, 2015.

I'll stick around for a few minutes to answer questions, but I need some sleep soon.

>>36891257
We keep that reveal in reserve, just in case we need to hit destroy the Earth. It's our emergency button to press if we ever for some reason want a colony drop to happen

>>36891268
Likely. You'd have remained in some semblance of control at least, and you would have remembered your actions the next morning.

>>36891277
Thanks for running and Merry Christmas, see you next time.

>>36891276
That ain't happening with Cynthia. Like I said she seems to have always been attracted to him.

>>36891277
Thanks for running even if I am massively upset about lolifucking

>>36891279
Man, I don't believe it would be that bad. Char is off brooding and Amuro has Chan clinging to him. The only real problem will be the consequences. Everyone used protection, right? Mineva doesn't need a little sister just yet. We've still this timelines Unicorn to plow through.

>>36891277
Thanks for running, Hearts. This was a fun, if occasionally cringe-worthy thread. See you next year.

>>36891299
They aren't loli's man. You have to remember they are biology 16 years old.

>>36891301
I somehow doubt that everyone remembered to use protection. We'll find out in 9 months though!

>>36891312
Sorry, I don't think I'll ever not be squicked out by this

>>36891320
That's okay. Just don't call something a loli when it isn't.

>>36891299
She's physically not that young, and emotional maturity is hard to age. Most of the cast act more mature than their ages would suggest, or you could have someone like Jerid who acts like a spoiled brat half his age.

Your Puru-mileage may vary.

>>36891313
Oh I hope it's a girl!

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>>36891312
The worst part is we don't have that NT connection. Sure, we engaged her in sex in the missionary position for the sole purpose of procreation, but that was due to alcohol, not of our own volition. It could potentially damage his non-Social Linked friendships permanently.

>>36891348
>The worst part is we don't have that NT connection.
Who says? You were probably one of the first people who Cynthia could have a normal human relationship with, and you won her over surprisingly quickly after meeting her. She's killed for you.

And the video evidence suggests that she asked you first, with full cognitive abilities, and that you treated her properly even if you don't remember it.

So if and when it comes up, you can vote to not do it again, or to wait to do it again until she's older, or whatever. But it's not the end of the world: it's more a case of several ongoing situations coming to a head all at once outside your control (due to the lowest possible roll: a 40 or so, which was the low roll before the nat 1, would have probably allowed you the choice).

>>36891404
When are we requisitioning a bigger bed. Ours' is getting cramped. Plus Karen is going to be dropping by with Artesia in tow because both of them are too embarrassed to ask Dom themselves.

>>36891404
>the nat 1
That beautiful net one!

>>36891404
Also, how big of an Event was that? I mean, shit, that's eight Newtypes gathered there engaging in debauchery that'd make a pre-Fall Eldar pause. That was like an Axis Shock level of psychic dickery.

>>36891441
>how big of an Event was that
Double Category Four.

And the final effect of that nat 1? It wasn't just your shipmates who felt something intense happening. You had Their curiosity, but now you have Their attention.

Have fun with that.

>>36891458
>It wasn't just your shipmates who felt something intense happening. You had Their curiosity, but now you have Their attention.

Oh the not-elder gods how nice...

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>>36891470
>they know

>>36891458
Well, yeah. Short of the cyberlabs and Axis, the Nagato is the only other location in the solar system with a high concentration of Alma-tier psychics. Given our luck, we'll make a contract with the Dick-entity and receive a fragment as a psychic familiar.

>>36891458
Are They busy spanking it to our awesome display of debauchery?

>>36891498
The BETA wake up on mars and we use Metatron on Callisto to fight them?
Or something...

>>36891542
>BETA

Cannonfodder. Humanity is not confined to their one mudball and have working plasma tech. Infact, I could see Gendum humanity allowing the BETA to let the Stab become fully operational in order to intercept free resources when it's flung out to space.

I'm thinking it's some sort of Lovecraftian, Chaos-y entities we're dealing with. The collective psyche of humanity is creating/feeding it.

>>36891581
Will I just what some Metatron for a Orbital Frame!
But yeah the hollow man is the one I guess.