>>36963700
Merry Christmas from Australia, Arch!

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>"Y..." Marianne covers her mouth with her hands, "...you're not hurt?"
>"Nope," you shake your head. "Totally fine and in one piece, just as promised. I just got back, and everyone else is downstairs."
>"Oh thank goodness!" she exclaims... and then starts coughing. "I..." she struggles to regain her breath, "...I was so worried..."


"Do you need to sit down?" you ask, worried about Marianne's poor condition.
"No," Marianne slowly shakes her head. "I'll be alright..."

It is true that she looks decidedly less awful than she did this morning... though all the tears kind of make that hard to notice at first.

"So you and Arnaud were able to get rid of those monsters that were attacking Cateno?" Marianne asks.
"Yeah," you nod. "Personally got the one that I was looking for, too."
"I'm happy for you," she sighs, "though I wish you'd refrain from being so reckless in the future..."

All you can do in response is force out a weak, nervous laugh.


>tell her about raoul first
>tell her about karel first
>tell her about carina first
>tell her about the salamanders first

>>36963700
Merry Almost-Christmas, arch.

>>36963700
Merry Christmas from Taiwan!

Hows the new Grimlock you got?
It's been a decade since I got a transformer.

>>36963715
>tell her about the salamanders first

>>36963715
>tell her about the salamanders first
Stress that everyone is safe. Joke about how nicolette was dissapointed that she needed to use magic. Joke that the moment you leave, everything catches fire.
After that, >tell her about raoul second.

>>36963715
>tell her about raoul first
Cause it leads to Karel

Aww Yiss muthafucking Princesses the quest.

>>36963715
"In the future, yes. Future."
Stary with Karina, then go Salamanders, then Karel, then Raoul.
End on the good-ish news.

>>36963715
>write in
>Marie, I screwed everything up, help.

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I have spent the last 9 days reading all of Princess Guard Quest from the archives. All 232 threads. I have lost sleep and wasted a good chunk of my Christmas vacation when I could have been getting actual rest. Seriously, goddamn you arc.

...and I don't regret a single moment. It was worth it for the cute and lewd and intimate moments.

Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be on board with you all on this journey.

>>36963715
>>36963749
I support this. Was it ever mentioned how well Marianne knows Raoul? This might make it easier to lead into Karel.

>>36963715
>tell her about karel first

>>36963715
>tell her about raoul first

Then Karel, Carina, Salamanders, if the votes come to that.

And I'm glad to say I think /tg/ handled last night pretty well.

>>36963715
>tell her about raoul first
Probably the most important piece of information and will demand the most attention in the upcoming hours/days. Then we can lead into Karel.

>>36963774
... He's her uncle.

>>36963761
Welcome aboard and god damn.
Who's best girl?

>>36963761
You wasted your life and your waifu is shit.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>36963715
>tell her about raoul first

Merry Christmas Arch. Any chance you could give us the email you used to sign up with steam so I can send you a gift?

>>36963715
>tell her about carina first

Let's start small, Reinhold reveals loli
It's super effective!
Marianne is confused.

>>36963715
>>tell her about raoul first

>>36963802
I know that, I meant how close they were before he fucked off. Was he a cool uncle like Gregory is to Elena or was he kind of distant because of how he viewed his royal duties?

Salamanders, Raoul, Karel, Orphan. Also I like Luci I think she's great I don't think she's the best fit for Reinhold but she IS a good fit not akward and terrible like Slyvie would have been. That said... Marie confirmed for true route.

>>36963715
>tell her about raoul first
then
>tell her about karel

>>36963715
>tell her about raoul first
He's still a dick.

>>36963832
He's still family and she considers family very important.

>>36963832
She's got retarded rating systems. She hates Gregory and he's amazing.

>>36963803
Luciana has grown considerably through the entire thing, but Karel has been building up considerably. After the most recent threads, I'm honestly tied up between the two.

>>36963715
>tell her about karel first
Start it off by mentioning that we knew him as Adrien

>>36963870
Neither of those say Nico. I hate you.

>>36963715
This is a really hard decision. If we tell her about the salamanders she's gonna flat out freak. I wanna tell her about Carina but that isn't as pressing as Raoul/Karel which isn't necessarily our job to say.

so...
>>tell her about carina first?

>>36963715
Tell her Adrien, her cousin Alysse and our daughter are here.

>>36963715
Carina!

>>36963922
Nico is best girl, but she friend zoned herself when she got her happy ending with Melanie.

>>36963715
>tell her about Raul first

>>36963922
Runner up to those two in my book. Would play her route and enjoy it.

Fuck, as much as I'd love to stay up, I have become blighted by a rather annoying case of "ohgodwhymyeyesareburningaholethroughmyskullwhydidn'tIstopusingthem30hooursago". I hope you have a good time writing Arch and that everyone here has a merry christmas/happy holidays.

>>36964024
There is no route to play. Your hopes are in vain. There will be No VN.

>>36964043
Merry Christmas to you too, anon.
Now go sleep.

>>36964082
I believe

inb4 magikarp

>>36964082
fourth day in a row?

>>36964082
The Magikarp come!

Honestly I think Arch and that other anon are waiting to post the pics at this point.

>>36964043
Just think you can wake up to the and treat the finished thread like a Christmas present.

>>36963715
Wish her a Merry Christmas, let's 4th Wall and blow her mind.

All I want for Christmas is some rule34 PGQ

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>>36964082


>writing

>>36964082
When he puts it on kikestarter the money flowing in will be amazing to watch.

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>>36964082

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>>36964082

>>36964205
>>36964218
>>36964261
I won't believe your lies.

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>>36964176
You have been a naughty boy then. Krampus, take him away

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What to start with first... maybe about Karel?

No, not yet. To explain that, you'd have to go on to explain about her uncle's reappearance, and-

"Uh," you say with a weak smile, "remember when I told you about Volker?"
"Yes?" Marianne replies. "If this is about your grandmother coming to visit tomorrow, you already told me about that."
"No, it's not about that," you shake your head. "Uh..."

Why the hell is it so hard to just SAY IT?

"His friend Adrien," you blurt out, "I ran into him again when I was in Cateno."
"Oh?" Marianne raises an eyebrow. "Well I'm glad that you actually had something nice happen to you while you were fighting those Leviathans."


>[1/?]

Merry Christmas.

I'm just going to be looking through this while I sit on the roof with my rifle to make my niece think that I'm hunting reindeer.

>>36964534
Marianne.. is way better looking than I thought she was.

>>36964542
That must be a long story. At least it makes the niece happy I hope?

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>>36964082
Oh ye of little faith

>>36964542
You can't just say that and not tell the story crazy uncle anon.

>>36964569
No. He's traumatizing her. She thinks he's going to kill Rudolf and ruin Christmas and there's nothing she can do to stop him.

>>36964534
>something nice happen to you while you were fighting those Leviathans

Ohhhohohoh...not exactly.
>>36964542
While you're at it. See if you can bag a racoon or two for me, they have been getting into my trash can lately.

>>36964590
Yet there is nothing in the picture.

>>36964534
Incoming awkward...

OK marianne, it's been a very eventful day. I would appreciate you don't interrupt me until i speak of everything that' s occurred.

Now, I'll begin with Cateno.....

And then run it off from there.

>>36964534
Yeah, about that.

>>36964569
>>36964594
It started a few weeks back as a joke between me and my sister that since I got a night vision scope that that's what I was going to break it in with. One thing led to another and now I have 3 little girls who think I'm going to bag some big deer while they're asleep.

>>36964596
I am not, I'm just being the neighborhood friendly ex-military crazy relative.

>>36964597
Haven't seen any coons. Have seen an damnadillo who may be eating a .308 before the night's over with.

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>>36964534
>[2/2]

"And, um..." you force a smile, "it turns out that 'Adrien' was just an assumed name."
"Really?" Marianne tilts her head. "Did you happen to find out his real name?"
"Yeah," you nod. "It's Raoul."
"Ra..." her mouth slowly grows wider and wider. "Raoul? Y- you mean like my Uncle Raoul?"
"Apparently," you shrug.

It seems as if this revelation drains all of the Princess's energy to stand, and she ends up leaning on the doorframe in order to support herself.

"Raoul Philippe -Adrien- Granache..." Marianne clutches her temples. "...It was so obvious, how could I have not realized it the first time you said that name!?"


>tell her that he's downstairs right now
>tell her about karel now
>tell her about carina now
>tell her about the salamanders now

>>36964708
>tell her about carina now
add some good news before more bad news

>>36964708

He's downstairs right now.

But.... there's more.

>>36964567
Remember, non-canon bust.

>>36964708
>tell her that he's downstairs right now

Let's try to have a somewhat normal conversation.

>>36964708
>Raoul is downstairs now, probably getting beaten up by someone else for fathering Karel, who is a girl. What? I know you're sick so I'm just trying to be brief.

>>36964708
>>tell her that he's downstairs right now
"I know you're not feeling well, but if you want I can help you downstairs to see him if you want. I'll even march him up her personally if you'd prefer."

>>36964708
>tell her that he's downstairs right now
Offer to princess carry her to him.

>>36964708
>He came back with us, but I think you should listen to the rest I have to tell you before you go see him.
>So, everyone is completely fine, but a flight of salamanders crashed the lakeside picnic...

>>36964708
>tell her about carina now

>>36964708

>tell her about karel now

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>>36964736
>>36964708
"But wait, there's more!"

>>36964708
>tell her about karel now
>tell her about carina now
Best to get the big news out of the way before we tell her we may or may not have adopted a loli.

>>36964708
>tell her about carina now
"Now comes the stuff to sit down for."

>>36964708
>tell her that he's downstairs right now
>tell her about karel now

>>36964708
I think we should bring up Karel and then Carina before we bring up Raoul. Although we should bring him up.

>>36964708
>tell her about karel now

Surprise cousin time!

>>36964708
>tell her about karel now
>tell her that he's downstairs right now
"Oh, and 'Adrien' is the name of Kare's dad. So... you have cousin you didn't know about. You can ask himself yourself, he's downstairs."

>>36964708
>tell her that he's downstairs right now

>>36964708
>tell her about the salamanders now
It's the next part of the story

>>36964791
I laughed. Good job anon.

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>>36964791
Well played.

>writing

>>36964853
And he is actually a she!

>>36964708
Larel is now your princess cousin and I have a daughter now, are going to take responsibility?

Hate to go off topic here:

Is there something wrong with suptg? It went down a few hours ago.

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>>36965172
PANIC

>>36965172
It's not working for me either.

>>36965183
>>36965216
>>36965172
I think something's up with their servers or something.

"He actually came back to Granache after hearing about how we got attacked after Emilio's party last month," you say. "And, um... he's downstairs right now. IF you want, I c-"
"He's HERE!?" Marianne grabs your forearm. "A- at the castle!?"
"Yeah," you nod. "Wouldn't surprise me if Sir Gregory started beating on him again, come to think of it."

You're -fairly- certain that he hasn't gotten tired of being on him just yet.

"UNcle Raoul is finally back, and I'm still in my nightclothes..." Marianne looks down at the thick pajamas that she's wearing. "I... I need to take a bath and get dressed and-"
"Hey, calm down," you say, patting her on the shoulder. "You're still sick, remember?"
"Yes, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was this morning," she cuts back. "And even if I -was- still feeling that horrible, that's no reason for me to not go downstairs and greet him."

You're pretty sure that -is- a reason not to do that, but it's clear that Marianne's not about to listen to any arguments to the contrary.

"Reinhold, would you mind asking Melanie to come up here?" Marianne asks. "I don't want to waste any time getting ready..."


>how do you respond?

>>36965172
>>36965216
According to sup IRC his servers are just having issues. Expect them fixed a bit after Christmas

>>36963761
Marathoned with good timing m8.

>>36965342
Get her to calm down and sit down, we really need to explain the Karel situation first. Plus I'd rather have Raoul brought up here.

>>36965342
I will Marianne, but a LOT happened today. Let me give you all the details before you go off half-cocked. That's my department after all.

>>36965342
"Yes ma'am."

>>36965342
>"Ok, but before I go get her there are three things you /need/ to know first. One directly involves you're uncle, the other two do not, but are still pretty important."

>>36965342
Sure. Oh, by the way Karel, Emilio's bodyguard, well he's a she and she's Raoul's daughter. I'm off to get Manie then.

>>36965395
*Melanie*

Damn this tablet and it's autocorrect.

>>36965342
>>how do you respond?
"There's more I need to say and if you want to get out sooner, uh, might I offer to, er, help instead? Two birds, one stone?"

>>36965372
Crap...Is it possible to archive this thread even after it hits page 10/reached the end of its life?

>>36965342
"On 3 conditions. 1. You're still sick and King Therri gave me permission to make sure you don't push yourself. So no over doing it and no trying to find him without me to keep you on your feet. 2. There's some more stuff I need to go over with you before you meet him... a LOT happened today. 3. You have to promise you'll let me finish and hear his side of things before jumping to any conclusions. Deal?"

>>36965342
"Listen Mari... let me finish briefing you, then I'll grab Melanie if you are still up for it. The stuff that's going on right now should be calmer by then anyhow."

>>36965342
"just, um, brace yourself. A lot happened today. Like, a whole lot more than I can explain right now."

>>36965342
'Before I do that there's more'
Then explain what else happened.

>>36965342
"No. In fact, you should sit down. There's still more I need to tell you and it isn't going to be easy to take in."

If being told her uncle is back, being told that he fathered Karel (who is actually a girl) and that we brought back an orphan isn't going to be easy to digest.

>>36965342
Tell her Melanie is busy and offer to help bathe her ourself

>>36965342
"That is not all of what happened."

>>36965496
*If being told her uncle is back causes her to lean on the doorway

>>36965428
There are other archives, like archive moe. They just aren't selective and convenient like suptg. You can probably complain to Lord after it's fixed and he can import the file from moe.

>writing

>>36965342
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

If we tell her more, like that Karel's a girl and she's Raoul's daughter, Mari may just end up saying something like "okay, now you're just pulling my leg"

>>36965603
Tell Marianne to ask her uncle about her new cousin.

>>36965603
Unless we're dead serious.

There is nothing scarier than Reinhold when he is totally serious and assures you he isn't joking.

>>36965657
Gregory.

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>>36965676
Ara Ara when she's mad.

>>36965676
Depends on how old you are at that point.

>>36965676
...well, okay, that would be the exception.

>>36965702
She's the most wonderful person to ever walk the earth. How dare you bad mouth her.

>>36965702
You mean like tonight after finding out Gregory couldn't even keep a secret for an entire day before blowing it?

>>36965737
Yeah, Greg is screwed. And not in the good way.

Of course she'd be excited to see an uncle who hasn't been around in what, a decade? But the fact remains that she's still sick and you have plenty more things to tell her, letting her run off now might not be the best thing to do.

"Wait a minute," you hold up your hand. "There's still a lot that I needed to tell you about."
"What, there's more?" Marianne tilts her head. "Because I'm having difficulty trying to understand what could be more important news than my uncle's return..."

You're starting to feel kind of tired...

"Well there is more that I had to tell you, so if you could listen..."
"Could this wait until after I've gotten bathed and changed?" Marianne asks.


>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you
>no, no waiting

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE. I doubt Arch would do this unless we really need to.

>>36965753
>"You might want to just head to bed and leave this mess for tomorrow once you hear it..."

>>36965753
>no, no waiting

Goddammit Marie no.

>>36965737
I wonder what state their house is gonna be in when she hears the news from Gregory.

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

>>36965753
>no waiting

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

>>36965773
I actually support this, I have a feeling that's what she'd probably want to do anyway.

>>36965753
No, no waiting. You can think on it in your bath.

>>36965753
>>no, no waiting

>>36965753
>no, no waiting
I'll out and say it then...Karel is your cousin and your uncle's daughter.

>>36965753
"you know what, it's a good idea to wait on that. It'll give everyone time to figure out how best to explain it. It's kind of a doozy."

>>36965753

>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

Maybe we should just have melanie tell her instead.

>>36965753
>>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you
>>In fact, why don't you just get the whole gist of it from her? She's better at telling you this stuff than I am.

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you
But seriously you Will need to know this, otherwise you'll end up looking like me when I try to do things that aren't combat.

>>36965753
>no, no waiting
"Not with something this serious. Turns out, Adriene - I mean Raoul - has a daughter. Named Karel. Works as Emilio's bodyguard."

>>36965753
>no, no waiting
She can process while bathing. But she needs to know, because everyone else already does.

>>36965753
>>no, no waiting
"Just let me say it and get it over with. Please?"

>>36965753
>No, no waiting.
You have a cousin too.

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

>>36965753
>no, no waiting

>>36965753
>no, no waiting

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

Also I want to say I think it would be a better idea to bring Adrien to her rather then the other way around.

>>36965753
>no, no waiting

>>36965801
No, fuck off. There's no way we're missing her reaction to the news

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

Melanie can give us some backup on keeping Marie relatively calm.

>>36965753
>no, no waiting

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

>>36965753
>no, no waiting
he had a kid, named karel.

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

>>36965751
>>36965783
I'm really hoping that Arch is going to do an interlude with Ara Ara chewing out Gregory.

42 posters from 32. Really?

>>36965753
It's the final countdown, no waiting. MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS MARIANNE! HOW MESSY DO YOU LIKE YOUR SPAGHETTI?

>>36965753
>yeah, I'll go get melanie now and get back to you

We need somebody to support our story, if nothing else.

>>36965753
>no, no waiting
Trust your bodyguard when he says you need to know

>>36965903
Ya really.

>>36965753
No waiting, she can think this over in the bath.
She's going to need all the thinking time she can get.

>>36965887
Hell, it's not unlikely that we'll see it normally, given how our best friend, girlfriend, and second favorite loli live at his house.

>writing

>>36965753
>>no, no waiting

Well the long and short of it is that he had a kid. A daughter named Karel. Yes. That Karel and yes again a daughter. The one whos been masquerading as a guy. And whom sir gregory just outed infront of everyone after a whole bunch of salamanders attacked the picnic party ar the lake. No, noone was hurt except adrien but that was mostly due to sir gregory punching him.

Oh and i brought back a little girl. She kinda sharp.

------

Dump, EVERYTHING on her.

>>36965753
>No, no waiting.
Marianne has been taking classes for years over politics both of Granche and Marconetti. At the very least she'll understand how huge of a goddamn deal this is and why she had to know immediately. On the other hand, not telling her will give her the impression that we didn't think it was important enough to delay her for 30 seconds from taking a bubblebath.

>>36965903
We had something around 71 posters last thread so... yeah.

>>36965903
51 posters in the thread dude, it happens

Marianne = Best Face
Luciana = Best Hair
Nicolette = Best Legs/Feet
Sylvie = Best Stomach
Melanie = Best Boobs
Rana = Best Ass
Karel = Best Everything

>>36966016
Nicolette is also Justice.

>>36966016
Pretty sure Mari has best ass.

>>36966033
>>36966016
Nicolette: Best Bro

>>36966016
Nico also has the best family.

>>36966094
We haven't gotten to really see Sylvie's so you can't say that definitively yet.

>>36966107
Sylvie's family has Racquel. Instant DQ

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"No," you shake your head. "You need to hear this now."
"...really?" the Princes furrows her brow. "Well alright, I suppose... if you're being this insistent about it then it must be important."
"Yeah, it really is," you nod.

Now that you have Marianne's attention, you figure that you ought to tell her about the bit of news that's the most connected to her uncle's reappearance.

"Uh, you might want to sit down for this," you say.
"I'll be fine standing," Marianne replies.

Suit yourself.

"Well, um..." you take a deep breath, "...it turns out that Adrien- er, your uncle, he had a daughter."
"Really!?" Marianne gasps. "I can't believe that he actually got married without telling his family..." she shakes her head. "And to have a daughter in secret, too!"
"Er, he didn't get married."
"What."


>[1/?]

>>36966038
Archelon has confirmed yes, in shape, not size.

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>>36966145
>"What."

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>>36966145
It begins

>>36966107
You'll never be Fem!Reinhold and get Sylvie mad at you for going out with Valerie.

>>36966145
Maybe she'll hate him as much as we do.

>>36966172
>>36966189
You guys are terrible. Just terrible.

>>36966189
Just wait until we top it all off by saying we might be adopting a kid ourselves.

>>36966145
Why do I get the feeling that she isn't gonna take this well.

>>36966145
im getting an erection guys is this bad

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>>36966172
>and it's karel
>who is a chick

Somebody needs to make a Marianne costanza.

pic related is my favorite

>>36966203
Who?

>>36966210
Because no sane person should. Adrian is a cunt.

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>>36966210
It's almost as if a certain maid should have told her instead

BUT NOPE GOTTA WATCH HER REACTION I hope we don't crit fail the roll to catch her as she faints.

>>36966145
>What.
This is going to be fun. I can tell.

>>36966227
Marianne takes the news poorly. Her eyes roll back in her head, her shoulders go slack. She's falling.

Strike, Crash, or Guard?

>>36966245
>Guard
It's in our job description where Marianne is concerned, naturally.

>>36966245
>Princess GUARD

>>36966145

Her mood just went south REALLY fast.

"So he just..." Marianne scowls, "-shacked up- with some random woman without getting married? He was raised better than that, I can't believe-"
"No," you shake your head. "It's not like that."
"Then what exactly -is- it like, then?" she asks.
"He messed around with a girl a while back and got her pregnant," you say.

Hearing it being said out loud, it suddenly seems a lot worse.

"B... but he didn't even know about it until Sir Gregory told him," you say, holding up your hands.

Nope, still doesn't sound any better.

"So my uncle fathered an illegitimate daughter," Marianne says, scowling. "And I take it that Sir Gregory's met this secret child before?"
"Yeah," you nod. "And so have you."
"...what?"
"It's Karel."
".........what?" Marianne stares at you with an expression of total disbelief. "But Karel is a bo-"

Realization.


>[2/?]

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>>36966301
She needs a drink.

>>36966301
>Realization

So good....This is what I've been waiting for.

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>>36966301
>Realization.

>>36966301
Haven't read in forever, come in to see you guys breaking Marianne. Would click again.

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>>36966301
>Realization

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Merry Christmas y'all.

>>36966301
>Realization.

Hohoho.

>>36966301
>[3/3]

"The maids," Marianne places a hand on her forehead and starts leaning on the doorframe again, "they used to gossip about how Karel seemed to enjoy spending time with Emilio a little bit -too- much, but I just dismissed it as idle chatter..." she takes a deep breath. "...and then they'd joke about how cute he... -she'd- be in a dress..."

So they were always giggling about stuff like THAT?

"So she was a girl all this time," Marianne sighs. "And Uncle Raoul's daughter as well... I can only imagine how badly Emilio took that news."


>how do you respond?

>>36966429
>I was talking to him, and I think he might be getting over it. It sure wasn't pretty at first though.

>>36966429
Yeah not well, Especially with Gregory spilling it like he did. I tired to patch things up, but you know that isn't my area of expertise.

>>36966429
>Cough. I brought home an orphan girl. Cough SO LETS GET YOU READY TO MEET YOUR UNCLE!

>>36966429
After a little bit of talking he seems to have calmed down a bit, but only time will tell.

>>36966429
"Yeah, he needed some time pretty badly to consider it all.

AlsothepicnicwasattackedbysalamandersandIadoptedagirl.

Would you like me to go get Melanie now?"

>>36966429
>"And, of course, it'd still be a secret if I hadn't talked Karel into speaking with Ariane."

>>36966429
"Worse than he should've, I think, but most of it was because he was having a hard time processing it. I think he's going to be able to get past it, but things are going to be awkward for a while. You know how he is."

>>36966445
>>36966452
This.

"And I understand that whatever news're left are gonna be dwarfed by that bit, but there're still two more things."

>>36966429
I don't think you need to worry about getting set up with Emilio anymore.

>>36966429
He was mostly upset she hadn't told him and afraid she had been laughing behind his back about stuff he confided in her; he seems to be getting over this after we reassured him, which is good since Karel was getting distraught about everything. Is Marianne -sure- she doesn't want to sit down before the next bit of news?

>Also, merry Christmas from the UK

>>36966492
Might as well get those last two out of the way quickly or later, give her the option.

>>36966429
>He was pretty upset, though I talked to him about it afterwards and he calmed down some. They are pretty close and I think they will make up.

>>36966528
out, not up anon.

>>36966429
"He feels betrayed, but he's calmed down after taking things over. It's Karel whose taking it worse. She's freaking out about possible execution. I think you should talk to her when you have a chance."

>>36966456
We really need to speak to someone about what orphanages are around and such.

>>36966492
We should ask her if she wants to sit down before we continue.

Hey archelon! How do you like your presents so far?

>>36966538
This, seconding.

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>>36966145
>Not Chinhold

Come on arch.

>>36966546
Bullshit! She's family! She can live with Citrine!

>>36966492
>two more things
I do think we can probably afford to let her get cleaned up before dropping everything else on her.

The picnic getting Salamandered is big, but it's also over and done with and nobody was hurt. Bringing back Carina is vintage Reinholding that will primarily warrant a long-suffering sigh on her part and not too much else. Nothing else had nearly as much powder-keg potential as everything Adrien-related, so it's not quite as urgent.

>>36966429
>>36966538

This is pretty good, though maybe add the qualifier of when she's feeling ready.

>>36966429

>>36966538
Yeah, I'm >>36966445 and I support Marianne supporting Karel.

Not like that.

Although maybe like that.

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>>36966016
Marianne = Best Chin*

>>36966578
Dear, not on Christmas.

>writing

>>36966429
Why does Marianne automatically assume Emilio didn't know?

>>36966641
Because Emilio isn't the type to be able to hold hat kind of secret.

>>36966641
Because Emilio is dense.

>>36966563
Wouldn't it be a good idea to get it over with now so she has more time to process things before seeing anyone else?

>>36966641
Because if he did know and didn't tell anyone he wouldn't lose all his spaghetti all the time.

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>>36966578
I never get tired of that.

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>>36966588
>>36966719

How silly of me. I forgot the hat!

"Well I was talking to him about it before we got back here," you say, "and he seems to have calmed down a bit."
"But I'm sure that he was an absolute wreck before you spoke to him..." Marianne sighs.
"Yeah," you nod. "He felt really betrayed, but I think he might be getting over it now. It's Karel who's taking it worse," you say. "She's freaking out about possibly getting executed and stuff..."
"Because of how King Celestino came to power, I bet."
"Yeah, pretty much," you reply. "I think you should talk to her when you get a chance."

Immediately after saying that, you wince for the backlash about having been seen as overly presumptuous... but Marianne dimply takes a deep breath and nods.

"Yes, I suppose I should," she says, coughing. "We -are- family, after all..."


>go get melanie now, the other news can wait
>tell her the rest right now

>>36966809
>ask her

>>36966809
>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

>>36966809
"There's more, but I don't want to dump even more stuff on your lap unwarranted. If you want, I can go fetch Melanie, and we can talk about the rest later."

>>36966809
Tell the rest, it's not as shocking to Marianne compared to getting new family.

>>36966809
>tell her the rest right now

>>36966809
>>go get melanie now, the other news can wait
"There's a bit more left but mostly unrelated stuff that actually can wait for later. I'll go get Melanie now."

>>36966809
>Go get Melanie now. The others news can wait. Gentle and probably unnecessary reminder to keep Marianne under care.

>>36966809
>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

The loli, while cute, is not that important right now.

Also, I vote for talking to Arnaud about what to do with her, because clearly /tg/ can't decide.

>>36966838
this

>>36966809

>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

"There is more, but it can wait. I'll go fetch Melanie now if that is alright now?"

>>36966809

>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

>>36966850
This.

>>36966809
She's a well educated and dedicated Royal Princess, she can dwal with abrupt information intensive briefings.

>>36966809
>Tell her to rest while we go get melanie?

Also say we can tell her the rest later, so we at least give some warning of BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! while still giving her some breathing space.

>>36966839
>"By the way, there was a good chance that several of your friends and family could have been severely injured or killed."
>Not as shocking

>>36966809
>tell her the rest right now
Might as well.

>>36966809

>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

Let princess compose herself a bit.

>>36966809
>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

Considering the last big thing is that we found a loli, I think we can wait until she's calmed down to reveal that Reinhold is being a Reinhold again.

>>36966809
>go get melanie now, the other news can wait

>>36966809
Tell her more now, but repeat the offer of a chair or something. This way she can gather her thoughts on things while she gets ready rather than getting nasty surprises when everyone's there.

>>36966809
Dimply

>>36966853
I'm sure we can decide it will just result in the loli wars among the playerbase.

>>36966809
"Also the picnic got attacked by some Salamanders and I found a loli, okay bye!"

>>36966853
This, seconding discussing it with Arnaud.

>>36966894
oh god no

i'm having flashbacks right now

DON'T TRIGGER ME SHITLORD

asking for advice is smart though

>>36966894
Our monthly salary is enough to buy a house. Even if we can't take care of her full time, we could easily buy a place as well as some maids to help take care of her.

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>Marianne and Karel's first conversation as cousins

I wonder how differently they'll treat each others..

>>36966809
>tell her the rest right now

>>36966925
I'm sure Reinhold will say something to break the ice, like bringinf up they both have huge daddy complexes.

>writing

You people do realize than if Rein doesn't tell her now she's going to hear it from Melanie?

>>36966809
Tell her everything, it is not our duty to decide this for her.

>>36966967
We could ask Mel not to bring it up right away, she's alerady had enough shocks for one afternoon.

>>36966947
They'll both agree how Reinhold is annoying/overly cheerful to the point of annoying and go from there.

>>36966967
Possibly, but really we haven't had a good chance to tell everyone the details. Everyone got side-tracked by Adrien and Karel.

It's better that we let everyone sort that out first, then take the time to explain our loli and figure out what to do.

>>36966982
>it is not our duty to decide this for her, so let's decide for her that she definitely needs to hear all of this right away.

>>36966967
Hopefully Melanie'll shut up just because she's unsure of what we're even doing.

>>36966922
Rein spends almost every day being Marianne's shadow, but more importantly is expected to always be nearby if a crisis occurs.
Being a good parent is about being able to put your kids first, and that directly conflicts with Reinhold's job. Besides, what's so bad about being uncle Rein?

>>36966947
Raoul a shit, Aquaman best dad.

>>36967001
Ah, the hidden influence of people near people of importance.

Kinda like we decided the picnic. Or who goes in what carriages. Or such.

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"There's a bit more left, but it's mostly unrelated stuff that I guess can wait for later," you say. "I'll go get Melanie now."
"Alright, thank you," Marianne sighs. "Just tell her that I need a set of clothing brought out, I can take care of drawing a bath for myself on my own."
"Will do," you nod.

With a weary expression, Marianne retreats into her room. She seems to be taking all that a lot better than you thought... but now isn't the time to be impressed with the Princess's resilience. Wasting no time, you rush down the hall and go straight for the castle gate where you left your friends waiting for you.


>[1/?]

>>36967018
Nothing, except we're already an uncle. Somebody has to take care of this kid, and Reinhold isn't the type to offload that responsibility to somebody else.

Assuming she can't stay in the palace, buying a house nearby and hiring a nanny is the next best thing we can do. Marianne often retires in the evenings anyway.

If we get tutors or send her to school, our schedules would line up just fine anyway.

Really. This won't be that difficult. We have a fair amount of resources and options available to us.

>>36967062
There's a difference between making decisions and running with it, and feigning 'this isn't our choice to make', whilst making the choice.

>>36967072
Yeeeessss.

>>36967072
>Somebody has to take care of this kid
Exactly.

Someone more qualified.

We're a seventeen year old swordie with psychological problems out of the ass. Nothing wrong with visiting and spending time with them (assuming they don't rob our stuff and vanish), but we should really leave the raising to someone older and more wisened. We're too damn young to be putting serious effort into being a dad. Which is what anons seem to be suggesting.

>>36967072
Shit, not like we really even have anything to spend money on. We live in the castle, we'll probably move into the Marconetti castle at the end of the story, and we're not sending money home to relatives.

Although, Luciana didn't seem all that happy for some reason, and I don't know why.

>>36967072
Really? She's inconvenient and might ruin our relationship with Luci. We should have just keft her behind.

>>36967124
Presumably because she wants to have kids in a couple years, after adventuring for a while, and not picking them up off the street this exact moment.

>>36967129
You're a horrible person.

>>36967072
Obviously we can't do something like that without Luciana being totally on board with the idea though, just ignoring her on this or making important decisions without her as if we weren't in a reltionship would be a stupendously shitty thing to do. We can do a hell of a lot to help Carina and even stay involved in her life without the attempted forcing of an adoption on Luciana.

I'd be very much in favor of visiting Carina and giving her some lessons in swordplay if she is interested in becoming BADASS ORPHAN like we were, but without the abuse.

>>36967124
>Luciana didn't seem all that happy for some reason

She's a horrible person.

>>36967129
We shouldn't let her fuck up the relationship with Luci, that's just being a tool, but we shouldn't have left her behind, that's being a soulless shit.

>>36967129
Dude...

>>36967142
She knows Reinhold is going to take on himself more responsibility than he is capable off

>>36967072
Did you forget that Citrine already said she was going to talk to her husband about taking in the kid, with absolutely no prompting from Reinhold?

I don't get why people are even continuing this farce of a debate, the solution has already presented itself.

>>36967129
>might ruin our relationship with Luci
I voted to kiss her but if she can't take this then to hell with her.

>>36967156
>I don't get why people are even continuing this farce of a debate
Because people want to chain up the loli in our room and use her as an excuse to jump ship all the while?

>>36967142
We should probably sit down and talk about it with her tonight.

>>36967124
>>36967130
Obviously we're not going to make her our official daughter, at best she'll have the Eschenwald name at some point.

No way Luciana would get a "daughter" we picked off the street and that's only six years younger than she is.

>>36967156
Citrine and Marius already have a kid.

>>36967165
Archelon has done his best to show that talking things out is a good way to find new information and Learn Things.

>>36967166
>Citrine and Marius already have a kid.
So what? Do you think Citrine FORGOT about that fact before she decided to say words?

>>36967140
As I see it, we should just get her set up with someone to live with that won't be scumbags. Im quite sure that someone knows some family who would absolutely love to take her in. Somewhere there is a non scumbag family that wants a child and can provide the loving family she needs. Riches and education don't make for a happy childhood. Family does.

>>36967117
Alright what do you suggest? We give her to one of the various royals we know well? That's kind of selfish of us to do. Maybe we can give her to some stranger? Except she likes and trusts us, so that would be kind of mean. An Orphanage has the same problems as well.

Rein picked up this girl because he was reminded of himself, and wanted to do for her what Volker couldn't. Obviously he didn't think this through entirely, but it's too late know.

Reinhold won't want to just abandon her, and he won't want to offload her onto one of his friends either. I really can't see him doing that. He wants to do what he expected Volker to do.

It might not work out that way, but it's really early to be deciding it one way or another. We've barely talked with anyone about this, mainly due to all the distracting Karel/Adrien stuff. I don't think anyone has even asked WHY she's with us.

>>36967072
Look, we can just see if she can join the maid staff or such other position in the castle. That way she's taken care of, fed/dressed/housed, receives a basic education, we can keep a close eye on her, and she earns her keep.

We should talk with Arnauld and Melanie, since they basically run the castle's staff. Once, of course, we have time for this. Currently, there are more pressing matters at hand.

>>36967181
I dunno. Citrine is pretty ditzy sometimes.

>>36967178
By now it should be common knowledge that what arch tries to do and what the players decide can only be sort of similar by some rare cosmic accident.

>>36967185
Im sure there can be made some arrangement with the castle staff for .

I have to go to bed. Please dont throw the kid in an orphanage.

>>36967201
And yet she runs a household (including groceries, cooking, cleaning, decoration, and buying art supplies) while her artist husband is otherwise in his studio working on the next big thing while he forgets to eat.

And let's be honest: she's going to be great mother giving how doting/support yet firm she can be.

>>36967213
She should be learning not scrubbing floors.

>>36967185
An orphanage or acquaintance taking her in is still a thousand times better than leaving her there, and does not fill up our hands even more. Our first responsibility is watching over Marianne and training to get swole. Both of which require a considerable amount of time.

Even focusing on those I'm sure we could still spend plenty of time with Carina, if need be.

I'd rather start up and fund our own damn orphanage than literally adopt her.

I don't see him continuing to be the Reinhold we've created without making a very serious decision on tje matter of Carina.
If we don't keep her regardless.of what problems doing so creates he won't be The Reinhold he'll simply be a princesse's bodyguard.

>>36967241
She could learn HOW to scrub floors. She'll be set for life.

>>36967242
>I'd rather start up and fund our own damn orphanage than literally adopt her.
There was talk about funding an orphanage way back.

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The first thing you notice when you return to the gate area is that Sir Vincent has arrived, and that he's all weepy-eyed, presumably because it's been so long since he's seen his friend.

Oh, and he's currently trapped the Prince in a bearhug. Adrien's trying to laugh it off, but this is -Sir Vincent- who's doing the bearhugging. You can tell that he's hurting.

"Reinhold!" Carina chirps as she pulls Citrine along to greet you. "You're back!"
"Yup," you say, patting the little girl on the head.
"How did things go with the Princess?" Citrine asks. "Did you tell her about Karel and her father and everything else?"
"About Karel and Adrien, yeah," you nod. "I'll tell her about the rest after I get Melanie..."

You look around for a few seconds, finally spotting the (acting) head maid standing over by Nicolette and Sylvie.

Of course.


>[2/?]

>thread starts out nice with everybody getting along
>devolves into bickering and arguing

I'm honestly surprised with how closely this thread is mimicking the average Christmas dinner.

>>36967264
I remember that actually.
We should use this as a chance to do that if Luciana isn't comfortable with this and our sister doesn't want to take her in.

>>36967264
I think living in the second floor of a suite, and having like ten kids hanging off our legs in the morning is much more adorable than a single daughter that we can't raise properly.

>>36967208
It is really fucking strange that he's actually used some of the outlier stuff I've brought up recently. Punching Nico, that was me as well as bringing up grandma lent us her sword, could be a coincidence but still. I really hope we keep Carina.

>>36967283
It's like that every other thread.

>>36967283
Don't talk to your brothers that way!

>>36967294
But this time there's santa hats

>>36967294
I know but I only get to make that joke once a year. I'm not going to squander the chance.

>>36967241
She can do both. Trying to raise her when Rein is already a head case is a bad idea, and it will seriously mess up our personal relationships.

>>36967289
Rein would delegate all day-to-day duties to whomever he employs at the orphanage. I doubt he would do much more than an occacional visit, and giftgiving at apppropriate times of the year.

>>36967292
I think we owe it to her to at least try.

Surely we can think of a way to give a comfortable life to an Orphan when our monthly wage is enough for a house.

>>36967292
Same. Saved you kid. Now fuck off to an orphanage. Dontcworru its your orphanage. Or saced you for a life of sevatude. Scrub those fucking floors.

>>36967313
Oh, sorry.

>>36967321
That would be close to ideal.

>>36967313
Half my extended family converted to Protestant from Catholic for all the cliche reasons so you can imagine what our religious holidays are like.

>>36967321
That's probably the most realistic thing to happen. Still, one can hope.

>>36967338
There... there are clichés regarding these things?

>>36967337
No it wouldn't. That guy who shows up every other month with trinkets is shit.