>>38397186
It’s been three days since you woke Cath up only to have her punch you in the face. Though it was an accident and you didn’t mind, you’d been hit a lot harder on purpose so much it barely registered for you, Cath seemed to think it was a big deal. At least that was the only reason you could think of for her to always be looking at you but never really saying much, even in her own way.

Nobody else seemed to think it was a big deal, Morrigan didn’t hit her back and Bellona teased her a little, at least that was what Mary said, but nothing really bad. Cath was still a little odd though.

It hadn’t helped that Mary had drug everyone out to the stables for two of those days to make sure everyone could at least point their animal in the right direction if you needed to use them. Admittedly they were faster than walking but you are still unsure about them on the whole.

Today though was workout day and with Mary temporarily satisfied with everyone’s ability to make very large animals do menial labor, you and Cath were resuming your previous workouts. It’s become standard now for her to look over your body when you take your shirt off, though you still aren’t sure why. You don’t think there’s anything wrong with you at least.

Today Cath spends less time than normal looking at you, instead turning and focusing on the lifting. If you remember correctly, Cath seems to have put more weight on than normal and is grunting more through her lifts. She doesn’t seem to be straining from the weight though, at least not yet. As Cath sets down the bar for the first of her sets you…

>Ask her if something is wrong.
>Just lift like normal.
>Other.

>>38397190
>Just lift like normal.

>>38397186
>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>Just lift like normal.
>Other.
With more weight than normal, obviously this is her way of telling us it is time to add more weight and she is leading by example.

>>38397190
>>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>Just lift like normal.

>>38397190
>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>Ask her if something is wrong.

>>38397190
>>Ask her if something is wrong.

Clearly we are master socializer, asking Cath if something is wrong.

Writing.

>>38397493
-3 social and a -3 social. Obviously that's a +/- ratio of 0 so we are as good at talking to her as a normal person would be to a normal person.

Don't argue my logic is flawless.

>>38397556
Makes perfect sense to me.

>>38397190
>Ask her if something is wrong.

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Hah! Time for my favorite quest!

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So I decided to go through the quest threads and count the number of times Will has done something and what the outcome was for this I decided, “Wow, Will is pretty Heaven or Hell in his rolls.” So I decided to take count and post it here.

Number of rolls by anons: 28

Number of Auto-success (20)*: 7/28

Number of Auto-fail (1): 8/28

This means that out of 28 rolls LESS THAN HALF have been non-“crits” in either direction! What the hell Will!?

*Note that this counts 20,1,X rolls as auto successes.

This list is also ignoring the times when Guide rolls, like the one thread he rolled a 20 in 4/6 NPC sets of dice. As well as when Guide has us roll 1d12s and other non-20 dice.

>>38397660
Small sample size so far, but I see your point.

i was the first 20

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>>38397653
It's my favorite as well but I think we experience it a bit differently.

>>38397735
Thanks dude.
I was the drinking 20.

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>>38397749
You sir are a hero and i still salute you!

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>>38397749
Can we start some kind of club?

>>38397829
Aren't we already in one? MMS?

>>38397893
I think he meant an "I rolled a 20 and made Will cooler"- club.

>>38397660
Rather extreme, but not really baffling or anything.
The odds that a given roll is neither an autosuccess nor an autofail are only 72.9% and with only 28 rolls a rather strong deviation can show up with only a handful of 1s and 20s more than usual.

>>38397920
Does that mean the guy who rolled that heart breaking one with Morrigan gets a medal? Because I cried after reading that.

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>>38397190
As much as you don’t like to stick your neck out or get in trouble with people, nobody at MMS has ever yelled at you for asking a question, even about themselves. The worst you’ve ever gotten is “you don’t need to know” and that was from Morrigan about blankets and why you shouldn’t sleep under them with Bellona. Cath has never said no to anything.

So you decide that Cath has been acting weird enough that you can ask her if anything is wrong, maybe you aren’t lifting enough for her?

“Cath…” you say, before Cath starts to lift the bar again, “Is something wrong?”

In the position you are in, it’s impossible for you not to see Cath’s face. Even though she doesn’t move it very much, you can still see that she’s annoyed by the question, though you aren’t sure if it’s because of you or something else. Cath lets out a sigh and lowers her hands from the bar, sitting upright on the bench.

You wait, wondering what she’s going to do, before she pats the bench beside her. You hesitate for a second, but then move to sit next to her like she asked. If she was going to hit you then she wouldn’t be sitting, she’d be trying to hit you.

When you do sit next to her, Cath doesn’t look up at you, instead staring at the floor.

“…not, strong,” says Cath, apparently struggling with words at first, “not…good.”

She pauses, looking up at you but you just wait patiently.

“Got strong…” she says, “to protect…not hurt.”

She looks up at you, her face down, then looks down at the floor.

“Hurt you…after you helped…”

Cath trails off after that staring at the floor.

You aren’t sure what to do now. Cath seems to be upset and it’s your fault. It’s not like she did anything wrong, she just hit you. But she’s clearly not happy about it.

>Tell her it’s fine.
>Ask her if you can help.
>Just wait.
>Other.

>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
>Ask her if you can help.

>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
She didn't do it on purpose.

>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
>Ask her if you can help.
We can be useful!

>>38398028
>Other.
Hugs

>>38398028
>>Tell her it’s fine.
>>Ask her if you can help

>>38398028
>Just wait.

>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
>Ask her if you can help.

Rolled 14, 16, 15 = 45 (3d20)

>>38398028
>Tell her its fine
>Just wait
I really want to have Will give her a hug but that'd be way to out of character.

>>38398028
>Just wait.

>>38398066
Too soon, man. The kid's just starting to heal.

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>>38398066
How many times do we have to tell you Will doesn't know what a hug is?

>>38398028
>Just wait.

Yes guys lets keep pressing.

>>38398066
You need to either read the rest of this quest or stop posting.

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>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
>Ask her if you can help.

>>38398104
Not that anon, but you don't have to be mean about it. We'll get there (hopefully) soon.

>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
You didn't do it on purpose

>>38398028
>Tell her it’s fine.
>Ask her if you can help.
Well let's try to help cath out i guess

>>38398028
>Ask her if you can help.

Fucking hell people, it's pretty clear that this is most certainly not fine to her and that insisting that it is will only make her feel worse about it because it reminds her of how messed up Will is and how much she really should not have punched him.

>>38398171
This guy gets it!

>>38398028
>Ask her if you can help.
She pointed us to Doc Smiths and that has led Will to feeling more like he is useful. I'm sure he wants to help/be useful to her in return

Plus this guy has a point >>38398171

>>38398171
I'm aware of that. Will probably isn't.

Alright, calling votes here so I can decide what gets written.

>>38398028
>Ask her if you can help.

No 'its fine'

>>38398236
This entire situation is only occuring because people decided to drive will outside of his comfort zone in order to help him stop being messed up.
Intentionally sabotaging the Will afterwards just because you think it's more IC is a pretty retarded thing to do.

>>38398283
I didn't. >>38398101 Is my vote.

Alright, so...I'm going to start writing because you're all tied up.

>>38398333
Hahaha. Whatever happens is going to be hillarious if all of these are tied.

Also nice Trip 3s Guide.

>>38398333
I hope you mean only the first two options.Because just wait is definitely not tied

>>38398389
I did.

>>38398283
>Intentionally sabotaging the Will afterwards just because you think it's more IC is a pretty retarded thing to do.
Around these parts, making suboptimal choices because we think they're more IC is considered one of the many facets of roleplaying.

>>38398400
Okay.Just making sure is all.Sorry if i seemed like a dick

>>38398428
>Okay.Just making sure is all.Sorry if i seemed like a dick
You disappoint me. I was expecting an elaborate pun regarding how you 'don't wanna wait for the next update'.

>>38398450
Haven't got my coffee yet.No puns until then

>>38397749
Make sure you you roll in future drinking events so we can reach Finnish levels of tolerance

>>38398474
Guide confirmed in one of the threads that we do infact have Finnish alcohol tolerance

>>38398510
I thought it was Irishman.

>>38398510
All he said is that it's a possible tier.

>>38398510
>>38398546

We are currently Irishman, next level is Finn, after that is Alcoholic Finn

>>38398575
There's lots of levels. Finn is the top level.

>>38398418
Choosing "Sub-optimal" because it is in character.. is role playing. Characters have faults. Wills include but are not limited to: The education of a 12 year old; Near complete lack of socialization; PTSD.

All of the choices are in character.

1. Will asks to help to be useful.
2. It's fine. People beat him all the time. She didn't do it very hard and didn't mean it.
3. Just wait. Will usually just shrugs and doesn't say much. He's been talking up a goddamn storm.

I'm not 100% a fan of how talky he's been lately but him asking Cath if she needs help earlier/something wrong. Isn't out of character. He wants to help.

My reasoning for the sudden flow of chatter from is that he was always struck for speaking previously.

>>38398474
I'll do my best.

>>38398599
You... I like you... you seem like the person who thinks before you vote. Unlike Mr. Hugs and Headpats who keeps showing up.

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>>38398028

Not exactly being the best conversationalist yourself, you aren’t exactly sure why Cath is upset. But she is clearly upset. So you do your best.

“I’m ok,” you say, causing Cath up at you, clearly still unhappy.

“…not…ok,” says Cath, looking down at the ground again.

Clearly that wasn’t what Cath wanted to hear, as it didn’t seem to help her at all. The two of you look at the ground together for a little bit more before you speak up again.

“Can I help?” you ask her, honestly wondering if something can help.

“…” Cath is silent for a little bit, her mouth opening a few times before she speaks.

“Yes…” she says, sounding surprised, before looking at you, then standing up and moving towards the door. She peaks through it once, then waves you after her. You follow her, slightly confused as to what she’s doing. You look around as she goes upstairs, nobody else visible at the moment. As you go up the stairs, Morrigan is visible on the couch, asleep. Cath puts a finger on her mouth to indicate quiet and then continues towards her room.

You follow her, eventually entering her room as she shuts the door behind you. Standing their slightly confused, you watch as Cath moves the blankets on her bed, then goes to sit on it. She then pats the bed in front of her, indicating that you should sit there as well.

You aren’t sure what’s going on…

>Sit on the bed.
>Don’t sit on the bed.
>Ask Cath what’s going on.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.
DO AS YOU'RE TOLD BOY

>>38398764
>>Sit on the bed.
>>Ask Cath what’s going on.
I'm excited yet cautious.

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>>38398764
>>Sit on the bed.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

>>38398808
Probably just wants to have a talk. If she wants to sleep we have to go ask Morrigan.. but she's asleep so maybe we should ask Marry instead?

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.
Oh god....AND I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF BELLONA!

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

>>38398883
Cath was nuzzling Will just as much as Bell. She was also trying to get him smashed remember?

>>38398418
Choosing suboptimal votes because they are more IC is fine and good.
Doing so five freaking minutes after a having Will of all people be the one to start a conversation, is what's questionable about it.

When the very last vote had Will be unusually empathetic and proactive, it's less role-playing and more format induced schizophrenia.

I voted not to talk with her about this myself, because I thought it was less IC, but once after losing that vote, choosing the same answer that Will already noticed didn't calm down Cath at all the last few times he gave it, quite frankly seems more like sabotaging than anything else.

>>38398883
>>38398869
Maybe she just wants to give us exposition like Morrg did? Right guys? The most quiet cast member wants to talk?

>>38398883
Without the rest of MMS in the way, Bellona would've jumped us by now. Remember, Cath has the same social rank as us so she could be just as clueless as we are. Or she does know what to do, just doesn't know how to get to that point.

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed

>>38398764
>Sit on the bed.

Clearly Will is sitting on the bed.

Writing.

>>38398915
I had always interpreted Cath as being protective not possessive.. maybe it's both.

>>38398764
what are we going to do on the bed, big sister?

>>38398915
What if she thought that Billy would get drunk anyway, and was trying to get Bellona smashed too so she wouldn't be able to take advantage of him?

The hero we deserved, even if we didn't need her.

>>38398931
she was part of the conversation the rest of MMS had when they were talking about Will not knowing what sex was.

>>38399030
>>38399077
Guide, please confirm whether Ask Cath what's going on would have led to 'What're we gonna do on the bed?'

>>38399030
I...Is it happening a-are we going to get....H-Hugged?

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>>38399110
Well aren't you just one lewd anon.

>>38399145
We might even hold hand.

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>>38399269

>>38399269
With how the playets keep focusing on keeping Willy retarded (even when Guide gives us the opportunity to mix things up slightly), I don't believe so.

>>38399331
>Implying all mental disorders are retardation
>Implying Will isn't actually definition-ally retarded as well due to his tragic past

Hey guys, get a load of this guy.

>>38399331
re·tard·ed
rəˈtärdəd/
adjective

less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one's age.

Will is literally retarded.

>>38398764
Even though you don’t know what’s going on, you do know one thing and that is that Cath said you could help her by doing something and that something is apparently sitting on the bed. So you sit on the bed.

Cath seems happy that you sat on the bed, so you take that as a good sign. Then she grabs your shoulders gently and turns you so that you’re sitting the same direction that she is. Now you really aren’t sure what’s going on seeing as how you can’t see Cath besides her legs.

You feel Cath’s hands around your stomach suddenly, causing you to stiffen a little, but all she does is pull you backwards so your back is resting against her front. It’s a little awkward since Cath’s chest is bigger than most people’s, but it’s soft so it isn’t too bad. As you stay there with Cath’s arms around your stomach, you start to hear something as a weight presses against your shoulder.

Turning your head, you see Cath’s face, her eyes closed as she makes…a noise. It’s soft and vibrating, but she seems to be making it on purpose. You don’t know why she’s making the noise, but her face seems…better, than before so you think you’re helping at least.

You turn your head back forwards as Cath keeps her arms around you, wondering how exactly this is doing anything, but Cath seems relaxed so you don’t mind.

You aren’t sure how long you stay there, it seems like quite a while since you don’t have anything to do, but it’s not like you’re getting beaten. Cath isn’t even holding you tightly, so it really just feels soft for the most part.

There’s a knock on the door, which causes Cath to stiffen up against you.

“Cath,” calls Mary’s voice, “Have you seen Will? I can’t find him.”

Cath makes a noise, drawing your attention before you open your mouth. She shakes her head at you.

>Listen to Cath
>Tell Mary you’re here.
>Other.

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Tell Mary you’re here.

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath
I dont know the social convention, but this would be weird to look at, no?

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>>Listen to Cath

this is gonna be good.

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

Cath needs this, to be able to feel like she is bringing Will safety and comfort. IC reason for voting this way, Cath hasn't steered us wrong before.

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399551
Really goddamn weird. Like Cath might be using will as a substitute for someone she lost.

Like if she doesn't want Marry to know it's probably less for the social awkwardness. Something is really off here.

Will doesn't know what humming is.. he's probably unfamiliar with signing. It's going to be tragic if someone starts singing and he's stunned by it.

I bet will feels very conflicted inside right now....

>>38399405
I'm not questioning that Will is plagued by mental disorders, but I'm not satisfied by how he's interacting/ responding to things. Like the last thread with the horse, Guide gave us the opportunity to interact with it and possibly get some development, but what did we do?

Made him stand around for five minutes doing nothing. Nothing of value occurred. It was almost a waste time for Guide to give us the option because it came off as if Will has no curiosity.

>>38399495
>You feel Cath’s hands around your stomach suddenly, causing you to stiffen a little, but all she does is pull you backwards so your back is resting against her front. It’s a little awkward since Cath’s chest is bigger than most people’s, but it’s soft so it isn’t too bad.
Someday, when Will's mental state is healed up, he'll look back on this day and have a big shit-eating grin on his face before Morrigan tells him to stop daydreaming and keep moving.

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

Mouth
>why?

>>38399495
>Listen to Cath

>>38399551
Would it be weird for an older woman request that you sit in her lap facing away from her as she cradles you while humming?

>>38399619
Don't look at me for that dude, most of the votes that get thrown out I'm pissed at too. Like the aforementioned horse scene and earlier in the thread saying "It's ok" and not just "Asking to help." But such is life in a quest thread.

>>38399625
>Not looking back with fondness and a warm feeling in his heart.
Pleb.

>>38399678
I'd be both afraid and turned on, personally.

Alright, so clearly we're listening to Cath.

Writing.

>>38399697
Here we go

>>38399740
Have I ever steered you wrong before?

>>38399842
??? 0 points

>>38399842
See>>38399867

>>38399867
>>38399894
man people are still suffering from that PTSD giving moment.

>>38399929
Yes.Yes we are

>>38399867
>>38399894
>>38399929
>implying that wasn't really fun
>implying we didn't get some of the best scenes in that quest because of it
>not believing in Guide
Are you a bunch of faggots or something?

>>38399975
no i enjoyed that arc very much im just saying people are still but hurt.

>>38399867
did I miss something?

>>38399867
>>38399894
>>38399929
>>38399967
>>38399975
>>38400038
Could someone sum what the hell this is about up real quickly?
>Cue five posts of: "Just read ~40 threads, you scrub!"

>>38400058
one bad choice in HPQ that made shit get real.

>>38400058
I wanna say it was the start of the "Get Everyone Back" arc in HPQ, but I'm not entirely sure.

>>38400078
And how does Guide sterring people wrong feed into that?

>>38400058
"Just read ~40 threads, you scrub!"

>>38400078
Oh that thing. Okay.

>>38400107
It was a trap basically

>>38400107
Basically before that point he would make us spend Points 10,20,30 to do cool stuff.

He gave us a ??? for 0 points.

Que anons pressing the mystery button because of conditioning.

Bad but cool things happened as a result.

>>38400185
So it's not really Guide's fault when he was just providing options and anon only has themselves to blame for giving into the mystery box/red button.

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>>38400236

Awesome, The wi-fi got hooked back up in time for me to make it.

>>38400236
Presenting anons with a mystery option is like waving a brand new shiny toy in front of your child. You can't expect them to not try to put their hands on it.

>>38400236
Making the choice seem appealing by prior conditioning was his doing. But you can't really fault him for that either.

Obviously, losing everyone would have a greater impact if it seemed that it was due to our own actions. But, due to our disposition in HPQ to only pick the best and/or coolest options for John, you could reason that the only reliable way to achieve that would be to 'deceive' us into picking a trap option.

It's not the QM's job to always be upfront with players or never make anything bad happen. Just like it isn't the player's job to always pick the best option. It's to help each other write an interesting story.

>>38399495
You’re rather conflicted at the moment. Mary wants to know where you are, but Cath doesn’t want you to tell her. Normally you’d be afraid of not doing both somehow…but MMS is ok. You remind yourself of that. So since Cath had your help first you should probably listen to her.

You settle back in as best you can, with Cath still holding you as you look at the door.

“…no,” says Cath, loud enough to be heard through the door, but not much else.

“Alright,” says Mary, “If he does come by let me know.”

Cath doesn’t say anything more, just waits a little bit until Mary walks away and then resumes her noise making. You start to notice a pattern in the noise, which sounds like why Cath is making it, but you don’t get a hold of it by the time she stops. When she stops making the noise, Cath doesn’t let go of you, instead still holding you.

“…thank you,” she says, “…helped.”

You feel…good at that. Even though you don’t really get why, Cath said you helped.

As she lets go of your stomach you sit upright, turning to look at her. Though she still doesn’t have much of an expression on her face, Cath seems…calm, at least.

“…don’t tell,” she says, remaining on her bed as you stand up.

“Ok,” you say, deciding that if Cath was being careful you should be careful too as you poke your head out of her door. Nobody looks visible, so you step outside and shut it behind you, walking down the hallway towards the room where the couch and the tables are. Morrigan is gone, but instead Bellona is in one of the chairs, flipping through a floppy looking book.

>>38400359
Oh Joy and happiness. She knows.

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>>38400359
A floppy book, you say?

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>>38400359

She looks up as you come down the hallway, clearly surprised.

“Will,” she says, “Where did you come from?”

You just shrug, not sure how to explain yet not explain where you were. Shrugging was your go to in The Compound for getting beaten the least when you didn’t have an answer.

Bellona looks at you and squints her eyes a little, but then apparently decides that it’s not a big deal.

“Well, whatever,” she says, setting the book down on the table and leaning towards you, “I’ve decided how you can repay me for the last mission, it won’t be too hard for you I think.” She smiles at you. “We can even do it now if you’d like~”

>Agree to help Bellona now.
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.
>Other.

>>38400359
If that tune she was humming was happy birthday I swear to god...

>>38400400
>>Agree to help Bellona now.
Sure

>>38400400
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.
deal's a deal

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.

>>38400400
>>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400236
I certainly would blame the players. I was the ONE dude who was like 'uh, guys? Maybe this isn't a good idea.'

>>38400328
Going only by what you guys mentioned in this thread, it seems like guide offered something that was clearly to be interpreted as "This is not necessarily beneficial to you (which is why it's free) but it should spice things up" and that's exactly what happened.

I'm not sure you can really call this waving a mystery box in front of people as opposed to him just offereing the choice:

>Plottwist? Y/N
With the exact details of the plottwist catching people with their pants down because Guide decided not to be predictable as fuck.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>>Tell her you heard Mary was looking for you.
>>Agree to help Bellona later.

>>38400400
>>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.
We are like... super useful today.

>>38400400
>Ask her if it will take long.
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.

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>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

Aw yeah, time for some Bellona development time.

>>38400401
I miss HPQ now....Why did you have to remind me of best girl and her cuddlez?;_;>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.
She saved us on the mission. And we should pay our debts even if violence isn't a problem anymore.

400400 Interesting

hmmmm Bellona smiling still sets off alarms in my head for some reason. I'll leave this vote up to everyone else.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.

>>38400400
>>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

>>38400400
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.
We can say we heard from Cath that Mary was looking for us.

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now.

So we're agreeing to help Bellona now it seems.

Writing.

>>38400400
>Tell her Mary was looking for you.
BAIL
BAIL!

>>38400400
>Agree to help Bellona now

>>38400550
God I hope we don't regret this, but it will be interesting to know WHY Bellona acts the way she does.

>>38400550
If this gets us raped I'm blaming all of you

>>38397660
Remember HPQ when every roll is either 100 or 1?

>>38400573
At the very least, Will knows to tell Morrigan if Bellona does things which'll get Bellona shot at best, beaten at worst.

>>38400573
Don't worry, Will has explicit instructions to run to Morrigan if Bell starts getting touchy.

>>38400565
next person we should talk to i think is nem

I for one see her as potentially not 100% motivated by rape.
She may have actual things about her, these things I intend to learn.

>>38400615
We definitely haven't bonded with Nem enough.

>>38400624
Same.But people can't seem to think past seeing her as Esdese

>>38400637
its sad really.

>>38400624
She's clearly into sweet, innocent young men to a degree in which she floods her panties.
Maybe not motivated by rape but I would sincerely think at the least she has a fetish for guys like Will.

>>38400615
Agreed. Nem is the original 3 of our squad who we have interacted with the least

>>38400624
I actually keep writing down things people do and cross-referencing my psychology books. Diagnosing the characters is fun.

But this thread is throwing me off. Need to re-diagnose Cath...

>>38400573
I'm a bit uncomforatble myself, but I console myself with the fact that Bellona's rapey side seems to primarily stem from poor impulse control and this seems a bit too premeditated for being motivated by that.

That is not to say that her poor impulse control couldn't come up again during whatever happens right now, but I don't think she's so far gone that she actually plans anything rapey because she has to know that's not going to end well for anyone.

>>38400673
I don't actually understand anything about psychology, but what did you have about her so far that was thrown off by this thread?

>>38400637
But she wasn't entirely motivated by rape either. She cared for the people who were under her figuratively just as much as those who were literally.

Watch the thing Bellona wants the from Will is just a date.

>>38400737
I'm going to dawww if it's a hug she wants

>>38400737
yfw she wants him to read her a bedtime story.

>>38400737
>>38400752
>>38400775
Stahp...Mah heart can't take this much feelz.....

>>38400651
Speaking of innocent, it seems like Bellona isn't fully aware of the extent of Will's abuse if she thinks his behavior is somehow indicative of 'innocence.' I hope she comes to find how fucking messed up poor Will is, and we get to see her 'loyal to her underlings' side

>>38400810
That would be nice to see to be honest

>>38400715
Well its not so much that I need to re-diagnose her, than it is I need to add/change my diagnosis of her. This thread has given a bit more insight into potential motivations for her as much as last thread gave me several potential avenues for why she was not only mortified when she awoke hitting Will but also terrified.

>“…not, strong,” says Cath, apparently struggling with words at first, “not…good.”

>She pauses, looking up at you but you just wait patiently.

>“Got strong…” she says, “to protect…not hurt.”

These lines say very much about her true personality and I need to make note of that for the future.

Guys I just realized something, Cath is this threads cuddlezerker.

>>38400810
Way too many Bellona=Esdese assumptions here.

While "innocence" is obviously one of Bellona's turn-ons, there is nothing indicating that she didn't notice how screwed up Will is or that she'd really mind as long as we remain "innocent" as she defines it.

And the whole "loyal to underlings" thing is entirely without basis in this quest.

>>38400887
do me a favor DONT go there just dont.

>>38400970
Yeah I miss HPQ too but this quest is just as awesome and I think we were all getting tired John the invincible

>>38401006
Yeah.Sad that there's going to be less Tatsuko,Head Mistress and Karasuba though....

>>38401034
Eh, the occasional thread will still come out, and like I said this is a GREAT story in the mean time.

>>38401034
Not him. I get that.. but I'd prefer if we avoided talking about it. It's a totally different set up.

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>>38400400
Well, you did just spend a lot of time helping Cath and you do owe Bellona, especially since you could’ve been dead. Well, those guys weren’t about to shoot you or anything but she made sure they didn’t get the chance. Plus she hasn’t done something like throw you on a table recently, so you decide that maybe helping her now would be good for keeping it that way.

“Ok,” you say, “What should…”

“Just stay here,” says Bellona with a smile, standing up and heading for her room, “I’ll be back in a minute.”

You nod, watching as Bellona strides off down to her room, clearly excited about whatever she wants you to do. She’s back quickly, holding some objects in her hands.

“Come on come on,” she says, heading towards the wash room and grabbing you by the hand.

You follow her without protest as she tugs you inside, shutting the door behind you in the process. There are two spigots in the room, one high on the wall over a tub and one in the middle next to a basin. Bellona turns to the one higher on the wall and frowns at it, but sets her packages down anyway.

“It’s not the best but it’ll have to do,” she says as she begins to take off her shirt, revealing the undershirt that most of the girls seem to wear.

You stand there, watching in confusion before Bellona turns to you.

“You too Will,” she says, “Take off your shirt or it’ll get wet.”

You nod, taking off your shirt as Bellona sets hers to the side.

>>38401204
“Take off your shoes and socks too,” she says, opening up the package. You follow her directions, taking off your boots, now standing there in your pants as Bellona pulls out a container and sets it on the edge of the tub before turning to the spigot and turning it on, the small stream of cold water coming out as she leans her head forward into it.

“Come on,” she says, one of her hands on the edge of the tub, the other running the water through her long hair “Help me with my hair.”

You blink at her. This is…

You don’t know what this is. Today seems full of that. But it isn’t Bellona doing something weird to you, so you’re pretty sure it’s ok. Stepping into the tub because that’s pretty clearly why she wanted you to take your boots off, you help Bellona to get her hair wet with the water.

“So,” she says from the awkward position she’s in, “Where were you earlier?”

You pause, your hands full of long wet hair.

>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.
>I was with Cath.
>I was with Doc Smith.
>Other.

>>38401219
>Other
In bed.

>>38401219
>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.
Cath didn't want anyone else to know, and for some reason Her and Bella seem to dislike each other.

>>38401219
>Being useful.

>>38401219
>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.
>Other.
Shrug. If she wants a better response, 'Just around.'

>>38401219
>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.
Cath said don't say anything

>>38401219
>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.

>>38401219
>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.

>>38401219
>I was with Doc Smith.

>>38401219
>I was with Cath.

>>38401219
>>I was with Cath.

>>38401219
>Other.
"Today is workout day."

>>38401219
>>38401297
This, haha.

>>38401219
>Shrug, wash her hair.

>>38401297
>>38401219

Fuck it, deleting my post this wins. Supporting.

>>38401297
>>38401219
Sure

>>38401297
supporting

>>38401297
Backing this

>>38401297
Second

>>38401297
this

>>38401219
Seventhing

>>38401297
Yes.

We wake, we eat our oats, and then we lift.

>>38401219
Supporting >>38401297

>>38401219
>Don’t say anything, just wash her hair.

So, today is workout day is the winner.

>>38401297
this
all that pain and all those gains.

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>>38401532

>>38401710
a small kek was had from that.

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>>38397186
gotta head to work so I unfortunately can't stay, but before I go just wanted to say love the new quest Guide. Powered through 1-9 last night and I'm hooked, can't wait to read this thread when I get home

>>38400833
So which personality disorder? Or are you going with selective mutism? That is a childhood diagnosis and has no place n adult psychiatry.

>>38401886
To me this speaks of a traumatic event in the past, not what you mentioned. (i'm not the anon you posted on btw i'm someone else)

>>38401265
I somehow hate the typical teenager response. It is somehow rage inducing for me.

>>38401922
We will have to see!

Cath probably has a great back story.

>>38401960
thats how you know your getting old.

>>38402002
Having teens does that to you. I pity the high school teachers who hear this everyday.

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>>38401219
“It’s workout day,” you say, your hands starting to move again.

“Oh?” says Bellona as her hand checks the rest of her hair, apparently determining that it’s ok as she leans upwards as you step back, “But you were down there earlier with Cath and then you both disappeared.”

You don’t say anything to that, simply standing there as Bellona pulls out a small bottle from the package.

“Hold out your hands,” she says, which you do, sticking both hands straight out.

“Not like that,” she says, “Cup them together.”

You follow her directions and then she squeezes the bottle, a liquid coming out of it that smells of…something.

“So you didn’t do anything after working out,” she says, leaning over the edge of the tub again.

“No,” you say, unsure what else to tell her.

“Hmm…” she says, “Well if you don’t want to tell I won’t pry.” She smiles at you again in that strange way she does.

“Now you know how to wash hair right?” she asks you.

You nod.

“Alright,” she says, leaning her head back down, “Wash my hair for me then, make sure to use the shampoo.”

You look down at the liquid in your hands, you figure since there isn’t anything else than it is probably shampoo.

Taking her long hair in your hands you start to run your hands through it like you do your own, except this time the shampoo makes bubbles appear on the length of it.

“Ow,” says Bellona as you move quickly, “Gentle up there.”

You stop what you’re doing, then try to do it again, this time gentler.

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>>38402406
Judging by the noises she makes, Bellona appreciates this pace much more. You make your way up the length of her hair to her head. As you tough the top of her head you feel her flinch, her neck and body stiffening.

You stop your hands when you feel it, thinking you did something wrong.

“…keep going,” says Bellona, her voice sounding different from her normal cheerful tone, “it’s…it’s ok.”

You start to move your hands again, only having a little bit more of hair to wash before you step back.

You hear Bellona let out a sigh as you do, the water already washing the bubbles out of her hair.

“Thanks Will,” says Bellona looking up at you as she runs her hand through her hair, getting even more of the bubbles out, “It’s nice to get some help.”

You nod, watching as Bellona finishes getting her hair clean.

“Come on, don’t just stand there,” says Bellona, pulling a towel from her pile, “Get dressed, wouldn’t want someone to think we did something weird.”

You nod, stepping out of the tub and starting to put your clothes back on, starting with your socks and boots.

Bellona focuses on her hair as you put your shirt back on.

“Alright, I think we’re done,” she says, still not having put her shirt back on, instead slinging it over her shoulder as she opens the door, “Let’s go see what we’re doing later tonight…”

You both pause, Morrigan standing out in the hallway, you still adjusting your shirt and Bellona with her hair in a towel with just her undershirt on.

“Uhm…” says Bellona, to which Morrigan holds up one hand.

“Billy,” she says, her voice very slow, “What were you doing in there with her?”

>Helping.
>Paying her back.
>Washing hair.
>Other.

Rolled 4, 1, 12 = 17 (3d20)

>>38402436
>>Washing hair

>>38402436
>>Washing hair.

whelp were fucked

>>38402436
>Helping.
I wanted something like this to happen so badly.

>>38402436
>Washing hair
Jesus christ if we say anything else we are fucked 57 times over.

>>38402436
>Paying her back.

>>38402436
>Helping.

hmmmm wow I don't know how we're going to keep her from exploding.

>>38402436
>Washing hair

>>38402436
>>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>Helping.
>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>Helping.

>>38402436
>>Helping.
>>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>Washing hair.

>>38402436

>Paying her back

>>38402476
>We
You mean Bellona. Misunderstandings away!

>>38402436
>>Paying her back.
>>Washing hair.

>>38402436
>Washing hair.
Need to be direct about this.

>>38402436
>>Paying her back
>>Helping

>>38402517
Oh god, but I thought we liked her

>>38402436
>Washing hair.
>Bellona was being nice.

>>38402476
>>38402465

How exactly is Will fucked?

>>38402436
>>Paying her back

>>38402436
>Washing hair.

>>38402554
well im thinking he's gonna have a PTSD episode in front of them.

>>38402554
Do you want to see Morrigan mad? I imagine there would be collateral damage.
captcha: Fluke
0_0 The captcha knows

>>38402584
Why? She isn't yelling at him. And she gets to yelling, it be towards Bellona anyway. So there really is no issue here.

Well that sure got a lot of votes really quickly!

Anyway, looks like we were very clearly washing hair.


Writing.

>>38402636
You don't survive very long in the compound by throwing someone under the bus.

>>38402636
Well the yelling my scare Will. If she starts throwing punches he may make himself scares or hide.

Either running to camp under his bead or taking the fetal position in the corner.

>>38402675
There aren't any buses here. We're inside.

>>38402436
>>Washing hair.
>Helping.

>>38402722
Whats a bus?
captcha: Assat
Whoa captcha no need for name-calling

>>38402782
Those big yellow things you use for cover.

All things considered she's being pretty respectful of Morrigan's rules.

>>38402805
She and Cath are pushing it.

Her for topless wet Will reasons.

Cath for.. Heeey Caaath how about we get you a dog first.. then you can try to have a person..

>>38402684
I really doubt yelling in and of itself would do that to Will. It's one thing if the yelling is aimed at him. Yelling at others means they aren't angry at you and there for most likely not the one getting a beating

>>38402782
captcha is sassy today

>>38401886
Same anon as before here. Not gonna lie and say it didn't cross my mind when she was first introduced but back then I had little to no personality to bum off of.

When the drinking episode ended I actually believed that booth her and Bell's personalities were two sides of the same coin, both based off being attractive women in a post-apoc setting with little to no law, if you know what I mean, where Cath became introverted and Bell extroverted. And that their rivalry came from their similarities inspite of their differences.

Now I'm not sure what to think with this thread. Both Bell and Cath are having their personalities explored so I'm going to have to rewrite most of my assumptions on them.

Only real person I can partially diagnose right now is Morrg and she is just easy to do.

>>38402831
Will would get yelled at he didn't get Morgan like he was suppose to.

>>38402829
Will didn't really get wet. It was just in case.

And Morrigan hasn't said anything to Cath.

>>38402829
Well, Bellona had her undershirt on, so she isn't nude in front of her prey.

>>38402865
Ahh I see. We will have to wait.

She possiblt fit some of the schizoid personality disorder traits but she is far from classical. All in all diagnosing these takes years of knowing someone and we should just avoid labeling people until the diagnosis actually can help.

>>38402957
True, True. Besides anything I may have might as well be bull anyways, I'm still just finishing my bachelors degree.

>>38402987
If you like psyc have fun!

Although being a psychiatrist is the most fun part of it. Don't just settle for psychology.

>>38402884
Speaking of shirtless Will, how scarred is he? Physically, not emotionally.

I'm guessing he has a fair number, but most of his beatings were of a bruising variety.

>>38403106
A metal-toed combat boot could probably leave a scar.

>>38403106
I think that might actually be a plot point. Because I don't think he recognizes himself being scarred.

>>38403135
I kind of doubt that. Plus, most combat boots don't have steel. You want them to be light and comfortable. Rough leather is usually tough enough for what you want.

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>>38402436
“Washing hair…” you say, concerned at the tone of Morrigan’s voice.

“Washing…hair?” says Morrigan.

“Yes,” you say.

“Nothing weird?” asks Morrigan, “She didn’t touch you in any…places?”

“No…” you say, “What places?”

“Just…she didn’t touch you?” says Morrigan.

“No,” you say again.

Morrigan lets out a big sigh, then turns to Bellona.

“I thought you and me were going to have…words,” says Morrigan.

“I’m following your rules,” says Bellona with a very very small smile on her face.

Morrigan grunts and scowls a little more.

“Don’t push it,” says Morrigan, before turning back to you, “Billy…just be careful ok?”

You nod, wondering what you need to be careful about.

“I’m headed to Doc’s,” says Morrigan, “I’ll be back later.”

With that Morrigan turns and heads down the stairs.

Bellona watches with you as Morrigan disappears from sight.

“Well that went better than expected,” says Bellona.

You…

>Go find Mary.
>Go after Morrigan.
>Go check the market.
>Other.

>>38403205
You must remember that any metal would be in poor condition and probably broken/jagged, plus if he was hit just right a bone might have pierced the skin.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary
dont want to worry her more.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.

Rolled 1, 15, 7 = 23 (3d20)

>>38403265
>>Go check the market.

>>38403265
>Go check the market.

It's been a while.

>>38403265
>Go check the market.

>>38403265
>>Go find Mary.

>>38403265
>>Go check the market.

Motherfuckin' shoppin' timessss!

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.

She was looking for us earlier.

>>38403265
>Go check the market.

>>38403265
>Go after Morrigan.
Gotta keep the boss outta trouble.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.

>>38403106
One one hand, he probably didn't recieve any major wounds on his torso, as the child soldiers probably didn't recieve real medical attention. Heck, the way they fed a gun wound probably could have killed most of 'em anywhere on the body, between blood loss, infection, and worse performance because of pain and a weakened body.
On the other, the bad nutrition and medical attention probably would lead to bad healing and a high risk of infection/inflammation so even minor wounds would heal bad and leave relatively big scars.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.
I think we've put it off long enough

>>38403265O
>Go check the market.

>>38403106
I'd guess he's got some sort of scar or some bones that didn't heal quite right on his side.

>>38403265
>>Go find Mary.
She wanted us

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.
Wonder why she's looking for us?

>>38403265
>>Go find Mary.
Then
>Follow Morrigan.

You would not want to leave her intoxicated in the bar getting into trouble again would you?

And we can drink someone else to death.

>>38403265
>Go find Mary.

>>38403265
>Go check the market.

>>38403369
Bone not healing properly?

>>38403358
And those guys probably weren't exactly gentle when they were kicking him in the ribs.

>>38403265
>>Go find Mary.

>>38403427
Supporting this.