your waifu a shit

File: nicolette_hayashinomura.png (3.64 MB, 2291x3000)

3.64 MB PNG

"Is that all of them!?" Nicolette calls out to her nearest subordinate.
"I... I hope so..." a battle-weary Guard says while darting his eyes in all directions in anticipation of another wave of mercenaries.

This is the first time that many of these men have seen actual battle... and if not for that trip to Marconetti a month ago, Nicolette would likely be every bit as panicked as the men under her command.

"Pierre, take a couple able-bodied men and get whatever wounded you can back to the castle!" Nicolette barks out.
"B- but what about you, Captain!?" her subordinate asks, worried for her safety.
"I'll try and pick off anyone left until Arnaud gets here, now GO!"
"Y- yes sir!"

While the others carry out her orders, Nicolette and a small squad of remaining guards advances deeper into the forest. While her father said that he and the King would take care of things themselves, it became clear that the sheer numbers were too much for them to be able to reliably handle on their own. Even if they could handle the brunt of the attacks (and she has full confidence that they can), there's still the question of stragglers getting through to the castle itself. And with Melanie and Elena and all the other people who she loves in direct danger, there's no way she could just stand back and wait.

After all, the Royal Guard's duty is to protect the castle from all threats.


>stay with the nicolette
>go and see what _______ is doing
>back to the reinhold

>>38413068
>>go and see what Sylvie is doing

>>38413068
>>stay with the nicolette

Is it really a choice?

>>38413068
>>stay with the nicolette

>>38413068
>stay with the nicolette

>implying one post is enough nico

>>38413068
Stay with lancer in sickness and health

>>38413068
>go and see what _______ is doing

Greg, Nico and Andreas!

>>38413068
>go and see what Gerhard is doing

>>38413068
>stay with the nicolette
We can check on Sylvie later.

>>38413068
>>stay with the nicolette

>>38413068
>go and see what Elana is doing

>>38413068
>>stay with the nicolette

>>38413068
>>stay with the nicolette

>>38413068
>stay with the nicolette

I'd love a snapshot of how a few groups are dealing with things, namely Sylvie, Karel/Emilio and if he's learned of the attacks, Celestino since they have the biggest eotional stakes, but not at the expense of a more developed scene.

hopefully exploring how characters are dealing with things will be an option in the VN, they're really satisfying

>>38413068
>stay with the nicolette

I'm curious as to what horrible ambush could wait for her in the forest.

>>38413068
>go and see what Andreas is doing

really want to see Elena's reaction to him

>>38413068
>stay with the nicolette

>>38413068
>>stay with the nicolette

>>38413068
what so to defend the castle she took troops away from it therefore weakening the defense dam it nico stop being a dumb ass

>>38413484
This is a sally. Actively counterattacking to disrupt the enemy's ability to sustain their offensive. It's a very good and very effective tactic, moreso than pure defence, especially when there's combat monsters like Aquaman, Greg and Arnaud as a backstop.

It's a very smart decision.

>>38413550
not with green troops

>>38413266
>spoiler
Something along the lines of FFIX's ATE system would be beautiful (where you would occasionally get a prompt -- most optional, but some mandatory -- while you were wandering around that let you know about other scenes that were going on concurrently somewhere else in the area, and let the player either choose to eavesdrop on those, or skip them and carry on with whatever you were in the middle of) but might be a little too fiddly to implement.

That, or it'd come off as unnecessary unless there was a broad implementation. It worked in that game because it was happening all the time during wandering-around-town downtime, but if it only came up a handful of times it would seem arbitrary.

>>38413577
They're inexperienced, not untrained. They'll do.

>>38413609
that is what green means

>>38413627
Yes, and it's not a problem here. If they were untrained, it would be.

File: ILOVENICOLETTE.png (1.13 MB, 848x1500)

1.13 MB PNG

>>38413010
ILOVENICOLETTE

>writing

So how do you guys think Celestino will deal with learning his daughter was kidnapped, rescued, and proposed/proposed to in the same day?

>>38413932
Shadowrun overdose. He'll have a seizure on his throne.

>>38413932
Before or after we tell him it was just as we planned?

>>38413932
We can always find out.

>>38413932
Well he did give us his blessing on the last one, so as long as we leave some of the details of the rescue out we should be fine.

>>38413932
I imagine three messengers running into the room one after another with each message.

>>38414022
Just imagine if they arrived out of order.

That can happen.

>>38414030
>"Luciana has been rescued!"
Rescued from what?
>"Sir! Luciana has been proposed to!"
WHAT!?
>"Lord! Luciana has been kidnapped!
!?!

>>38413010
I just caught up after not reading for two months, that was some good happening Arch.

>>38414080
pfft

>>38414080
>"Milord it seems Sir Vincent has destroyed the enemy capital!"
... what?

>>38414188
This one needs to arrive first.

>>38414213
That's one of those we really need to not let the details of get out without clearance from our king. Need to know and all that.

>>38414188
>"Milord, Reinhold and Luciana have killed Leopold!"
WHY!

>>38414282
>>38414188
>>38414080
archelon pleeeeease

>>38414282
>Prince Emilio and Karel are forming quite the romantic relationship!
Now you people are just fucking with me!

Also I fear Anatole may be an issue.
Ain't been around since the "My other ally has been delayed" comment so thought i'd take the chance.

>>38414282
"Milord, Reinhold has molested Princess Luciana!"

SUMMON MY ARMMMY

>>38414327
Huh, I'm surprised no one voted to see what Marianne is up to. Probably keeping Elena, Valerie and Raquel calm with a very worried Sylvie's "help".

>>38414327
Why? It's not like they don't know that this is happening. Communication here isn't that bad, and it's been a while.

>>38414282
>>38414282
>>"Milord it seems Sir Vincent has destroyed the enemy capital!"
... what?
>"Sir! Luciana has been proposed to!"
WHAT!?
>"Milord, Reinhold and Luciana have killed Leopold!"
WHY!
>"Lord! Luciana has been kidnapped!
!?!

>>38414373
Turkey is kosher.

The delay was due to Vince rocking out and turning the crapital into a crater

>>38414401
>"Milord, your Daughter has an unusually strong libido!"

...

>>38414381
>"Your Majesty! Princess Luciana has molested Reinhold!"

>>38414435
Who's sending all these messages?!
>Sir Gregory, my lord! He just keeps writing them!

File: nicolette.png (21 KB, 248x357)

21 KB PNG

"CAPTAIN, I SEE TH-AAAGH!!"

With a piercing shriek, the man to Nicolette's right falls to the ground. After calling out to the others to heighten their guard, she peers out into the brush...

"Get down!" Nicolette shouts as a massive fireball races towards her and her comrades. Fortunately, her warning came in time, as it arcs just over their heads...

...but there's still the person who cast it to deal with.


>[1/?]

>>38414517
I wonder if she's going to take the spear off of the wall early?

she better get knight for this

>>38414544
Indeed...KNIGHTINGS FOR EVERYONE!

>>38414517
I guess that's what you get for yelling loudly that you spotted them, you poor bastard.

>>38414563
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySbQ0SRAn8Q

>>38414563
>Knighting ceremony
>Everyone is is line
>Reinhold! I am naming you a knight, here's a medal that makes your dick bigger, and guess what! Celetino came over so we can make you a double knight! Hows "Reinhold Eschenwald the Ironer Knight" sound?"
>Takamaru, if you'll have it we're making you a lord and giving you a fiefdom.
>Monique! Here's a wife!
>Niklaus! We've cloned Melanie for you!
>Nicolette.... good job toots! *slap on the ass* keep up the good work!

>>38414678
>implying monique wont fuck the sword

>>38414678
>"Your Majesty? What about Sylvie?"
>"Hmm? She's got the most awesome dad ever, what more does she need?"

>>38414693
>>38414678
Maybe give Monique one of those weird moving dolls from the east and find a way for Setsuranka to interface and possess one or something.

>>38414563
>>38414644
Not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-GZJhfBmI

>>38414723
>"Your Majesty? What about Sylvie?"
"Suck it nerd."

>>38414740
>Nicolette inside

>>38414839
Sssuh, you'll upset the turtle!

File: nicolette_anon.png (47 KB, 915x607)

47 KB PNG

>>38414517

"I'm going in!" Nicolette shouts. "Watch my back!"
"Captain, no!" a guard calls out. "We don't know where he's coming from!"
"Yes we do..."

Nicolette holds her free arm out to her side as she approaches the newly-charred brush. But it's not the charred part that she's interested in... rather, it's what she sees a little ways to the left of it.

A faint gleaming that's not -quite- the color of burning foliage. After an entire life spent with the kingdom's two most powerful mages, Nicolette probably knows that particular shade of red better than anyone in the Royal Guard.

Taking special care not to directly face its direction, Nicolette keeps her head straight forward while glancing to the side with her eyes...

"fireb-"
"FRAGMENT LANCER!"


>[2/?]

>>38414740
>Nicolette inside keeps her head straight
>>38414869
>Nicolette keeps her head straight forward
Found it!

Who would have thought Reinhold would one day ride Sir Vincent?

Every other mount will pale from now on compared to him.

>>38414839
Who doesn't want to be inside Nico?
>>38414869
>directly face its direction
Redundant department of redundancy

File: 1778557-mojo_jojo.jpg (12 KB, 240x262)

12 KB JPG

>>38415115

File: nothing.jpg (133 KB, 1140x1071)

133 KB JPG

>>38415118
>countless wriggling appendages

>>38415118
>but his body is completely surrounded by a thick coating of water

incoming Lightning magic

>>38415118
"No, he's head,"
i'm pretty sure that's not how it works...

>>38415192
BURN EVERYTHING!

>>38415118
Wow, these guards fucking suck. 13 year old reinhold could probably kick their ass, or at least intimidate them enough to run away crying. I guess this is a side effect of being hired to protect walking gods of war.

File: nicolette_121642.jpg (704 KB, 1202x2000)

704 KB JPG

>>38414869


Before her unseen opponent can even finish speaking the spell, Nicolette throws her magically-created lance as hard as she can in the direction of the Script that she saw earlier. She doesn't even wait to see if she hit true, launching herself right after her lance until she finds her target.

"Just what I fucking thought..." she growls as she looks at the freshly-killed mercenary's body, a long jagged piece of metal running right through his neck and into the tree that's growing behind him.

"Captain, are you alright!?" a guard calls out. "Do you need assistance?"
"No, he's dead," Nicolette shouts back. "I'm heading back n-"
"WWWWWHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?"

Nicolette mutters every curse that she knows in rapid succession as she runs back to her men... and soon she knows exactly why they were screaming. In front of the cowering guards, Nicolette finds another mercenary... but his body is completely surrounded by a thick coating of water from which countless wriggling appendages are sprouting.

"Men, fall back!" Nicolette shouts while running to the aid of the guards under her command.


>[3/?]

>>38415238
haha

Wheres the Nico Rape CG.

>>38415250
y'all need jesus

>>38415222
A country deserves to be conquered if its military is this pathetic

File: rejoice.jpg (13 KB, 418x420)

13 KB JPG

>>38415277
I know a priest, if that helps.

>>38415277
Jesus needs rape.

>>38415238
>every curse that she knows
>in rapid succession
>arrives almost immediately, rather than after all combatants have long since died and turned to dust
Gregory has been slacking on this section of his parenting routine, I guess.

>>38415312
In combat you may not live to say all the insults you want to if you wait too long.

File: 1425082059473.jpg (80 KB, 429x606)

80 KB JPG

>>38415238
>>38415250

>>38415359
I'm not sure what's more disgusting; you for posting that, or me for knowing the source

>>38415348
Not if you figure out a way to invoke Script by using various combinations of swear words.

Peoples' incantations vary, so all you really need to do is figure out how to convince yourself that a litany of profanities really IS the way your spirit conceptualizes a fireball.

>>38415423
>fuckin flameshit fuck those fuckers up

>>38415238

The men waste no time in scrambling behind their commander, and Nicolette makes a mental note to commend them after all this is over for actually bothering to pull their fallen comrade out of harm's way while doing this. Once their (relative) safety has been secured, Nicolette takes a good look at this latest opponent.

Ariane used to speak ill of people who used spells of this type back when she was teaching her daughter the basics of magic... though a barrier of water could easily deflect or even pull an assailant's weapons out of their hands, such spells had one glaring weakness.

And of course it had to be THAT.

"Fuck..." Nicolette growls as she backs away from the oncoming mage.
"Captain," a guard turns to her, "what if you or-"

CLANG

Seemingly having used their ally as a distraction, three mercenaries drop down from the trees and surround Nicolette and her fellow Guards. Attacking immediately, they soon find that their opponents aren't as hapless as they first seemed.

"Captain, we can handle these guys here," a guard says, "so if you can take care of the water monster guy..."
"Good work," Nicolette replies.

With the option to flee having been taken away, Nicolette takes a deep breath and readies her lance.


>[4/?]

>>38415393
you since I don't know the sauce, nor do i care to find out

>>38415482
fair enough

>>38415468
gn /pgq/, just want to preemptively vote for a karel interlude next

>>38415468
>such spells had one glaring weakness.
>And of course it had to be THAT.
Yeah, sorry Nico. Better get used to it.

>>38415516
Maybe if it makes you feel better, you could at least fall back on using magic that you can use with your lance as a conduit.

ZAP, MOTHERFUCKER is way more conducive to that sort of restriction than most other magic, at least.

>>38415468
Whatever you do Arch, do not give us control over this fight.

If you did I don't think we'd be able to resist our inner lewdness by making Nico submit.

>>38415592
Writefags pls

>>38415468
>"It's time to use -that-!"
Anime clichés here we come!

I wonder how many times "c'mon" has appeared in this quest and FD

>>38415690
Wwwwwhat are you talking about, anon?

>>38415592
I've still got a 1 preped, I did it for dancing and I'll do it now.

>>38415690
Maybe as much as the characters like to growl.

>>38415468
>a mental note to commend them after all this is over for actually bothering to pull their fallen comrade out of harm's way
Holy shit I thought the royal guard was supposed to be elite not a bunch of chuckle fucks with swords.

Stupid phone, stop changing ips

>>38415737
post em

>>38415745
Well a teenage girl was the most qualified to be captain, probably says something about them.

>>38415690
311 times.

>>38415797
Assuming this is just PGQ, since the full search shows around 425 instances, give or take.

>>38415742
171-ish, plus or minus for multiples in a post/stomach noises and so on, respectively.

Almost 1500 sighs.

>>38415772
I've got it prep'd man, I can't just waste it.

>>38415776
If she trained them she needs to be fired not knighted

They need to learn that just because you are a good fighter doesn't mean you know shit about tactics.

>>38415815
>>38415797
dweebs

>>38415468
>[5/5]


Given the choice between her own pride and the men under her command, there's no question as to what wins out in the end. And so, Nicolette begins to chant.

"I release my hold on thee, oh lance of the divine," Nicolette says, the glowing red Script of her spell mingling with the flying blood of the mercenaries who her men are in the midst of cutting down one by one. "I bid thee to return from whence you came, and impale my enemies against the backdrop of the heavens!"

The water-clad mercenary picks this moment to rush Nicolette and the other guards... but his own actions seal his fate. With no need to even throw her weapon this time around, Nicolette draws back and thrusts it right into the man's watery shell just as two of his tentacles dart for her arms.

"RISE THE LIGHTNING!"

Crackling electricity surges from the base of Nicolette's shoulders, flowing through her arms

and into her lance

and through the water and everything contained within, finally piercing through both the man's body and his aquatic carapace and upwards to the night sky.


>see what ____ is up to
>back to the reinhold

>>38415849
>back to the reinhold
These people are all useless

>>38415835
Isn't Granache small and unmillitarized?

>>38415849
>see what ____ is up to
Celestino

>>38415849
>see what ____ is up to

AQUAMAN and Gregory.

>>38415849
Celestino or Aquaman

>>38415849
>see what Sylvie is up to

>>38415870
>Celestino

>>38415849
>"RISE THE LIGHTNING!"
Fucking hell, arch.

>>38415870
I support this.

>>38415849
>see what ____ is up to
melonie

>>38415849
[Holy Orders intensifies]

Go see what King shadow runs is up to

>>38415849
>>see what Sylvie is up to

>>38415883
Seconded

>>38415849
>see what ____ is up to

Karel and Emilio

>>38415849
>>see what ____ is up to
>Karel and Emilio

>>38415849
>rise
Not ride?

>>38415849
>>see what ____ is up to
Sylvie

>>38415745
Given that most of these guys haven't even seen combat before, Nicolette doesn't really expect much from them.

>>38415885
>>"RISE THE LIGHTNING!"
>Fucking hell, arch.
I regret nothing.

File: neeeeerds.jpg (10 KB, 300x265)

10 KB JPG

>>38415837

>>38415849
>see what Celestino is up to
I'm mostly interested in seeing people that we're not just going to head right back to as soon as we return to our regularly scheduled programming

>>38415883
thirded

>>38415849
>>see what ____ is up to
Sylvie please

>>38415914

RIDE THE LIGHTNING

11/10

>>38415849
>see what ____ is up to
Sylvie

>>38415849
>see what ____ is up to
Marianne

>>38415865
>>38415914
Doesn't excuse them from being a bunch of bumbling fuckwits, they are "trained soldiers" aren't they?

>>38415973
So were the stormtroopers.

>>38415849
>see what Sylvie is up to

>>38415973
Y'all are forgetting that every single royal guard is dense as fuck.

See: Reinhold

>>38415849
>see what Celestino is up to

File: Granache Medal for NPC Valour.png (80 KB, 500x475)

80 KB PNG

>Nicolette makes a mental note to commend them after all this is over
Pic Related.
>See what king "Shadowrun" Celestino is up to.

>>38415997
And they were fucking deadly when not shooting at a MC

>>38416008
At least he can fight, I hope his old unit is more like him than these "guards"

>>38415849
>see what Karel and Emilio is up to

lewd edition

>>38415849
Go see what Alsiradna is up to

File: Spoiler Image (570 KB, 320x203)

570 KB GIF

>>38415849
>>see what ____ is up to
Karel and Emilio

>>38416033
Emilio, distraught over his beloved sister's kidnapping, is "comforted" by Karel in the only way she knows how.

>>38415973
k


>writing

>>38416079
Wow nice rebuttal, seriously I'm impressed.

File: 1382228025096.png (102 KB, 304x254)

102 KB PNG

>>38416079
I don't even know what the guards did that was so awful. Some guy got hurt by a sneak attack but other than that they look like they handled themselves well. Unless there's some glaring, horrible thing I'm missing, because I don't really know dick about military practices.

>>38416119
I seem to have fucked up and made the guards seem incompetent when that's not what I was trying to do. Are you happy now?

>>38416135
I think they did fine.

Its not like they dropped their arms and fled. They held their ground and killed intruders. Dying is part and parcel for guard duty red shirts after all.

>>38416119
I dunno, sword-and-board grunts seem to be doing alright against their similarly sword-and-board counterparts and freaked unnecessarily in the face of water-clad tentacle monsters and fireballs, which seem like things grunts aren't well-suited for handling.

>>38415912
Nope, rise.
that's the joke

File: 1362510485557.gif (182 KB, 200x152)

182 KB GIF

>>38415912
>>38416173
It's a boner joke as Nico makes Arch rise

>>38416135
Yes, I'm glad they are not as incompetent as I imagine them to be since that would reflect very badly on those who trained them.

>>38416169
And here I was thinking warriors were capable of standing against mages.............guess not.

>>38416135
>>38416163
>>38416169
>>38416200
I like to think that PGQ is like Dynasty Warriors in that all nameless mooks are basically fodder to anyone with a name

>>38414678
>implying Nicolette won't get knighted for her contributions to Lightning magic and be given the title "Knight of the Magical Lightning Wizardry Spells"

>>38416231
They are when Sir Gregory's fighting.

>people being so delusional that they think Nico will be knighted for this

All she's doing is killing a bunch of nameless scrubs

If Thierri is as picky about granting knighthoods as Arch says he is there's absolutely no way she's getting knighted

Tensions seem high today

>>38416231
Make it like OoTS. The second one of them aquires a name they gain enough levels to be a character.

>>38416232
>And with we bestow upon you the title "Knight of the Unnecessarily Stubborn Vow". Now get to using Grandpa's weapon already.

>>38416255
It's plausible if there was a substantial enough prior record of service. I figure he'd be more inclined to take the big picture into account for every candidate rather than also being willing to go Celestino's route of seeing one specific instance of promise and pouncing on it.

>>38416255
I sort of hope you're right because it'd be awesome for Nicolette to be involved in some hugeass mission that eventually gets her knighted where she's the MC.
Also, I doubt Greg got knighted at 16, so what's the rush?

>>38416231
Straight-up, that's how I've already treated it.

Hell, that's how I explained it waaaay back in the earlier threads when someone asked.

>>38416335
>Also, I doubt Greg got knighted at 16, so what's the rush?
Quest about to end, bro. Players want to stack up on all available achievements.

>>38416335
>Also, I doubt Greg got knighted at 16, so what's the rush?
Wasn't it said that Greg was in a situation very similar to this one, only he told the royal guards to stand back and impaled every single one of the invaders on their own spears around Granache Castle and was knighted for that?

And he's holding back now in the hopes that Nico can manage something similar?

He's so disappointed. If only she used a real knight's weapon.

>>38416357
I think Nico would only get Knighted on her route, at least that would make more sense since it would be more focused on her.

>>38416231
>>38416348
>"You fool! Do you know who you're dealing with?"
>"Nope. Hi, I'm Reinhold."
>"I am Sir A-"
>"LA LA LA, NOT LISTENING. BLAH BLAH, MURDERING YOU NOW."
>"But I'm the grea-"
>"NOPE. Look, see? You're bleeding."

>>38416375
Would be kinda fun if her own route was the only route she didn't get knighted.

File: 1406880660344.jpg (46 KB, 714x800)

46 KB JPG

I'd like to take the time to talk about Ancellotta, and how they compare to North Korea.

First, let's take a look at their neighbors. North Korea is next to;
>Japan, a minor power that's friends with the United States, which has the most powerful military in the world
>South Korea, their estranged sibling that also happens to be friends with the United States
>China, a major power that they are on somewhat friendly terms with but is also economical fuckbuddies with the United States

And frankly, China doesn't like North Korea. They just want to keep the place running so they don't get a flood of refugees and so they have a buffer between them and an ally of the US.

Now, let's look at Ancellotta.
>Granache, a minor power that hates them and is ruled by badasses
>Marconetti, a major power that hates them and is ruled by the most paranoid motherfucker in existence
>Perricone, a minor power that hates them
>Krassato, a presumably major power that hates them and is ruled by dragons

If I had to sum up Ancellotta's situation with an image, it'd be this one. https://i.imgur.com/AHfe3EC.jpg

File: alberto.png (16 KB, 151x311)

16 KB PNG

"Father!!"

Running through the halls of the castle as fast as he can, Alberto finally reaches his father's office. "Father, are you in there!?"
"Alberto?" Celestino rises his desk when he sees his son approach. "What is it, is there new word concerning Luciana!?"

When he first got word from Granache that his daughter was kidnapped, it took Alberto's physically restraining him to keep him from flying off in hopes of rescuing his beloved daughter. Even now, it seems that the his younger self isn't completely gone.

And then when the letter from Leopold Massenet of all people, stating that he was the one responsible for everything that's happened while also demanding an exorbitant amount of money in exchange for her safe return as well as the release of Clemens Daimler...

...it took Benedetta's intervention from keeping Alberto from rushing down to the dungeon and murdering that traitor himself. As much as she loathes her half-sister, she loathes the idea of her brother making a mistake that he'd regret for the rest of his life even more.

And ever since that point, things have been exceedingly tense in the castle.


>[1/?]

>>38416364
>Wasn't it said that Greg was in a situation very similar to this one

Pretty sure Arch said Greg was knighted for killing some dark warlord who was amassing a massive army or something

File: Nicolette.png (1.66 MB, 1000x1333)

1.66 MB PNG

>>38416375
>I think Nico would only get Knighted on her route

>Luciana route is true route
>Nico will NEVER be knighted

Being Nicolette is suffering

>>38416408
>amassing a massive army or something
Judging from arch's sense of scale that "army" was 12 dudes and a llama.

>>38416428
>Luciana route is true route
No

>>38416441
>No
Denial is a natural stage of grief, but you need to move on.

>>38416441
>>Luciana route is true route
>No
It's been stated 1000 times already, time to get over it.

>>38416441
Shit man, that's almost as many as we fought back in Marconetti.
I'm glad Gregory put an end to that.

>>38416464
It took Alberto's physically restraining CELESTINO to keep him from flying off

>>38416485
I misread

>>38416404
>as well as the release of Clemens Daimler
This brings up an interesting (and irrelevant) question.

What degree of smaller Celestino-offer including his brother's freedom would Leo's fellow conspirators have deemed more valuable than a higher monetary offer from a random gajillionaire sicko?

What monetary difference would Leo himself have risked going out of his way to hide higher offers from his co-conspirators for in order to try and get his brother back as part of the deal?

>>38416461
>>38416469
Never

Mari best girl and true route

>>38416509
>Mari best girl and true route
It's the true route in our hearts, that's all that matters.

>>38416404
>it took Benedetta's intervention from keeping Alberto from rushing down to the dungeon
Benedetta wants to marry Clemens for making Luci's life a misery.

>>38416404


"Yes, right here!" Alberto says, holding up a piece of paper that Celestino can tell was originally folded up into some sort of complicated shape. "It's a letter from Luciana!"
"What!?"

Running around the desk that's sitting in between him and his son, Celestino snatches the letter from his son's hand once he's within arm's reach.

"It's her handwriting..." Celestino gasps as he skims over the letter.
"Yes, it is," Alberto nods while smiling ear to ear. "Now look at what it actually -says-."
"Ah- yes, of course."

And so, Celestino begins reading.

"Dear Father, Alberto and everyone else at home, I am happy to inform you that Leopold Massenet is dead," the letter reads.
"That traitorous bastard is... what!?" Celestino stares at the paper. "How!?"
"Keep reading," Alberto replies, laughing at his father's uncharacteristic lack of composure.


>[2/?]

>>38416570
Wasn't it Reinhold who wrote the letter?

Unless this is one that Luciana sent beforehand, in that case why didn't Luciana just tell him she already sent one?

>>38416570
>Alberto nods while smiling ear to ear. "Now look at what it actually -says-."
>"Ah- yes, of course."

>"That traitorous bastard is... what!?" Celestino stares at the paper. "How!?"
>"Keep reading," Alberto replies

Thanks Arch, now I have an image in my that Celestino does not understand how reading works and needs to be carefully guided through it each time or else he'd end up angrily shouting at each note/book/scroll for not revealing its secrets to him.

>>38416630
Now our letter is going to come off as all awkward. Our future father-in-law will never accept us at this rate!

>>38416630
Reinhold did write the letter, so I assume she wrote this one after Luciana was rescued, but while we were in the city rescuing vincent.

>>38416650
She wrote it while flying?

>>38416659
While they were hiding up a tree waiting for us to come back, presumably.

>>38416650
>>38416650
>I assume she wrote this one after Luciana was rescued

Then once again, why didn't she just tell Reinhold not to write a letter since she already did?

>>38416640
He has to make sure the letter isn't a spy before he reads it. Merely a precaution.

>>38416667
because she was hoping for him to reach for the second pencil that was in his coat pocket

>>38416620
>>38416640
Arch, you dropped your trip. And don't samefag your own thread.

>>38416685
wut

>>38416680
Truly the lewdest princess.

>>38416693
Probably a jest, based on the anon deleting his post.

>>38416680
I hope we get at least one more alone time scene with Rein and Luci

>>38416680
So all that was just because she was horny and wanted to be felt up again?

>>38416685
As if people aren't already sameagging

>>38416680
So celistinorino is going to get two letters basically saying the same thing, and when he asks luciana why, she's just going to blush and mumble that she forgot?

>>38416728
>So all that was just because she was horny and wanted to be felt up again?
Yes.
if you haven't noticed it by now, luciana a pervert

>>38416735
Luci is fairly skilled at espionage and loyal to her family.

These are two of her defining traits throughout the story.

It's quite likely that she's giving her father a more detailed appraisal of events, including things that might be convenient for Granache to gloss over in a brief message saying they rescued his daughter.

>>38416747
I've noticed.

Luciana is best girl.

Although, Nicolette impaling a dude with a lightning spear is making me question my priorities.

>>38416747
And yet you still claim her to be a pure maiden. I say thee nay.

>>38416747
It's too bad she isn't true route

>>38416728
>>38416747

Where are the write/drawfags when you need them?

>>38416570

"After my capture, Reinhold took it upon himself to lead a rescue party consisting of himself, Takamaru, Archmage Niklaus Sucher, Monique Gilbeault and one other all the way into the depths of Ancellotta," the letter reads.
"Reinhold actually..." Celestino trails off.
"After they fought their way into the stronghold where I was being held, I personally watched Reinhold shatter that treacherous louse into bits. I truly wish that you could have been there to see it, for my beloved handled himself during that battle in a manner befitting one who was trained by Uncle Guillaume."
"Did you get to the part about Reinhold yet?" Alberto asks.
"Just did," Celestino replies.
"I'm going to have to take that guy out for a drink the next time I see him..."

Ignoring his son's comments, Celestino continues reading.


>[3/?]

>>38416763

I still think that if Nico had fought us more often in the beginning she would of won the best girl.

>>38416747
And yet you still say that there will be no interlewd. Way to screw over your readers, arch.

File: 1373172477094.gif (153 KB, 300x333)

153 KB GIF

>>38416792

>>38416792
>"I'm going to have to take that guy out for a drink the next time I see him..."
Is it weird that this is the part I'm most satisfied about with this whole rescue op even though I know Reinhold has decided not to drink because he has lingering bad vibes due to drunken Boss beatings or whatever?

>>38416809
I'll take "Who are Karel and Nicolette?" for 500, please.

>>38416809
We have monique, Niklaus, Takemaru, (Death chance: 99.9%) Marius, Karel, Nicollette, and now Alberto.

>>38416836
What is Best girl and true route

>>38416828
Reinhold has never refused drinking alcohol in this quest, has he? I don't think he's been offered any.

>>38416845
Both Luciana. ;^)

>>38416845
Lucianna, for both.

>>38416839
Giancarlo has vowed to be Brother-in-Law #1, with all the horrors and wonders that distinction entails.

>>38416847
Don't think he has, no. I just recall that being mentioned in side conversation at one point.

>>38416845
archelon has already answered this question, anon.

Luciana_

>>38416845
Marianne and Luciana, repsectively

>>38416847
When talking about it with Sylvie he said he doesn't drink.

>>38416855
>>38416857
That's not how you spell Marianne

>>38416847
He's been too busy with official duties and other shenanigans for inebriation.

>>38416864
>>38416872
>>38416881
Now I want to see Reinhold's first time drinking; preferably alongside Alberto, Gincarlo, Nicolette, Rana, Karel and Emilio.

>>38416847
I think it's been mentioned once or twice that his time at the brothel turned him off to the idea.

>>38416891
>first time
Oh, Anon, you sweet summer child.

Reinhold won't have his "first time" at anything with people from this quest.

>>38416903
>4/5
We don't get to see his reaction to OUR letter?

>>38416906
First time drinking with friends, the only time that matters.

>>38416893
Thread 104
"Umm, do you drink?" Sylvie asks.
"No, any desire to do that got beaten out of me pretty early on," you say, shrugging. "What about you?"
"I've got a pretty high tolerance, but I don't like the taste," she replies. "Guess I inherited that from my father, he doesn't get drunk EVER."

>>38416906
Don't think Rein has ever gotten properly wasted yet.

>>38416903
celestino a best

>>38416792

"On an unrelated note, Ancellotta's capitol city is in the midst of being destroyed by some sort of creature at the time that I am writing this letter," it reads. It doesn't appear that their military has any hope of stopping its rampage before at least half of the city is damaged beyond repair, so now may be an opportune time to take suitable action. Not that I am trying to tell you to do anything in particular, of course."
"Of course not..." Celestino says with a wry smile.
"I would like to write more, but I suspect that we;ll be making our way to Granache soon. Please take care, and I look forward to the day that I am able to return home. Love, Luciana Violetta di Marconetti."

With a satisfied smile on his face, Celestino turns to his eldest son.

"Alberto, fetch me some scouts," he says. "Not that I don't trust Luciana's words, but I'd like to get confirmation that she's safe before we move in."
"I'll be right on it," Alberto replies. "Should I bring them up here to your office?"
"No, we'll meet in the dungeon," Celestino replies with an grim look on his face. "I want Daimler to hear of our plans before I finally put an end to his miserable existence."


>[4/?]

>>38416757
>>38416903
Feels nice to be right, even if it was fairly obvious.

>>38416903
>"No, we'll meet in the dungeon," Celestino replies with an grim look on his face. "I want Daimler to hear of our plans before I finally put an end to his miserable existence."

"Are you going to strap him to a table while the focused fire spell slowly kills him and then leave dad? That one's my favorite."

>>38416915
>he doesn't get drunk EVER
>Because he isn't human and can't get drunk.
DEEPEST LORE.

>>38416915
>he doesn't get drunk EVER.
And now we know why

>>38416930
ARCH TRULY IS A GOLDEN GOD!

>>38416934
>>38416930
The deepest!

Also there was that mention of when Vincent wrecked that sushi place after overhearing some not-Japanese people talking shit about him.

Now you know why he could understand him!

>>38416930
DEEPEST TURTLE

>>38416930
>>38416934
arch on a scale of 1 to 10 how excited we're you to reveal vincent being an elemental after laying small hints all through the quest

>>38416891
>>38416917
I get the feeling that Rein would be a sad drunk or maybe a violent one.

File: princess guard quest map.jpg (60 KB, 714x800)

60 KB JPG

TURTLE WHERE DO I STICK LAND FEATURES

>>38416982
>First time out drinking
>Rein starts telling stories from the streets of Cateno
>Bums everyone out
>Doesn't get brought along next time

>>38413010
>>38416926
It's "capital", by the way. "Capitol" is the one used for the specific building that functions as a center of government, while "capital" is the one for pretty much every other one.

So you'd want to say that he destroyed Ancellotta's capital unless you were specifically talking about how he toppled the Royal Tower of Ancellotta (presumably).

>>38417003
And here I thought Capitol was just a nonsense american spelling.

>>38417003
aha
thank you for that

>>38416926

Alberto stops just short of passing through the doorway.

"Er... about that..." Alberto says with an awkward smile, "...Luciana wrote a postscript on the back of that letter."
"Oh?"

Pleasantly surprised, Celestino flips his daughter's letter over and reads the short sentence written therein.

"If at all possible, I would appreciate it if you left Clemens Daimler alive until I get back home to the castle," it reads. "I would like to speak to him of his brother's last moments before his own life comes to an end."
"........." Celestino stares at the letter for a few seconds. "...very well, I shall indulge Luciana just this once. Have the scouts meet me in here."
"Alright," Alberto replies. "I'll be right back.

Relieved to see that his father is finally back to his usual self, Alberto makes his way out of the King's office and into the hallway... and nearly misses running into a servant.


>[5/6]

>>38417018
And I thought Capitol was a rustic Britbong spelling, like "armour" or "theatre" or "programme".

>>38416949
This is the kinda shit I'm gonna miss when you switch medium.

>>38417069
Wait she said nothing about her proposal?

>>38417079
Don't you mean; "And I thought Capitol was a rstic Britbong spelling..."?

Y'know, because you have no time for the letter U.

>>38417069
>I would like to speak to him of his brother's last moments before his own life comes to an end.
Vengeful princess is best princess

>>38417095
That's the kind of thing that you tell people about in person.

>>38417095
Of course not, that must wait til the right time.

File: tmyk.jpg (132 KB, 549x362)

132 KB JPG

>>38417018
>>38417079
yeaaaaaah

File: princess guard quest map.jpg (197 KB, 714x800)

197 KB JPG

>>38416992

we sivarian sea now

>>38417105
>>38417112
Awww I wanted to see king shadowruns freak out

>>38417164
Luci doesn't want Reinhold assassinated.

>>38417164
There's a lot of things we won't get to see

>>38417164
...Didn't we just see that?

>>38417069
>[6/6]

"Eh?" Celestino raises an eyebrow upon seeing his son return almost immediately after walking out the door. "Did you forget something?"
"Er..." Alberto fumbles with a piece of paper in his hands, "We got another note."
"Luciana sent another one?" he asks as he gets back up from his seat.
"No," his son shakes his head, "this one's from Reinhold."

After flattening the paper out some, Alberto hands it to his father.

"I wonder what he has to say..." Celestino mumbles to himself. "Wouldn't surprise me if it's a formal request for Luciana's hand in marriage."
"This is Reinhold Eschenwald," the note reads. "We've rescued Luciana and are on the way back to Granache. Leopold Massenet is dead, and Luciana herself struck the final blow. In addition, Sir Vincent has destroyed a large portion of Ancellotta's capitol city."
"Wha..." Celestino stares at the note. "LUCIANA is the one who killed Leopold!? My sweet little-"
"Father, remember that she dispatched several assassins on her own prior to the more flagrant attack," Alberto replies, placing a hand on his father's shoulder. "She takes after you more than you think. And judging from this, she likely wants to rub it in to Daimler when she gets home that she's the one who killed his brother."
"I can't believe..." he sighs. "And this says that VINCENT is the one who destroyed the Ancellottan capital city..."

Celestino turns to his son.

"Alberto, I need you to fetch me those scouts right now."
"I'll be right on it, Father."

>>38417202
>And this says that VINCENT is the one who destroyed the Ancellottan capital city...
Not only do we take after Gregory in awkwardness and cold murder-rage, it looks like we also take after him in spilling the beans.

Them's the breaks when you don't coordinate your reports, I guess.

>>38417202
>>38417235
>"My scouts tell me it was an earth elemental that destroyed Ancelotta, not Vincent."
>"So, logically..."
>"...Reinhold has been deliberately deceiving me."
>"Send in the assassins."

>>38417252

...yes.

>>38417252
>"Father, I know you think you don't get to say it often enough and it makes you cranky, but you can't keep trying to tell them to send the assassins over every little thing."
>"I mean, we still can't get good pastries around here for when the Granache delegation visits after that last incident with that bakery."

>>38417235
Pretty sure Monique, Takamaru, and Luciana would have told him soon enough anyway. Probably just didn't mention it in case the letters were intercepted.

>>38417276
>b-but muh shadowruns!

>>38417276
>There was a pit in that cherry danish! It was an attempt on my life if I've ever seen one!

>>38417297
>I NEARLY CHOKED. YOU ALL SAW IT!
Cue laugh-track.

King Shadowruns: the Sitcom.

>"This man is writing terrible political satire! Can I se-"
>"NO, Father, you can NOT send the assassins."

>>38417252
>"Send in the RAPE assassins."
ftfy

>>38417328
Is the rape before, after or simultaneous with the killing?

>>38417351
Yes

>>38417351
yes

File: reinholdcasual.png (19 KB, 146x318)

19 KB PNG

"Mmm?" You're jostled awake by your "ride" coming to a sudden stop.
"Okiedokie, this's as far as I can take you like this," you hear Sir Vincent's voice echoing around you. "If I get any closer to the castle when I'm like this, it's liable to make the entire staff lose their minds..."
"Yes, I can understand that sentiment," Monique replies. "So I guess we're to fly back to the castle then?"
"Fly, run, whatever you want. I could also try and turn into something smaller and carry you there, but this huge giant form's got to go regardless of what I do."
"Alright," you reply as you push off your stone seat and finally get back on your own two feet. "That's fair enough. And, uh... thanks for the ride back home, Sir Vincent."
"It was no problem at all, Sir Reinhold," he laughs.
"Sir...?" Monique looks at you.
"He just led a successful mission into an extremely hostile enemy country to save a foreign Princess," Sir Vincent replies. "I can't see Thierri NOT knighting him after all that."


>[1/2]

File: image.jpg (234 KB, 800x800)

234 KB JPG

>>38417323
>"SEND IN THE ASSASSINS" is filmed in front of a live studio audience in Orlando Florida

>"Son why was there a bone in my fish?"
>"Fish have bones father"
>"Yes but why was there one in there? It could've been an attempt on my life!"
>King Shadowrun proceeds to start to choke on a fish bone only to down it with arsenic laced wine
>Laughtrack ensues

>>38417373
>"He just led a successful mission into an extremely hostile enemy country to save a foreign Princess," Sir Vincent replies. "I can't see Thierri NOT knighting him after all that."
We became a noble and got knighted and engaged all in the same week beat the snowflake.

>>38417373


YES
HAPPENING

>>38417373
"Ugh, please don't tell me the showy mission gets the reward while the people who stayed behind to do their duty get shafted?"

"Nicolette would be furious, and frankly so would I. I'd probably have to resign."

>>38417373
>"I spent less time at the castle then Nicolette and still got knighted before her. She's going to throttle me."

>>38417373
"...Shit, Nicolette is gonna fucking murder us. Especially when she realises we took monique over her. No offense monique. We Cool".

>>38417400

this

>>38417398
"We'd be honoured. Not furious. This isn't resigning shit. We ain't lamenters.

>>38417373
poor Nico

>>38417398
>>38417400
>>38417401

None of these. Seriously.

>>38417416
Maybe. But bear in mind Reinhold probably should resign at some point soon to go adventuring with his fiancée so they get to live her dreams before coming back to settle down somewhere.

Turning down a knight's position in Nico's favour would be a good way to do that.

>>38417398
>have to resign.
That's a little much, don't you think?

>>38417373
I believe!

>>38417458
Not really, no. I mean how else do you turn down a knighthood?

>>38417455
>Turning down a knight's position in Nico's favour would be a good way to do that.
That seems a little patronizing she would probably try to kick Reins ass if he did that.

>>38417398
>>38417416
The part about running off to cut off the head of the operation, maybe.

The resigning bit is obviously very absurd, but it still stands that the determining factor for who went on the high-profile mission being "who was the most indignant and had the fewest other outstanding commitments" is kind of silly.

>>38417455
It was already explained that knighthoods in Granache more or less come down to Thierri's whim on an individual basis, not that there are slots to fill that he puts the current most-qualified person into.

>>38417373
How about we just say nothing and accept gratefully it rather than being dramatic about it like a literal retard??

>>38417455
Well Luci made it seem like they wouldn't be able to actually get married for a couple of years.
So Marriane might not even want a bodyguard after she turns eighteen

>>38417480
This is best

We go running off to adventure, who picks up as mariannes bodyguard?

>>38417471
Probably.

>>38417480
Come on, knighted? For this bullshit? We have to turn that shit down, surely?

Just so we can earn it PROPERLY if nothing else.

>>38417480
Seconded

>>38417480
>>38417493
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DitE_e3VDMk
This is how you accept an award

Remember Vincent is like a super optimist, Thierri might just consider it a point for knighting Rein in the future.

>>38417493
Did you miss all that badass shit we just did, if none of that gets us knighted what the hell will?

>>38417534
We killed... a rival knight. With help from Monique, Luciana and Inaba.

That's not that much.

>>38417534
Monique

>>38417480
We could talk to Thierri privately, ask him not to knight us for this.

It avoids making a scene, and let's us put off knighthood until it feels more deserved.

>>38417373
>[2/2]

While the thought certainly is flattering, you'd feel kind of guilty if you ended up getting knighted over this while Nicolette's still busy trying to work towards her goal. After all, that's HER life's dream, not yours...

"Reinhold?" Luciana taps you on the shoulder.
"Y- yes!?" you blurt out.
"What would you like to do?"
"Uh... what?"
"Fly back to the castle or run there or have me turn into something smaller and bring all of you there that way," Sir Vincent says. "As the leader of this here rescue mission, I think it's best to leave the choice as to how to end it up to you."


>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle
>tailwind run back to the castle
>ask vincent to turn into something smaller and have him take you back to the castle

>>38417386
Same day, isn't it? or at least within 24 hours?

>>38417493
I dunno what you think is more proper than heading a time-sensitive mission into enemy territory to save a foreign dignitary kidnapped on Granache soil and take out a traitorous knight to head off a worsening diplomatic incident.

Regardless of how impressive you feel the actual accomplishments may or may not have been, that's checking pretty much every "was this important" box there is.

>>38417373
>Guard rank up incoming

>>38417573
And how exactly is this NOT deserved?

>>38417583
>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle
and that someone is Luci

>>38417583
>hitch a ride

MAKE MY WAY BACK HOME WHEN I LEARN TO FLYYYYY

>>38417583
>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle

>>38417583
>>hitch a ride with Monique and you all fly back to the castle
I want to milk our newfound friendship for all that it's worth.

>>38417583
>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle
Seems fastest and least likely to blow Vincent's cover.

>>38417583
>ask vincent to turn into something smaller and have him take you back to the castle

>>38417583
>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle

>>38417583
>>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle

"Carry me, sweetie"

>>38417583
>>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle

>>38417573
It is pretty well deserved.

>>38417583
As much as I want the Hero to make his Heroic return riding an Elemental
>>38417602
Let's do this

>>38417583
>tailwind run back to the castle
The flyers can fly, the runners can run

>>38417621
>Luci princess carries Rein

Fund it.

>>38417583
>>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle
We know that when we left they were still fending off enemies around the castle, so I'd prefer we have the lay of the land on our way back in case we spot anything else amiss.

Probably isn't going to be an actual princess carry, but maybe being carried by a princess still counts?

>>38417583
>tailwind run back to the castle

>>38417583
>>hitch a ride with someone and you all fly back to the castle

Have Luci princess carry us

>>38417669
>World'sTiniestFeet.jpg

>>38417621
>Only an option on the Sylvie and Rana routes.

>>38417669
Who would have thought that Rein would be the one getting princess carried

Luci is definitely the man in this relationship.