>(2/2)

She seemed pretty surprised to find that her rescuer had horns and claws and weird teeth. What was more surprising, apparently, was that he hadn’t brought a car and expected her to walk back. That had taken a moment to process.

You’ve no idea where the girl with the horrifying glass-related powerset went – you’re assuming she booked it while you were in the yacht. Hopefully you’ll never see her or any other Russian ever again.

You walk along the edge of Brooklyn, a slight limp in your stride. Up ahead, you can just about make out the brilliant pink glow of the Tabbycat.

>Present Time: 02:25 AM
>Hunger Level: 5
>Current Funds: $1,600

>[ ] Broach the subject of eating people to Laura.
>[ ] Ask Alicia about [insert anything you want].
>[ ] Hurry, you want to go home.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38747947
>[ ] Ask Alicia about [insert anything you want].

So any particular reason they'd want to kidnap you besides the obvious one?

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>>38747947
>[ ] Broach the subject of eating people to Laura.

Tell her that we'll talk about it later tonight or tomorrow.

>[ ] Write in.

Get something to eat from a convenience store or from Ms. Hardy, if she's willing to give us some out of kindness or in exchange for money.

>>38747947
>[ ] Ask Alicia about [If the russkies mentioned anything about Jack].

>>38748009

Seconded so fucking hard.

>>38747947
>[ ] Hurry, you want to go home.
Plus I'm sure the mob princess wants to take her time getting home.
Maybe try retracting all our pointy bits as well, draw less attention as we go.

>>38747947
>>38748009
>[ ] Broach the subject of eating people to Laura.
And seconding this other suggestion
Also, if we haven't we really should hide our claws and horns...

>>38747947
>>[ ] Ask Alicia about [insert anything you want].
maybe ask what kind of stuff she overheard while captive.

>>38747947
>>38748009
This

>>38748009
Oh fuck, I just realized, they're russkies, so they spoke russian probably, ergo she probably could not understand.

>>38747947
>>[ ] Hurry, you want to go home.

>>38748109

She could have still heard something, or the word Jack.

>>38748109
Hey, she could be multilingual.

>>38747947
>[ ] Ask Alicia about [If the Russian mentioned anything of interest].

Would prefer to not talk about eating people in front of strangers.

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>>38748109
maybe she could see the subtitles through the blindfold?

>>38747974
>>38748009
I vote for either of these

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>>38748149
>maybe she could see the subtitles through the blindfold?

>>38747947
>[ ] Hurry, you want to go home.

>>38747947
>>[ ] Broach the subject of eating people to Laura.
>>[ ] Ask Alicia about [If the russkies mentioned anything about Jack].

>>38747947
>>38748001
This, don't go into detail, but it's probably wise to let her know we'll talk about it later

>>38748001
>>38747947
I'll support that
>[ ] Ask Alicia about [If the russkies mentioned anything about Jack].

>>38747947
>[X] Ask Alica about [insert anything you want].
Whether the Russians gave any indication as to how much firepower they've brought into the city and if they said anything about how they were planning to leverage her and what they wanted.

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>Its standard Russian Mafia procedure to discuss all tactics and logistics in front of captives in the captives' native tongue.

>(1/2)

>[X] Ask Alicia about der Jack

It dawns on you, as you approach the club, that you probably won’t have many chances to talk to Alicia once she’s back with her grandfather. And there’s one little thing that’s been nagging at you since you picked her up.

“Hey. Alicia.”

She glances up at you, her brow set in a stern frown.

“The people who were keeping you on that boat…” You try to keep your voice even. She’s been through a traumatic something or something, so you’re supposed to be calm and stuff. “Did you ever hear them talking about something called ‘Jack’?”

“I know what Jack is.” She huffs, flicking a lock of moon-silver hair across her shoulder. “Don’t talk to me like I’m a child.” Urgh. “And no, I didn’t. They didn’t talk around me, not once.”

Dang. You guess you were reaching a little there – even if the Russians hadn’t been quite so clandestine about their involvement, they probably wouldn’t have discussed anything sensitive with Alicia around. Not in English, anyhow.

>(2/2)

You flicker back into visibility as you come up to the club.

The bouncer spots you coming and, an expression on his face that can only be described as ‘wide’, allows you to pass. You make your way through the velvety corridor into the club proper, a rush of alcoholic scents and jazz notes washing over you.

Someone drops a bottle. It shatters against the bar in the center of the club, the employee serving drinks staring at you, mouth open.

“Hey.” You say, approaching them. “Could you get Ms. Hardy?”

The young woman nods, her eyes remaining glued to the general vicinity of your head, and runs up the stairs.

It’s not long before Ms. Hardy descends the spiral steps, looking – for the first time you can recall – a fair bit taken aback.

“That was…” She glances down at the young girl, her eyes softening slightly, before turning her gaze back toward you. “…faster than anticipated.”

>[ ] Yep, you’re amazing, bye.
>[ ] Stick around, talk to Ms. Hardy about [insert].
>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38748462
>[ ] Stick around, talk to Ms. Hardy about [insert].
>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.

Getting some food.

>>38748462
>>[ ] Stick around, talk to Ms. Hardy about [insert].
licking that ivery

>>38748462
>>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.

>>38748462
>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.

>>38748489
>>38748462
I'll second this

>>38748462
>>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.

>>38748462
>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.

get the double cross over with already

>>38748462
>>[ ] Stick around, talk to Ms. Hardy about [insert].
Warn her that Ruskies might retaliate.

>>38748462
>[ ] Stick around, talk to Ms. Hardy about [insert].
>[ ] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.
Stick around, get some food. Have a chat with Silvermane, make sure everything is copacetic. Give him the low down on Mr. Negative, the burned woman, russians and phyic girl.

>>38748462
>>38748489
This

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They're gonna think we had a hand in it, aren't they?

thanks obama

>>38748462
>"You know, I really do miss my old Piano job. Less bullets and magical russians."

We should give him the location all that shit went down at so he can listen to the police scanners about it afterwards or have someone verify the bodies. (Most elaborate ruses don't go as far as to slaughter your own guards.)

>>38748604
I'll add this to my vote to say to Ms.Hardy

>>38748462
>>38748489
>>38748570
>>38748604

These are all good, seconding.

>>38748604
Thirding for comedy.

>>38748604
Fourthing for reasons.

>>38748604

She was a mutant, not magic.

>>38748604
I don't.

>>38748745
She could be neither of those.

>>38748604
I mean, I still want to do detective cases because they out in huge lump sums, but I wouldn't mind doing piano shit on the side

>>38748802
you're right

she could be an alien!

>>38748823
What if she's a magical mutant alien?
From an alternate timeline!

>>38748838
magical mutant alien robot, from another dimension

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>>38748838
>>38748891

>>38748804
Same.

So I assume our head is still freaky?

>>38748909
Ahh Spoony, how far you fell.

>>38748941
Not as hard as the other TGWTG members

>>38748978
That is true. Spoony seemed to have bounced back a little as well.

>(1/2)

>[X] You want to speak to Silvermane again, make sure he keeps his word.

“Yeah, thanks.” In another universe, you think you might have said something cooler, but in this one you’re tired and hungry and you want to go home. You still have a few things to finish up, though. “Is Silvermane around?” You feel Alicia tense up slightly at the mention of her grandfather, and you get the distinct impression that she’s glaring daggers up into your back. “I want to be sure he’s satisfied.”

She nods, her eyes occasionally straying down toward Alicia.

“Mr. Manfredi is a call away. I imagine that he will be very satisfied indeed.”

Still, you’d like to be sure. You wait at a small table out in the open, occasionally watching the jazz group playing off in one corner. Ms. Hardy gets a plate of fries served up for Alicia (you were expecting spaghetti, honestly), and you pick at it (read: you take most of it). Alicia stares at you from across the table. You’re not sure if she’s glaring, or if she’s just mildly interested your appearance – you don’t think she has the ability to NOT look hostile.

“Your scarf is cool.” She says, eventually.

“Huh?” You glance down. Sure enough, you’re wearing your dark green Slytherin scarf. “Oh… right.”

You suddenly feel a rush of embarrassment. Did you really negotiate with a crime lord in a Harry Potter scarf? He must think you’re a total feeb.

It’s approaching 3:20 in the morning when Silvio Manfredi enters, flanked by his retinue of extremely burly men. He glimpses Alicia, and… and every trace of the cold, razor-toothed mob boss you met earlier seems to vanish.

“Grandpa!”

She rushes across the club, straight into his arms. It’s almost unnerving, seeing Silvermane laugh and smile and generally just look… happy. Makes it hard to see him purely as an obstacle, as something human-shaped but ultimately without the vital fires of kindness and warmth.

>(2/2)

Holding his granddaughter’s hand, he approaches your table.

“Well…” He’s smiling. His eyes still have that elusive, predatory glint to them, but it seems he can’t help but smile a little. “I suppose you delivered.”

You nod.

“Our deal holds, then?”

He rolls his shoulders, seeming to consider it for a moment. You feel the internal clockwork begin to whir and tick inside of Laura, fists balling…

“Yes. Yes it does.” He grins, doing that thing old people do where their tongue hangs slightly over their lip. “You’re not bad, for a mutie.”

Alicia tugs his hand, looking up at him chastising. He seems to just brush it off as a young person thing.

“In fact, I could see myself employing a smart young man like yourself…" He glances down at Alicia, who nods. "...and, as it happens, my granddaughter just suggested that she may need a new bodyguard.”

>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.
>[ ] …How much would that pay?
>[ ] Y E S loadsamoney surely.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38749087
>…How much would that pay?

>>38749087
>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.
She wants the Lunar Lizard-Elf D.

>>38749087
>>[ ] Wut

>>38749087
>[ ] Wut.

>>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.

People are already going to be hunting for us. We'd be the ones in need of a body guard.

>>38749087
>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.

We do not want to get back into gang shit again.

Turn down the offer but in a respectful way.

>>38749087
>Wut
>Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia
Be super polite about it. We aren't getting on payroll for actual Maggia business.

>>38749087
>>[ ] Wut.
>>[ ] …How much would that pay?
>>[ ] Wut.

I'm not saying we should take the offer, I just want to hear her reasoning to want us.

>>38749087
>[ ] Wut.

We have two groups after us(maybe 3 with the russkies), not very wise to bring Alicia in those crosshairs. Might shield us a bit from Creeper but JJ wanted out of the game for a reason.

politely decline.

>>38749087
One on hand it would interesting and could pay very well. On the other we'd be getting back into organized crime again which is what I thought we didn't want to do.

>>38749087
>>[ ] …How much would that pay?

>>38749138
>>38749147

Seconded.

>>38749087
>>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia
>[ ] Write in.
Let's him know we need to keep a low profile for a reason, what with our war on the Jack trade.

I would ask if that piano job is available though....

>>38749087
>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.

Politely decline.

>>38749087
>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] …How much would that pay?
>[ ] Wut.

>>38749156
Just when JJ thought he was out, they pull him back in.

On one hand this would be an opportunity to influence a future mob boss and make friends with said boss, but on the other hand we got a lot of stuff on our plate. Maybe we can arrange something on less permanent basis?

They could acquire our services through our employer at BP for short periods of time if they really wanted us.

>>38749087

>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.

With all due respect, of course, but given our current goals, I don't believe we'd be able to provide adequate protection to her.

That and we're a bunch of hobos. Probably wouldn't be good to look like you were hiring hobos to protect your granddaughter.

>>38749087
>>[ ] Wut.
>>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.
Seconding a polite decline, cite your enemies as a reason why it would not be wise as it might make Alicia a target

>>38749207
That's not a bad idea, supportan.

>>38749087
>Damn it man, I'm an infiltrator not a street sammy!

>>38749087
>>[ ] Wut.
>>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.

>>38749087
"I actually have a job as a private investigator, currently, and it's something I'm good at. It wouldn't be smart to just up and leave a job like that, regardless of pay...although, if you need extra muscle for special occasions, I can always call in sick once in a while."

>>38749207
I like that idea, cite our enemies as a reason why we wouldn't be an effective full time bodyguard but if he wanted extra protection for Alicia from time to time on a free lance basis that we'd be willing to do that

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>>38749087
>>[ ] Wut.
>>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.
>>[ ] Kind of you to offer, but I've got a lot on my plate that could put your daughter in danger

>>38749207
this could work

>>38749087
>>>[ ] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.
Decline politely. Being a bodyguard of someone, who gets kidnapped by russian mafia is a bad idea.
Silvermane is weak as fuck. We don't need his backing, if we want to, we can just rob some drug dealers or something for money, if we want to piss off people while earning money.

>>38749261
That would certainly be less dissapointing for Alicia and allow us to still do our thing without spending all our time with her.

>>38749281

Seconded.

>>38749207
mention something like that

politely decline direct employment

tell him to call Blonde Phantom and ask for John when concerning short term work

>>38749207
>>38749261
No, we've got enough on our plate already as is without getting involved in the maggia. I'm fine with being hired through BP, but that's it.

>>38749087
>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] Y E S loadsamoney surely.

DOLLA DOLLA BILL Y'ALL

>>38749087
>Nope
>Sorry, that would put her in more danger.

>>38749087
"My apologies sir, but I've currently run into the bad habit of making powerful enemies, which I feel might distract from performing such a job effectively."

>>38749087
>>38749207
If it's through BP, I'm fine. Hand him a card or something, or give him a number. The Blonde Phantom can vet whether the case is legit or not, and we don't have to worry about being directly tied with the maggia

Lets mention that two separate gangs currently want our head and we happen to be in close proximity to three smaller "gangs" that would DEFINITELY not appreciate us doing that kind of work.

>>38749087
>Thanks, but I must decline. Lots of stuff on my platter as it is.
DO NOT SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE MAGGIA
YOU DON'T PUT DOWN THE MAGGIA IN FRONT OF A MAGGIA BOSS
yeesh tg it's like you guys aren't suave superspies

>>38749087
>[ ] Y E S loadsamoney surely.

>>38749207
Sounds good to me

Mob Princess Guard Quest anybody? Archelon would have nothing on us!

>>38749207
This

>>38749481
>Typhon shows up with Tactigon
It's PGQ all over again

>>38749307
>[ ] Wut.
>[ ] …How much would that pay?
If saying no, tell them "As much as I'd love to. I'd probably draw more danger to her if I was her full time bodyguard making it counter productive."

>>38749481
Isn't that what Ryukuza Quest was originally supposed to be?

>>38749544
I thought it was dragon monster girl lesbians?

>(1/2)

>[X] Nope, not getting involved with the Maggia.

Wait, what?

“Excuse me?”

You’re going to have to hear that again.

Silverman taps his cane against one side of his shoe, either out of impatience or for emphases – something, some kind of weird impulse from somewhere you can’t place, tells you it’s a mixture of both.

“I am saying that I would like to employ you.” He says, his voice a quiet rumble. “My granddaughter’s previous bodyguards have obviously not been sufficient. According to her, you might be. I place a great deal of trust in my granddaughter.”

Wow, well, that would probably pay more money than anything you’ve ever done. He’d probably set you up with an apartment. Hell, he might require that you live in, like, the Manfredi manor or whatever. Big rich person house! Constant Italian food! Money!

Unfortunately, you can’t really accept any of it.

>>38749207
Mob bosses aren't well known for their flexibility. Do you really think he'd listen to a homeless mutant kid?

Fuck captcha, google keeps being a cunt and I can't post because of a certificate error.

>>38749544
I don't know, I can't even find the start of that quest series, and believe me I've looked. Think it'd be worth watching even?

>(2/2)

“I’m, uh, I’m flattered, but I have to decline.”

You hear the sound of fancy shoes and real clothes and warm sheets vanishing into the storm of your own terrible lifestyle. It sounds like a thousand tombstones crashing like meteors into your dumb head. Sighing slightly, you pull yourself out of your seat. Laura follows quickly in your wake, her bright green eyes watching Silvio’s men with no small amount of suspicion.

“My life is… extremely complicated at the moment.” Not to mention, signing up would Silvio would mean abandoning the Scar. Probably your friends, too. “Frankly, I don’t think I’d be reliable.”

A thought crosses your mind.

“…However, I can be contacted for case-by-case work at the Blonde Phantom Detective Agency.”

Alicia looks a little disappointed. Silvio, not so much – mostly, you get the impression that doesn’t want to have to read through a whole bunch of resumes.

“Understandable.” He says. “Still, you have my thanks.”

You shake hands and turn to leave. As you approach the door, Silvio speaks up one last time:

“Oh, by the way.” You glance back, and see his eyes gleaming in the dark, like those of a feral thing. “Who was it? Who took my granddaughter from me?”

>[ ] The Triads. Fuck Negative.
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
>[ ] The Sinister Six. Fuck them.
>[ ] The Owl. Fuck him.
>[ ] You dunno.
>[ ] That information will cost him.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38749568
>Constant Italian food!
JJ could have had all the spaghetti. ALL of it.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
>>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Triads. Fuck Negative.
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
>[ ] Write in

"Originally it was the Triads, but then the guy holding him got paid off by the Russians to give Alicia to them instead. Uncle Wu's is where they held her before giving her to the Russians."

Give him the address of Uncle Wu's.

>>38749597
>>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.


Be honest,

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
IIRC, Negative helped? or was the restaurant guy acting on his own?

>>38749295
Silvermane is not really that weak.
We could not deal with the "Boomerang's Sinister Six", who seem to at least frequent his establishment, possibly do jobs for him.

If they work for him, he's got a guy with super-speed on his side.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
Wouldn't his daughter know that?

>>38749597
>>38749633
>[ ] Write in
Let him in on who was holding her vand who we think set it up.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
"You know, it's funny. The kidnapper was an Uncle Ed, one of Mr. Negatives, but it looks like he was strong-armed into it by Russians so that when shit went down, you'd go after the Triad instead of them. If you want to retaliate, you can probably squeeze some extra muscle outta Negative with a few phone calls."

>>38749655
>>38749648
>Triads hired the Russians, right? Am I remembering that correctly?

Why not just read the previous threads?

>>38749597
>[ ] The Triads. Fuck Negative.
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
Incoming Mob war. When do you think it'll spill over into our neck of the woods?

>>38749597
>>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
Probably Russians, or really good impersonators. They were trying to make it look like someone else did it.
Recount descriptions of survivors.
If he kills them we don't have to worry about them mouthing off about us to someone.

>>38749597
>>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749681
because I'm too distracted by your horrible ugliness

>[x] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
>They contracted a man in chinatown to make it appear it was the Triads.
>optional : His name is Wong, he lives in XXXX. Give him my regards.

>>38749597

>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

Hope Balalaika has fun.

Make sure to warn them about the glass girl. And that she's probably not doing it willingly and might be very very appreciative of someone rescuing her.

>>38749597
>[ ] Write in.
"Well, she could probably tell it herself based on their language alone"
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

>>38749597
>Russians, fuck Russians
They were using Mr. Negative's warehouse
They had a mutant or super human with glass telekinesis
Boss lady had scars all over her face

A faction of the Triads got bought out by the Russians. They were trying to frame Negative. Get your shit together, people.

>>38749681
Cuz I'm a lazy bastard?

>>38749680
>>38749597

Seconding this.

>>38749720
They never talked around her. Have you even read this thread?

>>38749680

Seconded.

>JJ doesn't take the job. Work a risky job but put all his friends in a nice apartment and help them move on with their lives.

>>38749680
Don't say its funny. Your Granddaughter getting kidnapped ain't funny.

>>38749773
You can't move on from being a mutant... Most of them aren't moving on unless they master their problems. With several of our group they will NEVER move on because one of them is half beaver.

>>38749680
Seconded

>>38749785

Also seconded.

>>38749597
"Before I answer, let me first say that a gang war is right near the top of my list of 'Things I Don't Want.' However, knowing you're probably not going to listen to that, I'd like a short one instead. The Russians pressed hard on a Triad kidnapper to use as a front. From what the Kidnapper says, Mr. Negative is completely unaware of his involvement. A couple of phone calls and you might be able to get the Triads to help you against the Russians, if only to save face."

>>38749797
I said help them. A nice apartment would have done wonders.

>>38749680
I'd rather not rat out the guy who just wanted to get out of organized crime.

After all, we ain't paid for it and he did give us what we want.
Not to mention we can always blackmail him later.

I think having Maggia and Triads cooperate is a bad idea.

Just tell them it was the russians and leave it at that.

>>38749853
>>38749886
I agree with these people. Just say it was the Russians. Maybe describe the burned lady as well.

>>38749853
>>38749886
It's going to be a gang war. Silvermane won't take this lying down. If we make it a two-on-one war, then it'll hopefully be over faster. Plus, there's a chance Silvermane will find out anyways, and then it'll be a three way war, which will just make things worse. Better to say it now. I feel bad for Uncle Ed, but better him than the hundreds of innocent folks that might get caught in the crossfire.

>>38749597
>[ ] The Russians. Fuck Russians.
"They were trying to instigate a war between you and the triads."

I'd like to point out our primary objective is to stop mutants from being ground up into soylent green. Not to stop all the gangs ever. Thats moon knights problem. We just want to put a bunch of gangs that have dubiously acceptable morals in power instead of evil gangs in power.

>>38750001
Except we don't want it to end faster.
The more blood the gangs spill on each other, the less fit they will be in meddling with mutant affairs and the more they will require our services, should we ever wish to offer them.

Ask him to tell you if they find any jack on the Russians when he retaliates?

>[X] The Russians. Fuck Russians.

Well, do you care what happens to some guys that tried to stab you and shoot you and other stuff?

No. No you do not.

“It was the Bratva.” You say, glancing back. “They tried to make it look like it was the Triads, but it was definitely Russians that had her. I imagine Mr. Negative might be pretty mad if you can prove it to him.”

Manfredi’s grin almost glows.

“That so?” He chuckles quietly, his breath rattling. “You sure you don’t want a job? You have the right mind for it.”

You feel your insides squirm.

“No. I’m done with that sort of thing.”

You leave.

The night outside is cold and hard, stormclouds bunching like dark clots across the sky. You begin to make your way back toward the Scar.

Laura is quiet. Her shoulders move to a soft, relaxed rhythm – the tension of before is gone. If you’d accepted Manfredi’s offer, you could have given her a place to stay. Maybe even a place that was safe from Kimura and her fucked up friends. You could have been sharing an apartment with her before the end of the week.

“Hey…” You speak up, breaking the silence. Laura glances your way. “What would you have thought, if I’d said yes to him?”

She stares at you for a short while, as if trying to pull away your face and peer into your inner workings.

“It would have been unlike you.” She says, eventually.

That makes you smile, for some reason.

>Present Time: 03:30 AM
>Hunger Level: 2
>Current Funds: $1,600

>[ ] Go home. Get some rest.
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [insert something else].
>[ ] Write in.

>>38750073
>[ ] Go home. Get some rest.
>[ ] Write in.

"We'll talk about what almost happened in the warehouse tomorrow, okay?"

>>38750073
>[ ] Go home. Get some rest.
3 AM muties gotta sleep

>>38750073
>[ ] Write in.

makeout with Laura, 2nd base

>>38750049
Triads are actually the most evil gang there is, because Mr.Negative is objectively magic evil.
He basically sucks their souls or something by touching them.

Those fucks can fend for themselves.

>>38750107
I can get behind that.

>>38750073
>[ ] Go home. Get some rest.
Talk with the gang. We've been ignoring them lately.

>[ ] Go home. Get some rest.

>>38750073
>[ ] Go home. Get some rest.

>>38750097
>>38750073
I'll second this

>>38750073
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [insert something else].
Call Blonde Phantom and tell her that the case of Ms.Manfredi is solved and that Mr.Manfredi may or may not be ending up as a regular client.

>>38750073
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do Late night-snack with Laura, discuss the predatory/cannibalism instincts we've been having lately.
Then sleep.

>>38750073
>>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Talk to Laura about what happened back at the Warehouse.

>>38750073
>>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [insert something else].
Talk Laura about what happened at the boat when you were about to take a bite from a guy

Are we not going to talk to Laura about the almost eating people thing?

>>38750073
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [insert something else].
More food, then sleep

>>38750073
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [talk to Laura about our appetite for long pork].

>>38750073
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [talk to waifu about pros and cons regarding cannibalism ].

>>38750073
>[ ] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do [talk to Laura about pros and cons of eating pussy ].

>[X] Eh, sleep is overrated. Go do TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.

The sky is still dark when you get back to the station, but everything is beginning to smell of early morning. Everyone’s asleep in their tents, though you note that one outline – judging from the empty tent in question, Noriko’s – is missing. There are no signs of struggle, though, so you let it go and assume the best.

You crawl into your tent and let your back hit the ground. You don’t even bother to climb inside your sleeping bag – the warmth of the fabric seems to flow around you, drawing you in, your eyes suddenly growing heavy. You tense up slightly when Laura curls up beside you, resting her head on your chest.

Everything is quiet for a little while. Then,

“It’s getting harder, isn’t it?” Laura’s voice is barely above a whisper. “Your problem.”

You think about it. About the rush of violence and the lure of warm, sopping, delicious flesh. About the tantalizing heat of raw meat, and the desire to rip and tear and pull things apart. Some of it is just anger, you think – you try not to show it, but you have a lot of anger. At yourself, and at how unfair things are. That anger has been the coal upon which you’ve burned for a long, long time.

But part of it is something totally alien.

You nod.

“Yeah. Does that scare you?”

The hairs on your chest rise, your breath stuttering a little as she slides her hand along you.

“Yes.” She says, quietly. “I do not want you to become something else.”

‘Something else.’ You wonder what that something is. Something like the Hulk? All rage and repressed fear and rippling, furious strength? Or something like Joseph? Something that burns with a cosmic fire?

>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.
>[ ] If that happens, she shouldn’t hesitated to kill you (aren’t you just Mr. Cliché?).
>[ ] Write in.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.

But do give her a goodnight kiss.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.

>>38750522
>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.
We've been pretty good at willpower checks... except that one time we critfailed and exploded.

>>38750522
>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
"Neither, Do I" (a bit scared)

Rather not say anything we can't constantly control.

>>38750522
>“That won’t happen.” Sleep.
>If that happens, she shouldn’t hesitated to kill you (jokingly)

>>38750522
>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.
Let's not tell her to kill yet another thing that she grew close to.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

Go for the kiss and then sleep
Lizards need their full 8 hours or else they won't get any good boy points

>>38750522
>>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic

>[x] Write in.
>You can't keep people from changing, from evolving. That's our nature, as humans, as mutants. To thrive, to survive.

>>38750522
>>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic

Time to experiment with tazer hands

>[X] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.

Okay.

How romantic, precisely, do you guys want to get?

>>38750669
No.

Sounds like something Magneto would say.

>>38750676

I say just a kiss or two before sleeping.

>>38750676
Uh.. some heavy petting and makeouts?

>>38750676
Holding hands and cuddling.

>>38750669
That's pretty Mag Neato.

>>38750673
Just so you know, that involves risks.

>>38750676
use our fingers this time

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>>38750676
>this romantic.

>>38750676
mildly

>>38750708
You sick bastard

>>38750707
Second

>>38750676
>>38750707
This, nothing else

>>38750676
Well, it's 3:30. Kiss, if she reciprocates with some intensity, turn it up a notch, and if she matches...well, let it escalate.

>>38750676
Just a kiss and some cuddling.

>>38750676
Get the stringer and a watering hose, it's going to be a long night.

A kiss and some cuddles before sleep

>>38750676
She showed us hers, we should show ours.

>>38750522
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Sleep.
>[ ] “That won’t happen.” Get romantic.
>[ ] "I promise."

>>38750707
Second

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>>38750676
Swoonami up in here.
And by that I mean by romantic promising, not sexy times.

>>38750707
Maybe just makeouts?

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You can't not fuck her forever /tg/

>>38750676
Kiss and cuddle until sleep takes them.

>>38750792
I can damn well try!

>>38750792

I'd vote for some heavy stuff if it wasn't so late in the quest, so just kissing for right now.

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>"We want to get some SERIOUS romantic action here"
>"Like HUGS, and kissing -- ON THE LIPS"

/tg/ is so cute

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>>38750792
We can just push her until she declares snu-snu on us of her own will.

>>38750792
>Eyy bebby u worried 'bout muh cannibalistic tendencies?
>Aight, that's understandable.
>How 'bout sum fuck?

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>>38750676
EAT THE PUSSY

>>38750844
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJDzPIHFoC0

>>38750707
>heavy petting. foreplay ranging from breast massage to masturbating one's partner, yet no coïtal contact

fund it

>>38750844
you remind me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqI-28meTZ8
for some reason, with that answer.

>>38750824
Just call me Adam Elsheimer, 'cuz I'm going to pioneer a Romantic Movement.

>>38750792
I just want to leave until a time when it actually feels meaningful and cathartic.

Looks like we're headed into a den of degeneracy - to the realm of PETTING AND KISSING A BIT.

>writan

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>>38750991

Never change /tg/ Never change

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>>38750958
ah yes the fabled right moment.

Judging from the pace of anon's aggressiveness and CJ's own decompressed style, the quest will end with Laura's virginity well in tact.

>>38751026
The funny thing is, it would end that way either which way this goes!

Healing factor OP.

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>>38750991
Pic related

>>38751026

Technically, with her super healing, she might always be a virgin.

>>38751026
Laura will probably lose it on the night she says she loves JJ.

>>38751047
>>38751050
what is it with the hymen intact = virginity thing? Not all hymens are solid covers to begin with.

>>38751050
look at that pair of degenerates

makes me fuckin' sick

>>38751047
>>38751050
I'm quite certain CJ squashed that ol' regenerating hymen chestnut ages ago

>>38751026
I'd say that's better than JJ failing a SAN check and us finding out whether Laura likes vore.

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>>38750991
Yep, we know where this is going.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>38750991
Rolling for new fetish.

>>38751142
What's the fetish?
Things in 15?

>>38751142
Mid air sex? Hold onto dick while flying.

>>38751164
>>38751200
/tg/ meme, if you come across some fetish activity you roll a d20, get a nat 1 and you acquire a new fetish.

>>38751224
What happens on 20s?

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>>38751164
Reference to this.

>>38751236

You die.

>>38751224
I taught you go on /d/ and go from page 10 to 0 to get new fetish?

Rolled 31 (1d100)

Laura Fetish roll
>1-10
NTR
>11-20
BDSM
>21-30
yellow fever
>31-40
rape
>41-50
autoeroticasphyxiation
>51-60
public sex
>61-70
feet
>71-80
roleplay
>81-90
lizard elf mutant fetish
>91-100
roll 2 more times

>>38751293
ahahhahaha

>>38751293
Of course it is...

>>38751293
>>38751328
I blame Kimura

also, I should have put redheads on the list

>>38751293

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>38751293
FETISH ROLLING AWAYYY!

holy shit... captcha: Rapee

>>38751388
I think captcha just told told you what the scenario is going to be.

Bite the pillow.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>38751293

>>38751293
that is some repressed ass shit, right there

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Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>38751293
Gotta agree with >>38751451 on this. Which probably makes sense with Laura.
Rollan anyway

>>38751491
not really, Laura tends to be very practical minded. Allot of those would be a "why?"

enhanced kinesics put to the test

>>38751511
comedy mostly

not like its canon to the quest

>>38751511
Yeah, but she's still likely repressed as all hell. Now whether that's due to training/trauma or just being utterly unfamiliar with that stuff is a whole other question.
That was totally the perfect captcha to get for that post though.

>>38751558
that was from a Laura perspective anon, not mine.

Victoria x JJ forever

>(1/3)

“That won’t happen.” You promise.

Maybe not the best thing to do? All sorts of things happen all the time, after all, you can’t really know for sure that you’ll – god damn your brain is terrible and has to stop.

Quieting your internal babble, you shift your weight slightly, turning toward Laura. No matter how many times you do it, you can’t get enough of the surprised flutter that passes through her when your lips meet hers. Her body tenses, back arching, breath stuttering in her lungs. For a moment she seems not to know how to respond, before she presses back, her lips tugging clumsily at yours. When your tongue pushes into her mouth, she freezes, breath heaving, and just shudders quietly while you explore her, her scent clotting the air, filling you with need.

You pull away, a string of drool trailing between your lips, and her breath quickens, her chest rising and falling to a frantic rhythm.

Her fingers clutch nervously at your shoulders as you move on top of her. You nibble at her ear, eliciting a muted cry of pleasure, your lips trailing down her neck, each tiny kiss putting a stumble in her breath. Grinning mischievously, you lift her sweater over her head, leaving it halfway along her arms, keeping them raised over head. Her eyes are torrential interplay of want and nervousness and discovery and desire.

>>38751769
unfff, Laura a cutie

>(2/3)

You kiss her again, heaving against her, pushing her into the fabric beneath the two of you. She twists and writhes like a butterfly pinned to a board, the blood rushing in her veins, heart snapping, scent coiling around you, drawing you in. Without warning, she brings her arms over your head, the softness of her sweater pressing against the back of your head, preventing you from withdrawing. You don’t complain. You kiss her as though trying to fall into her, as though devouring her.

You run your hands across her hips, your fingers clutching desperately at her, and she gasps into you, her form bucking against yours.

For how long it continues, you’re not sure. You swirl into one another, your lungs sharing one another-breath, fingers sharing one another’s flesh, until time and space and you and her burn away into one single instant in an endless void. You don’t remember when it ended, just that the two of your thrashed and coiled and kissed your way to exhaustion, and then to sleep…

>>38751802
Sounds like Laura and JJ had a good time.

Lewd.

>>38751833
JJ gently walked her home

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>>38751847
kek, okay, I'll admit that got me

>>38751354
No need to even roll for that, it's hard-wired into the X-gene.

>>38751847
Don’t think they made it past second, actually.

>>38751923
It seems like dry humping.

>>38751923
Yeah, they made it past the second block on their way home.

>>38751953
They just made out, vigorously. Normal teenage thing.

>>38751977
It was Peters chance to cockblock JJ and tell him about the consequences.

>>38751977
I thought the normal teenage thing was anal?

Did the Queen get Crusty mid update?

>(3/3)

The first thing you’re aware of when you awaken is that she’s on top of you. Her head lolls against your shoulder, hair running in lanes of raven black across your face. You can feel her breasts heavy against you with each long, heavy breath she takes.

You force your eyes open.

Light from outside dances along the fabric of your tent. You smell food cooking – someone is rustling up some bacon. Probably Kevin. People are talking – Noriko, Kevin, Lucas. They’re laughing.

It dawns upon you, moving like the play of light along your blankets, that there’s an unfamiliar feeling in your chest.

You feel pretty good about things in general.

>What will your big goal for today be, JJ?

>>38752020
She's forcing him to write delicious queen x poolboy smut right now, that they will then act out

>>38752040
>What will your big goal for today be, JJ?

Hang out with our friends and go update Hisako, Julian and Jono about the Maggia.

>>38752040
To not fuck up.
We should keep a poster on the wall that says 'x' days gone without a major fuck up.
Today will be numero uno.

>>38752020
Eventually we are just going to have fan art of her royal majesty hunting down crusty as he writes furiously
"I must post, its the only way i can stave her off!"

>>38752040

>Training/exercise, maybe as a group, whoever's interested.

>Trying not to fuck things up in general.

>>38751997

Then JJ turns to him and says, "Peter, unless you want to join in, get the fuck out.".

>>38752040
>What will your big goal for today be, JJ?
Hobo Clan bonding time and then send runners to update everyone about the Maggia taking Jack out of their territory.
Because JJ gets shit done.

>>38752040
get the 411 on current Scar happenings
update others on maggia situation
look for plot hooks
discover JJ's new powers
finger Laura

>>38752040
Well, we could put some update to N-XM, Corsairs and Hellions.
We could also check Dr.Connors
We could train.

Just suggestions

>>38752089
I second this motion.

>>38752040
Eat. Brief with the other muggas about Maggia. Train with Laura.

>>38752104

Make sure they know not to hit Maggia territory or property, too, like we promised Silvermane.

>>38752040
Revel in the fleshy delight of mutant meat. Or breakfast would be nice.
Maybe ask the other Tunnel Snakes how the drug busting stunt is going, and give them the good news of yesterdays deal with the Maggia.
Afterwards maybe some light training or join the posse and beat up some drug dealers.

>>38752115
>>38752040
>>38752137

Let's work on experimenting/training with echolocation and geointuitive vision a bit.

>>38752040
Work on our powers. Try and figure out the whole 'see without seeing' thing and see what we can do about being constantly horny.

>>38752040
find out if Laura is into ass play

>>38752040
Hang with the gang, Call or text peter about the sample, and possibly visit the YXM.

>>38752040
Let's inquire our close mutant friends over breakfast on how they are faring and then perhaps train ourselves in the art of pugilism.

>>38752040
Inform the others about our maggia dealings, inquire on what they have acheived so far.
Later though, for now, food and hanging out.

>>38752040
Git gud, train with Laura, warn YXM and Hellions about Maggia, eat, and relax.

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>>38752040
discuss the mise en scene of the latest Wonderman flick and how it is utter plebian tripe

>>38752401

Seconded, but more "tell them the Maggia is relatively clean and should not be intruded upon" instead of warn.

>>38752401
Lets make it clear that they're out of the picture jack wise... They can fight them for turf if they really want to, but they are definitely the lesser evil. Also that we're on pretty good terms due to the rescue of a certain individual and can negotiate on their behalf if they wish (but don't expect miracles)

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we should save up for a piano.

>offer to teach Laura
>have her sit on JJ's lap while his arms around her

>>38752040
Get some sun for once, goddamn.
it's about time we started taking advantage of this power.

>>38752498
>They can fight them for turf if they really want to,

>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/38132950/#p38138251

>>38752566

Important.

>>38752524
We should find that piano in the park again, because I'm sure those folks wouldn't mind Maestro JJ coming back. Even if he was overcome with feels last time.

Do you think Jules has actually killed someone or is he a posing murder virgin?

>>38752653
>Do you think Jules has actually killed someone

Where did you get that idea?

>>38752638
Oh yeah! Seconding

Man. You have a lot of energy for someone who spent half the night sucking face.

Careful not to wake up Laura, you glance at your watch.

>10:25 AM

You should probably be getting up. Seems like a waste to let this energy just stew away here in your tent, even if you’d about 90% prefer to just lie there and indulge in the feeling of Laura snoozing against you. You slither your way out from under her, managing to do so without disturbing her sleep, and crawl your way out of your tent.

“Hey dude.”

Kevin waves at you over a bubbling stove. He’s sitting with Lucas and Noriko, both of whom look pretty tired.

“Hey.” You pad over to them. “You guys look wiped.”

Noriko’s brow twitches. She stares up at you, a big, sardonic grin contorting across her face.

“Yeah, I hung out with the X-people for a while. Then, when I came back, there was this weird noise coming from somewhere in here, like an antelope trying to fight itself.” You cringe a little. Ha ha ha. Ha. “It was terrible.”

“…That so?”

She lets you off the hook eventually, and you guys share a late breakfast. You tell them about last night, and ask Noriko to carry along a notice about Silvermane and his boys being a-ok for now. Her response is to inform you that you could just come with them tonight, patrolling around the Scar.

“If you’re not busy, that is. Busy in your tent. Getting”–

“Yes yes that’s enough.” Lewdness is not to be tolerated in this house.

But you guess you could tag along. You wanted to explore your powers a bit, maybe train with Laura, but you can multitask.

>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).
>[ ] Practice with [insert power] first.
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
>[ ] Write in.

>>38752638
This is the one I'm talking about http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/28717004/#p28720258

>>38752737
>>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).

>>38752737
>>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).

>>38752737
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.

Then

>>[ ] Train with Laura(martial arts stuff).

>>38752737
>>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.

>>38752737
>>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.

>>38752737
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
Because we can set up a meeting time and then
>[ ] Train with Laura (martial arts stuff).
until that time comes.

Alternatively
>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).
Because waifu comes first. If you know what I mean.

>>38752737
Hang out with the crew for god sake. We haven't done that in ages.

>>38752737
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
And
>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).
Afterwards.

>>38752737
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).
Commence gittin' gud

>>38752689
his aggressive pro mutant stance and favorable disposition towards violence leads me to think he might have gotten into a conflict with somebody somewhere sometime.

I still think he is a kill virgin though.

>>38752737
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
assuming he isn't in class

>>38752737
>>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
>[ ] Train with Laura first (martial arts stuff).

>>38752793
Nope. /tg/ apparently drops everything in their life as soon as they have a girlfriend and focuses on nothing else ever.

They want to neglect the social links we have with our friends and then wonder where everyone went when they're all alone.

>>38752803
>I still think he is a kill virgin though.

Same.

>>38752737

Practice with Echolocation / Geointuitive.

Then Martial Arts (training Muscle Memory).

Actually, why not both at the same time?

>>38752524
>[x] Contact Peter about the sample first.
>have x-23 teach us some of that meditating shit in some community garden/abandoned rooftop solarium. Solar inner peace yo
>Practice that echolocation while at it, feel the cosmic heartbeat of the universe and stuff

>>38752821
Are you fucking kidding me? It has nothing to do with waifu, it has EVERYTHING to do with free, nearly instantaneous martial arts training

>>38752737
>[ ] Contact Peter about the sample first.
Then:
>[ ] Train with Laura (martial arts stuff).

>>38752793
>>38752821

It feels somewhat in-character for JJ to become distant from the people he's trying to protect while trying to become stronger in order to protect them, if that makes any sense.