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"!!!"

I flinch and stumble back a few steps, but soon realize that what I just saw... and heard... and FELT... it never actually happened. All this stress is making me lose it.

Looking down at the crow who's unconscious in my arms does help just a little bit to pull me out of the depths of whatever the hell that was, though. Loki's breathing and if he's breathing then there's a chance that he'll be okay and I need to hold on to that.

After taking a few more deep, calming breaths, I direct my gaze to the horror that lies in front of me. The fact that I'm still holding Loki is the only thing that keeps me from doubling over and puking up the contents of my stomach all over everything. What used to be a cute girl is now a pile of blood and ground-up bone and meat, and what's not currently soaking into the parched grass is smeared all over Charlotte's arms.

Further off, Theresa is staring at the carnage while mumbling something that I can't quite make out from where I'm standing. She's still covered in blood from the web that she got caught in a little while ago and well... she doesn't look good.

And Gabrielle... she's standing next to me and isn't moving a single muscle.


>see about charlotte, she's... not herself right now
>call out to theresa, she's covered in blood and talking to herself and I'm worried as hell
>snap gabrielle back into reality, this is bad and she's the only other unhurt person here who can help

>>41921319
>snap gabrielle back into reality, this is bad and she's the only other unhurt person here who can help
>Get Gabrielle and Shary to assist Theresa
>see about charlotte, she's... not herself right now

Also tell overshine to stop being a shit, now is not the time

>>41921282
Welp, guess we know who needs to be murdered next, mirror matches are always fun.

>>41921319
>see about charlotte, she's... not herself right now

>>41921319
>>snap gabrielle back into reality, this is bad and she's the only other unhurt person here who can help
I tried to warn you lot, we'd have been better off staying away from Charlotte.

>>41921319
>call out to theresa, she's covered in blood and talking to herself and I'm worried as hell
"Mine just tried it as well don't listen to the bitch, you've got a date coming up!"

>>41921319
>snap gabrielle back into reality, this is bad and she's the only other unhurt person here who can help

>>41921319
>Snap gabrielle back into reality, this is bad and she's the only unhurt person here who can help.

Gabby can help Char while we call down Theresa.

Also, that voice in our head did not seem like over-chan. There was a distinct lack of condescension and it also tried playing on our emotions (something abstract) rather than harping on our failures (something concrete).

>>41921319
>>snap gabrielle back into reality, this is bad and she's the only other unhurt person here who can help

>>41921693
No is just that she thinks we're weak enough mentally to really start trying to take over, the gloves are off and the battle for the body begins.

>writing

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While holding Loki with my right hand, I place my hand on Gabrielle's shoulder with my left.

"Gabrielle," I shake her, "C'mon, I need someone else to-"
"Wh- wha?" Gabrielle snaps her head in my direction.

Tears are streaming down her face, but I don't have time to let that get to me.

"I know this is really bad," I say, "but I can't do this by myself and you're the only other one here who's not messed up right now."

I want to fall down and sob until my eyes dry out, but that wouldn't help anything.

"And Loki's going to be fine," I glance down at the bird in my arm, "but Charlotte's like -that- and-" I glance at Theresa. "...and he's not looking too good either so do you think you can help out?"
"......" Gabrielle wipes her eyes off with her sleeve. "...I'll try..."


>ask her to help with charlotte
>ask her to help with theresa

>>41922643
>>ask her to help with charlotte

>>41922643
>ask her to help with charlotte

>>41922643
>ask her to help with charlotte

HIVEMIND INITIATED

>>41922643
>>ask her to help with charlotte
This isn't the time to reveal Theresa's secret just to squeeze some spaghetti out.

>>41922643
>ask her to help with charlotte

>>41922643
>ask her to help with charlotte
We'll have a better chance with Theresa and in all likelihood Chars sister will get through to her better then we could.

>>41922643
>ask her to help with charlotte

>>41922643
>>ask her to help with charlotte

>>41921282
>And find my own face smiling back at me.
This just played in my head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7IATLoiR3Y

>writing

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"Thanks," I nod. "I think you'll have an easier time getting through to Charlotte than I would right now, so would you mind seeing about her?" I ask.

We both turn to the pile of blood and ground-up flesh and the figure that's standing above it.

"Y- yeah," Gabrielle nods. "I couldn't be there to help with the fight so I oughta at least do this..." she says while hugging Shary as tightly as she can. "But what about you?"
"I'm worried about him," I point to Theresa, "so I was going to check on him and then come right back once-"
"What!?" Gabrielle gasps. "H- he's here too-"

She starts to hyperventilate.

"I- I didn't even see him there..." she mumbles to herself. "But Charlotte's in trouble now and I can't just leave her..."
"Yeah," I reply, "so let's hurry up."


>[1/?]

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>>41923349
>[2/2]

"This..." Theresa slumps over with her arms hanging limp at her sides, "...this is horrible..."

I can't trace her direct line of sight thanks to the stuff covering her face but it's not too hard to guess what she's looking at.

"What the fuck did you make me do," Theresa growls. "those taser swords were a last resort and then you made me do that you evil fucking bitch I'm never gonna forgive you for-"
"H- hey!" I call out, having finally gotten close enough to comfortably talk to her.
"I don't want her dirtying her hands," Theresa says, "but that doesn't mean that I wanted to go on a murder rampage too!"


>let her finish talking to her other self
>we don't have time for this

>>41923542

>let her finish talking to her other self

>>41923542
>we don't have time for this
Kiss her, you fool.

>>41923542
>let her finish talking to her other self
then
"Mine just tried it as well don't listen to the bitch, you've got a date coming up."

>>41923542
>let her finish talking to her other self

>>41923542
>let her finish talking to her other self
When she's done , Overshine just tried to make me suicide off this, our other selves are becoming, troublesome.

>>41923622
>>41923595
This and also let her know that she didn't do most of the damage, Char did

>>41923542
>>let her finish talking to her other self

That CC pic is incredibly cute. RIP that dress, literally and figuratively.

>>41923542
>let her finish talking to her other self

>>41923622
Are we sure that was Over-chan?
It wasn't "fool" and "failure" and "idiot" and "disgusting".
Us using our friends as human shields is something Over-chan would approve of, kill 2 birds with one stone. As it were.
Over-chan also is SO totally into the whole REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE. Hatred of another? Well shit, maybe I REMOVE them too.
Plus, Over-chan would not give the "kill yourself" order. It needs the body alive.

This thing is basically the anti-overchan.

>>41923542
>>41923698
>That CC pic is incredibly cute. RIP that dress, literally and figuratively.

The inverted rainbow in the back looks delicious.

>>41923724
It's either full bloom overchan trying to get us to give up and thus take over, or the consequence of being a false dendrite.

>>41923724
It does have to have a full personality if it takes over.

>>41923724
>Over-chan would not give the "kill yourself" order. It needs the body alive.
The instant we recognize suicide as an actual option over-shine get's the body.

Overshine has never asked CC to off herself before.. are we sure overshine was the alternate personality?

Or do they have to like flesh themselves out a bit before they can start vying for control?

>>41923823
It might be that we've always been in to good a place to really try and take over, but now that we've seen some shit, it's gone from passive criticism to full on trying to depress us.

>>41923724
Overshine hates the idea of using Theresa as a shield or using Theresa at all. Theresa is her waifu and she would rather be the one doing the killing and getting hurt rather than Theresa doing anything.

>>41923698
>That CC pic is incredibly cute. RIP that dress, literally and figuratively.
Yeah, I just wish it was done before the dress was killed. ._.

>>41923759
>The inverted rainbow in the back looks delicious.
I didn't even ask for that background but it still ends up perfect.
lol gay



>writing

>>41923763
A full personality is one thing, but this is so out-of-character for Overchan, it would be like /pol/ suddenly got a facebook account, upgraded to windows 10, started streaming league of legends on twitch.tv, defended the Federal Reserve act, and donated to a holocaust memorial museum.

>>41923916
Not really, it's still trying to make us feel like shit, it's just doing it differently.

>>41923916
You do realize Overchan at least cares about one of our friends and that's Theresa right? I really want to know what would happen if we chose Theresa over Charlotte(or if we still can)

>>41923977
To be honest I'm not convinced it even likes Theresa, she's just another way to try and put us down. Think about it who's more useful in a fight the girl who's new to all of this or the girl that's been doing this kind of shit for years and has some of the best contacts possible.

I bet if we'd gone Theresa route we'd be getting the same shit with the names flipped round.

>>41923977
I imagine Overchan would say we have shit taste for not picking Char, honestly.

>>41924105
> Think about it who's more useful in a fight the girl who's new to all of this or the girl that's been doing this kind of shit for years and has some of the best contacts possible.

Who the fuck thinks about that when wanting to be in a relationship? I wanted Charlotte as a friend(for about the same reasons) but we didn't need to fuck her for that.

I think if we went Theresa route they wouldn't have changed to liking Charlotte. We'd probably still be hanging around her, just not as much.

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That feel when Irenefag.

ur waifu a shit

>>41924199
You're missing my point anon, I'm saying over-shine is just doing everything it can to get control, and part of that is criticizing our every choice and saying we're always in the wrong.

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>>41924276
U talkin shit about my waifu? Nigga I will cut you.

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>>41924303
Can't touch me, fAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAggot.

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"It's not gonna work," Theresa's voice shifts into a growl so low that I can barely hear it. "You're not gonna break me, you're not gonna make me lose myself," she says, raising her hand over the part of her face where her visor's broken. "-I'm- the boss here. Me," she slaps her chest. "Not YOU."

Finally looking away from Noelle's remains, Theresa lifts her head up and faces the sky.

"I'm not gonna lose to you," Theresa says, her mouth twisting into an evil grin. "So just TRY this shit again and you'll be the one who gets eaten."


>[1/?]

>>41924377
Dammit Theresa stop being such a best.

>>41924377
I really want this to turn into both of us shit talking the alt-personalities.

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>>41924377
>[2/2]

Theresa goes quiet for a few seconds... and then suddenly bursts into laughter.

"Yeah, that's it," Theresa cackles. "Now you want to be friends, that's just fine. Sit back there and watch in the passenger seat 'cuz that's all you're getting."
"Umm..." I call out.
"Eh!?" she gasps.

And in a flash, all that bravado leaves her.

"H... hey," Theresa mumbles as she turns to me. "Sorry for zoning out just now but that was just..."
"Yeah," I sigh. "It's fine, I definitely understand."

And now that even the air itself is thick with the stench of blood, I have no way of avoiding what just happened.

"If it helps at all," I say, "my evil voice was trying to convince me to kill myself a few minutes ago."
"........." Theresa faces me wordlessly for a few seconds. "Christ..." she says, shaking her head. "Just... don't do that, okay? She's telling me that the second you resolve to do something retarded like that then that's the end for the real Cecile."


>talk to the theresa some more
>theresa seems to be fine now it's on to the charlotte

>>41924665
>Yeah I had no plans on it, Told Overshine to fuck off. You ok?
if yes
>theresa seems to be fine now it's on to the charlotte
if not
>talk to the theresa some more

>>41924665
>Char

>>41924665
>theresa seems to be fine now it's on to the charlotte

>>41924665
>>talk to the theresa some more

>>41924694
This

>>41924665
>talk to the theresa some more

>>41924665
>on to the charlotte
We can't get on to the charlotte, not here, in the corpse of fresh kill, with gabby and kaito watching! That's lewd~.

>>41924770
Implying Primal Char is going to give us a choice.

>>41924665
>talk to the theresa some more
Gabrielle is here and your mask broke.

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>>41924665
By the way she is here.

>>41924694
Backing this

>writing

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......well that's a horrifying thought. But at least I have a warning.

"Thanks," I say to Theresa. "Are you going to be okay?"
"Just give me a few minutes to process what happened," Theresa replies. "And I know you're more worried about Charlotte right now, so don't feel like you have to stick around me."
"Oh," I nod. "Umm, okay."

After giving Theresa a weak "thank you" smile and wave, I head back to the... oh God it's just-

I retch a few times before forcing myself to look UP at the people standing by the carnage. Gabrielle's next to Shary, who's standing on his own elongated legs. Together, they're holding one of Charlotte's hands...

Having grown so large that the lace gloves that usually cover them have been torn away, Charlotte's hands are now more like paws. The same light brown downy feathers that Rhaccy has on his feet cover them, going all the way to her wrists. From there, the down gives way to more "standard" feathers which in turn gradually shift to yellowish fur around her elbows and the rest of her arm.

I can't tell how far that goes since what's left of the sleeves of her dress are covering it... it's probably a fair bet to assume that the rest of her body looks the same. Overall, her body's grown a lot bulkier and her dress is stretched to the point where several seams have already burst.

As for her face, she looks like a cross between a cat and a human now. Everything's covered in fur and her ears have shifted position upwards on her skull... hell, she even has something of a snout now.

The only thing that hasn't changed about her appearance are her emerald green eyes.


>[1/?]

>>41925825
> char_getting_ready_for_furcon.jpg

>>41925825
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwQ53U_Xb0I&ab_channel=JoBloMovieTrailers

It has to happen.

>>41925825

Watching my step so that I don't end up with my feet covered in THAT, I carefully approach the three of them. It seems like my stomach can only stand a few minutes of carnage though, so I quickly steal the light from what remains of Noelle so as to maintain my sanity.

And to keep from puking all over everything.

"Charlotte...?" I call out, reaching for her with my free hand. She reels back before I can make contact, making noises that don't really sound like words.
"Her vocal cords are all wrong so she can't talk right now," Shary says.

Wait, -Shary-?


>[2/?]

>>41926019
Shary decides it wants to be the little girl? Takes over Gabrielle?

>>41926102
Shary has a body it's quite happy with, plus it and Gabs are buds

>>41926120
Best buds snap every once inawhile and do horrible things.

I thought overshine was starting to come around but now it's gone full crazy.

>>41926135
Overshine was never sane or friendly, it's been stated Gabrielle and Shary are both happy with the arrangement they have.

>>41926019

"I guess she lost control of herself when that..." Shary looks down at the lightless void, "...when she hurt Loki," he says. "I was seconds from doing the same thing myself."

Charlotte simply nods at his assertion.

"He's right here," I say, holding out the sleeping bird. "I caught him before he hit the ground."

Charlotte starts towards me, but then backs away and shakes her head.

"Graaa..." Charlotte chokes out, "...kh... ssssssse... sssseeeeee" she opens her heavily fanged mouth all the way. "Cecccccile..."
"Wha!?" I jump back. "I thought he said you couldn't talk like that!"
"C... copy Loooooki..." she replies. "Sssssank you so muccch"


>[3/?]

>>41926211
Daww. We're gonna have to get her a collar. She'll also need to be spayed. Don't need kittens running all around the hotel.

>>41926296
>implying she can breed at all with the fucking mess her genome is.

>>41926332
Well either way it'd be awful to come back and find her doing illicit things with a tom cat.

>>41926332
Yeah CC's the one that's going to be doing the baby carrying in the relationship, which honestly makes more sense considering the dynamics of the relationship.

>>41925825
>hell, she even has something of a snout now.
A shit.

>>41926211
We should probably call her dad.

>>41925825
"Khajit has wares, if you have coin."

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>>41926211
>[4/4]

"S- so even enough-" I stammer. "You're still the same-"

The feeling of relief that hits me is just too much to bear. The tears just start pouring out and the best I can do is hold my arm to my eyes so as to keep any tears from falling onto Loki.

"I'm happy that she's still herself too," Shary says while I'm busy trying to pull myself back together, "but I don't know what we're going to do about her appearance."
"Yeah..." Gabrielle mumbles.
"And then there's the matter of this," he points to the still-censored viscera. "If the cops or some random person sees this..."
"Maybe Daddy can help?" Gabrielle asks. "He helped before with the ice lady, right?"
"No," I shake my head, "Irene's people tool care of that. I think he helped with the Mafia guy, but I was in the hospital when that was going on so I don't really know."


>see if Charlotte's father can help
>see if Irene can help
>[OTHER]

>>41926482
>see if Charlotte's father can help

>>41926482
Use lasers. Burn away the flesh until none of it can register as flesh. Take anything recognizable as bones someplace else and either smash them or bury them.

>>41926482
>see if Charlotte's father can help

>>41926482
>see if Charlotte's father can help

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>>41926464
Oh shi- there goes my sides! This is so fitting.
>>41926482
>[OTHER]
call both first to see if they can do anything at all about char

>>41926482
>>see if Charlotte's father can help
David must have some Winston Wolf guy who can help clean stuff up.

>>41926482
Smash the teeth, get a gallon of gas, and burn it all. Noone will be able to identify it. Charlotte's father can just kick down any evidence tying her to the scene.

Cecile could declare herself the sun goddess and just freem all evidence with her mighty rays.

>>41926482
>>see if Charlotte's father can help

>>41926482

David could solve this with six pieces and sixteen pigs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBvCPTK1MmY

>>41926482
>>see if Charlotte's father can help

>writing

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"Calling him can't hurt though," I say.

The three of us turn to Gabrielle.

"Fingrr cannnt..." Charlotte holds up her monstrous claws.
"O- okay," Gabrielle nods, sniffling as she reaches into Shary's head and pulls out her phone. It takes her a few moments to fumble with the buttons before she's even able to get it out of lock mode, it's clear that she's a nervous wreck right now.


>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him
>leave it to gabrielle, he's her father

>>41926784
>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him

>>41926784
>leave it to gabrielle, he's her father.

It's tempting to take it ourselves, but I think Gabby can more clearly tell him how fucked the situation is even if it's one of those all-in-one-breath run-ons. Also, I don't think we've met him and this is an awkward time to be introduced.

>>41926784
>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him

Let's just send him a text instead.

>>41926840
"I love her, father."

"Charlotte, you're not marrying anyone who texts like that!"

>>41926784
>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him

>>41926784
>>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him

>>41926784
>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him
>>41926840
Fuck you

>>41926825
This isn't the time to think about what is awkward or not. Gabi isn't a state where she should have to explain the situation to anyone, while CC is a lot calmer.

>>41926856
"Whatever she has might be contagious."

>>41926784
>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him
Time to meet Daddy G

>>41926840
No you.

>>41926840
"blud which atkd us n park. char turnt to cat /w brd clws (wtf). plz send halp, char made her nto red goo."

>>41926825
>Also, I don't think we've met him
We talked to him on the phone briefly after the kidnaping.

>>41926900
The city is nuked from orbit.

>>41926784
>>hand me the phone and I'll talk to him

>>41926784
>hand me the phone and i'll talk to him

>writing

"Hand me the phone," I say, holding out my free hand to Gabrielle. "I'll talk to him."
"Eh?" Gabrielle looks me in the eyes. "But-"
"It's fine," I reply, "it's not like this is the first time I've done this. And I'm probably the calmest one here."

Something about that makes me sick to my stomach.

"...okay..." she says, handing me the phone after hitting "send."

The phone picks up pretty much the moment I place it to my ear.

"Gabrielle?" a voice calls out. "Make it quick, I thought I told you I was going to be stuck in meetings for most of the day."
"Actually," I say, "this is Cecile."
"What?"
"Charlotte's girlfriend?"
"...yes, I know who you are."

His voice got a lot more sullen all of sudden.

"If you're calling from Gabrielle's phone then I assume something happened to her," he says.
"Not to her," I shake my head, "Gabrielle's fine."
"Thank God," he sighs. "Then why are you calling me from her phone?"
"It's about Charlotte," I say.


>[1/?]

>>41927176
>[2/2]

Charlotte's father listens on patiently as I tell as abridged a version of the day's events as I can. Since time is of the essence here, I omit everything that doesn't directly have to do with the matter at hand.

"...damn," he breathes a long sigh. "I -constantly- warned her about how dangerous it was to overdo it with her Branch, but..." he trails off. "It'll take me a few minutes to pull some strings and get that mess cleaned up, but you need to get as far away from there as possible," he says. "If Charlotte's spotted in her current state, there's no knowing how they'd react. Do you think you'll be able to make it back to the hotel safely?"
"Probably," I reply.
"Okay..." he takes a deep breath. "I have the GPS coordinates already so just get to safety as soon as possible, alright?"
"Got it," I nod.
"Call me back when you reach the hotel," he says. "Then we can see about Charlotte's condition."

With that, he hangs up and I give Gabrielle back her phone.


>how the hell are we going to get Charlotte into the hotel?

>>41927430
Take cover in backalleys as we make our way back towards the horel, call our future brother-in-law to meet us up for a ride.
Preferably have him bring along some blankets to cover Charlotte.

>>41927430
I suppose we can't just put her on a leash?

>>41927503
Also, didn't he drive something other than the two-seater when he helped us out after the mafia incident? He should obviously use that car.

>>41927430
Have Theresa cloak everyone all the way to the hotel

>>41927430
Shary cant hold people in him right?

>>41927553
Can she even use her powers on another control branch user like Charlotte?

>>41927430
Theresa cloak, if that doesn't work make it to the woods.

>>41927430
Getting to the hotel unnoticed is going to be pretty difficult unless Theresa is able to hide us all, so ask her first.

>writing

>>41927621
Pretty sure Theresa can't cloak her. Control branch.

>>41927708
If she mass cloaks it should be good.

"Your father says that he'll take care of it," I say to Charlotte and Gabrielle, but we need to get out of here as soon as we can."
"Where're we gonna go?" Gabrielle asks. "Is Daddy gonna send trucks to come get Charlotte? I don't think she'll be able to fit in a car like this..."
"No," I shake my head, "but I think that he might be able to help with that," I say to Theresa, who so kindly chose just this moment to come back over to where the rest of us are standing."
"...huh?" Gabrielle looks at Theresa and starts to blush.
"We need to get back to the hotel," I say to her, "but we can't let anyone see Charlotte."
"Might as well try," Theresa sighs, "and there's no point in keeping it a secret anymore."

Letting out a long, tired sigh, Theresa walks over to Charlotte and places a hand on her shoulder.


>[1/?]

>>41927818
Fuck yeah, current plot arc resolved!

Let's get everyone back to the hotel, and wash off all this evidence that we seem to have accumulated.

I hope Noelle can't regenerate from Pile-o-gibs mode.

I wonder if Chicken and Noodles are playing 4-player video gaems with Chicken armor and Noodle armor?

>>41927876
>I wonder if Chicken and Noodles are playing 4-player video gaems with Chicken armor and Noodle armor?
What?

>>41927894
Mina and Sun-Mi

>>41927818

And then they both vanish for a few seconds before reappearing.

"Did that work?" Theresa asks.
"Wha..." Gabrielle stares at them. "How did you-"
"I, uh..." Theresa sighs, "...I can make stuff invisible."
"We can get into specifics later," I cut in, "but I guess now we know that you can make Charlotte invisible too."
"Yeah," she nods. "But I have to be making physical contact with everyone and I dunno how we're going to manage that."
"...ride..." Charlotte says in that ominous not-voice. "Cecile in arrrms," she points to me. "Yyyyou on back," she says to Theresa.

But that's leaving one... or two people out.

"What about us?" Gabrielle asks.
"Ssssssshary make roope," she points to the plushie, "carry you."
"......oh," she nods. "And you can hold onto the rope?"
"Sounds like a plan," Theresa sighs.


>[2/?]

>>41928011
You know only Charlotte and Theresa really need to be hidden. Cecile and Gabby aren't THAT bloodsplattered, and Shary can clean the blood off anyway by eating it.

>>41928047
They could still be witnessed leaving a crimescene.

>>41928011


The sudden (but far from unexpected) sound of sirens in the distance is more than enough of a signal for us to hurry the hell up. Charlotte lifts me in her arms and Theresa climbs on her back while Gabrielle and Shary... well, he turns into some bizarre multilegged thing and then lifts Gabrielle up until she's pretty much embedded in his body.

I honestly think that that would be more alarming to passers-by than Charlotte's current appearance, but fortunately for us nobody sees us run out of the park at speeds FAR above what any human could run.

Just in time for those two people I tazed to wake up and scream at the horrific sight that was waiting for them. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't feel kind of bad about it.


>[3/?]

>>41928137
>Out for a stroll one day
>Fuck where'd my memories go
>Fuck why is it evening
>Who left all this hamburgers here
>Oh god it isn't hamburgers

>>41928137

Mostly taking sidestreets, we avoid as much traffic as we can on the way back to the hotel. But as we get closer to downtown, that stops being an option and Charlotte almost knocks over way more pedestrians than I'm comfortable with in order to maintain running speed.

But I guess it couldn't really be helped, we're in a rush here.

"AFter reaching the front entrance to the hotel, Charlotte stops and we reposition ourselves in order to actually fit through the door. Gabrielle and Shary break off since they're not actually injured or otherwise suspicious, and the three of us who are left end up holding hands for the rest of the way.

Needless to say, it's really awkward.


>[4/?]

>>41928290
>[5/5]

The top floor where Charlotte's suite is contained is thankfully empty of people as usual, but we opt to keep invisible until we're safely inside just in case. After closing the door, Theresa finally lets go...

...and we're met with the sound of LOUD purring.

Milla's heavy footsteps race towards the entryway to the suite, I guess she's happy to no longer be stuck here by herself. But once she sees Charlotte, she comes skidding to a halt and slowly begins backing away.

"......iss me..." Charlotte says, crouching down to that she's eyelevel with the puma. "Please..."

We stand there, frozen as Milla stares Charlotte down for what seems like an eternity. Slowly, she approaches Charlotte and licks her face.

Thank God, I thought she was going to attack her for a minute there.

"Milla..." Charlotte hugs the massive cat, "...thanks."
>the next order of business is...

>theresa
>loki
>charlotte
>calling charlotte's father back
>mina
>other

>>41928504
>calling charlotte's father back

>>41928504
>>loki
Anyone got some phoenix downs and cast curagas?

>>41928504
>>loki
>>calling charlotte's father back
get gabby to call him

>>41928504
First have someone look after Loki, then thank Theresa for getting us here safely, then call Gauthier and I assume he'll have us help Charlotte in whatever way we can.

>>41928504
>calling charlotte's father back

>writing

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>>41928504
I feel like the most Cecile thing to do right now would be to snuggle up with Charlotte and her fur. But no, this is serious time so we should do serious things.

I'm quite curious what Charlottes tits are like now.

>>41928672
Presumably she has four pairs right now.

archelon, on a scale from F, to Safe, OK, Good, Great, Perfect, how well did we do this arc?
I'm assuming Good.

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Being accepted by Milla seems to please a lot of the tension that Charlotte was feeling, and seeing her hug the giant cat just like always gets me all choked up. But we still have other things to take care of before I'm able to collapse into a blubbering wreck like I want to.

I really, REALLY want to.

"Umm," I clear my throat, "Now that we're back here, I think we should do something about Loki," I say. "He's still breathing and all that but he still needs to see a vet sooner rather than later."

Charlotte looks back at me and nods.

"Shary wants to do it," Gabrielle says. "I dunno where an animal doctor is around here, though..." she mumbles.

I immediately start looking up the information for that veterinarian that I gave Charlotte directions to the first day we met.


>give the gabrielle the directions and let her take the loki to the vet
>I can take the loki to the vet myself

>>41928744
>give the gabrielle the directions and let her take the loki to the vet
I want to be here for Charlotte. Should we ask if Theresa wants to keep an eye on Gabi?

>>41928744
>>give the gabrielle the directions and let her take the loki to the vet

>>41928744
>give the gabrielle the directions and let her take the loki to the vet
Get rid of the kids for a little while. We can work on getting Char human and naked.

>>41928177
I would legitimately do this to my player's mc.

>>41928744
>>give the gabrielle the directions and let her take the loki to the vet

>>41928732
Between Good and Great.


>writing

>>41928893
We got S rank in falling bird counters tho right?

>>41928893
>Between Good and Great.
I'd say I was dreaming but I can't taste fear.

What the fuck did you do to /tg/?

>>41928960
Supposedly better than we thought we did.

>>41928959
That you did.

>>41928960
First we chose Charlotte over Theresa, Mina or Irene.
Then we told Charlotte about Theresa's book
Then we left Mina frozen in a block of ice
Then we made lels of ourselves in the first Jessica fight
And we totally are neglecting our social links with the people at School. Canonically, Cecile NEEDS to do that to gain the wisdom and emotional self-control to confront her branch's altpersonality and survive.

>>41928993
Well no one important died.

>>41928998
>S rank
>when we tore our dress, threw our back out, and got tired
Nigga please that's C rank at best.

>>41929021
It's a shame we're not going to take place in the confrontation between Irene and Katrine.

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"Here," I say, handing my phone to Gabrielle. "It's the address of an emergency vet."
"Oh!" she gasps. "U- umm, thank you!"

Hurriedly, she enters the address into her own phone and pulls up a map.

"Now we ought to be able to get there no problem!" she chirps.

Seeing that smile again lifts a weight off my heart.

"I promise I'll go straight there and not leave until he's better!" Gabrielle says.
"Thanks," Charlotte replies, nodding to her sister. "Be careful."

I guess she's getting better at talking with bird vocal cords.

"I will," Gabrielle replies. "And, uh..." she turns to Theresa. "I..." she gulps. "I didn't know that you knew my sister."
"Yeah well..." Theresa mumbles.
"A- and I never thanked you for what you did when we first met!" she stammers.

Oh God.


>[1/?]

>>41929106
Gabrielle just put some stat points into lesbianism didn't she?

>>41929106
Prepare for pasta!

>>41929126
It doesn't count if she thinks it is a guy.

>>41929106
>"I just witnessed a chick get torn to death and this is still the most awkward moment of the day."

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>>41929130
Cringe deflectors at 80%
Forty Kekarots on standby
Cerberus slider's all the way to the left
Image folder at 100Megabytes
Crew morale high
We are ready to engage pasta.

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>>41929106

"Just doing my duty," Theresa says with a nervous chuckle. "It was nothing."
"But it was!" Gabrielle stammers. "You were so cool and heroic that I..." she takes a deep breath. "...I fell in love with you right there on the spot!"

Theresa staggers back like she just suffered a gut punch.

"A- and you can go invisible..." she mumbles, "...so does that mean that -you- were the person who they were looking for in the first place?"
"Eheh..." Theresa tugs at her collar.
"That video really helped my Daddy's business out a lot, you know! And he's rich so I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a reward for what you did!"
"I appreciate the sentiment," Theresa says with an uneasy smile, "but stealing the secrets of jerks like that is its own reward and all that..."
"Eh?" her eyebrows raise. "You're a corporate espionage person? Because Daddy can always use more of those..."
"N- no!" Theresa throws up her hands. "I'm, you know... a masked thief who steals whatever catches my interest..."
"Well you stole my heart," Gabrielle mumbles.


>[2/?]

>>41921282
>This is still running.
Fuck, I remember back when I gave a shit about this quest. I thought everyone just left and it died.

>>41929132
Not sure it works that way.

>>41929212
>Theresa tells Gabby "I'm gay".

>>41929235
Not a lie

>>41929212
>Wounded bird with a time-limit there, Gabrielle… There’ll be time to gush later.
>Promise to let her meet the masked hero at least once more, but she has to hurry NOW.

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>>41929212
Deploying Kekarots

>>41929212
"Either kiss her or tell her don't let the poor girl gush for nothing"

>>41929220
No, but people got pretty max salt over some decisions we made.
I remember that. Those people were funny.
We need to contact /a/ so more people can get autistically butthurt over decisions made in an imaginary story on a chinese cartoon site.
Actually no
We need to get /mu/ in here. If anyone can get autistically butthurt over other people liking the wrong thing, it's /mu/.
/mu/ posters ww@

>>41929212
isnt Gabrielle like 7 or something? What the fuck is Theresa even flustered? She is not even the retarded animu maiden type.

>>41929212

"Nggh..." Theresa places a hand to her face where her visor is broken, "...well you're very cute and all but I'm not really-"
"Your name!" Gabrielle stammers. "Could you at least tell me your name!"
"My..." she grimaces. "Uh..."

She looks to me for help, but I'm not about to get involved with this.

"Os... car..." Theresa says.
"Huh?" Gabrielle tilts her head. "Like the grouch?"
"No, like the ROSE OF-" she slaps a hand over her mouth. "...anyways, don't you have a vet to get to?"
"Oh yeah!" she gasps. "Sorry Loki, I wasn't thinking!"

With the crow safely nestled in the plush fabric of Shary, Gabrielle hurries to the door.

"Bye, Mr. Masked Thief Oscar!" Gabrielle calls out. "I hope we see each other again!"


>[3/?]

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>>41929286
>"Bye, Mr. Masked Thief Oscar!"

>>41929286
>FDQ: Eviscerations and Awkward Lesbian Lies

>>41929286
How does Gabby not know by now that Kite0 and Theresa are samefag?

>>41929284
Gabby is 12. Human beings develop sexual fantasies at age 9, have puberty hit them at 11, have peak fertility at age 13, and typically fug by 15.

>>41929320
>How does Gabby not know by now that Kite0 and Theresa are samefag?
She has no idea what Theresa's Branch is.

>>41929284
>isnt Gabrielle like 7 or something?
She's 13.

>>41929320
>peak fertility at age 13
>this shit again

>>41929286
"Good job... Oscar."

>>41929286
>[4/4]

As Gabrielle closes the door after her, Theresa nearly falls over.

"Hey Charlotte," she groans, "I'm still covered in blood so I'mma borrow your bathroom for a while, okay?"
"Sure," Charlotte nods. "...Oscar."

She wastes no time in grabbing the bag of clothes she left in here and hauling ass to one of the suite's two bathrooms, leaving me more-or-less alone with Charlotte.


>so... what now?

>>41929358
Ruffle feathers.

>>41929358
Call Gauthier

>>41929358
Endless Cat Penis / Bird Vagina jokes.

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>>41929320
>and typically fug by 15

Doesn't count if its in the butt.

>>41929337
Followed by Cc, Char and Milla losing it.

>>41929320
urgh...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=at+which+age+are+women+most+fertile

>>41929358
Call her dad, he is probably worried.

>>41929358
Call Char's papa.

>>41921282
so the archive only goes to 104

>>41929381
Oh cool, women are still useful until age 23. I'll remember that.

>>41929358
Call Gauthier, get Charlotte cleaned up.

>>41929414
This

>>41929358
Ruffle feathers, then call Gauthier

Just remembered that I had some Steam keys lying around.

Discouraged Workers:
9KH2H-9JD6B-TPMG9

Tokyo Hosto:
9NEAD-BPTE8-5MZFB

Quantum Conscience:
9I40V-LV6ZR-BNGXX

War of the Human Tanks:
6PRF4-NCGL9-QBPDL

Bionic Heart 2:
90A7X-V0EXY-7LRBD

East Tower- Akio
6ND3R-YCMQL-F0Q3R

East Tower- Takashi
9GDT3-GVPZM-ZC3B5

>>41929409
do you even read?

>>41929358
Call the Big G.

>>41929443
The one time I'm not on my computer.

>>41929373
mai waifu is a pure maiden
that includes her butt


>writing

>>41929443
It's all weebshit tho

>>41929443
Nabbed Tokyo Hosto. Thanks man!

>>41929443
>... updating steam
fuck

>>41929468
its free. who cares if i'll never play it. i want it.

>>41929373
While everyone knows that the anal idol (she also goes by her less common name, Iori) is the best at anal, but what a lot of people don't know is that in addition to anal, she has a secondary talent of being a fraction as smart as age is talented at anal! This makes her far more intelligent than the average person, which she uses to save time so she can spend more time at her true calling, anal.

>>41929443
My backlog is too big already, so I'll pass. I haven't even gotten around to starting a new CK2 game with the latest expansion.

"At least you're able to crack jokes," I walk over to Charlotte and crouch down next to her. "You feeling better?"
"Barely," she replies. "Messed up bad, don't know if I can go back."

She was always so proud of her looks, too. Hell, so was I.

"Well, umm..." I brush my hand against a few feathers sticking from her arm that aren't covered in dried blood, "...I'm sure we'll figure something out," I say.
"Hope so," she says. "Can't expect you to love me when I look like this."


>[1/?]

>>41929462
Clearly since the butt doesn't count.

>>41929522
>"Can't expect you to love me when I look like this."
Could fuck if face was human and vagina was mammalian.
Can you unmorph face and un-feather vagina?

>>41929522
>"Can't expect you to love me when I look like this."
I am happy you understand.

>>41929522
>"Hope so," she says. "Can't expect you to love me when I look like this."
I didn't fall for you because of the way you look, it was because of the way you made me feel!

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>>41929548
>I didn't fall for you because of the way you look,

>>41929548
Also dem tits, dem hips, dat hair, the confidence, the money, the yandere kill-anyone-who-hurts-my-waifu, and the dresses.

Do you think Theresa felt a little glimmer of hope seeing Charlotte in that state?

>>41929564
And the catnip addiction.

>>41929522
>"Hope so," she says. "Can't expect you to love me when I look like this."

>She still doesnt know how fucked up Cecille is

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>>41929522
>"Does this mean I get to put a collar on you now?"

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>>41929574
What fetishes does CC have?

Canonically she's into plant people, having gotten the fetish early in life after exposure to the Piranha plants of Super Mario Brothers, and spends a paragraph masturbating to whispy woods after getting the Kirby game.

But given how our relation to Canon is akin to a speedrunner's relation to In Bounds, I can see this changing.

>>41929611
FUCK I just realised it now, the name of that fetish is called "Dendrophilia"
D
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r
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could not believe I didn't notice that. Stealth puns gonna stealth pun.

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>>41929623
Dendron is the greek word for tree, both "Dendrite" and "Dendrophilia" derive from that word.

>>41929522

"Charlotte..." I droop my head down. "You know that I still-"
"Maybe," she cuts me off, "and maybe you'll still want to be around me. But would you still want to fool around like before?"
"......"
"I wouldn't either," she says, looking at her hands. "and even if you would, I'd never do that with anyone while my body's like this."

I don't even know how to respond to that. s instead, I hold out my hand.

"Hm?" Charlotte tilts her head quizzically.
"Your phone," I say. "Your father asked me to call him back when we got here so that's what I'm gonna do."
"I don't see why..." Charlotte says while handing the phone to me.
"He said he was looking for a way to help," I say. "So don't give up, okay?"
"........." she droops her head back down and resumes petting Milla.


>[2/?]

>>41929661
>looking at her hands
Come on, it could be quite the experience!

>>41929680
She probably has clawed birds' talons
rough hook-covered cat tongue
and even her thighs probably have those feathers that stick together like velcro, and can catch on skin surprisingly easy.

So.

Elbowjob, anyone? At least all we'll have to deal with is hair shedding and wet cat hair smell.

>>41929661
I'm constantly scared Arch will end the thread. We need to at least manage to get through the day.
And hopefully call Alison and update her on the situation.

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>>41929661

Of course Charlotte has the newest, most advanced phone on the market that I have very little idea how to even use. I'm starting to regret turning her down when she offered to get me the same model, at least then this wouldn't have turned out to be such a chore.

After WAY too long, I figure out how to pull up Charlotte's contacts and then "D. G." from there, her father's initials. And once again, he answers on the first ring.

"Cecile?" he calls out. "This is you, right?"
"Yeah," I reply. "Gabrielle's on the way to the vet with Loki so that's why I'm using Charlotte's phone."
"Understandable," he replies. "Did you make it to the hotel safely? My people weren't able to make it to that park before the police arrived, but it's going to be fine anyways," he says.
"Thanks," I mumble.
"Anything for my daughters," he says. "And their friends."


>[3/?]

>>41929760
>that pic
Clearly a good omen.

>>41929771
You do realise that Seele WINS in the end, right? They weren't the bad guys.

>>41929771
Do you realize we are talking to the dragon right now?

>Captcha is literally posting some burned arm.

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>>41929760
>[4/4]

"About your daughter..." I say, "...Charlotte's really depressed right now and that's why I called you," I say. "You said you were going to look for some way to help with this whole situation?"
"Oh yeah," he laughs. "Sorry, my attention's split in like a hundred directions right now so I went off on a tangent."

He seems to be taking this pretty lightly.

"According to some old records," he says, "there was a previous holder of Charlotte's Branch who made a similar mistake... for the same reason," he sighs. "Pet crow."

Weird.

"Their diary mentioned borrowing the power of a caterpillar to return to human form, so that seems like something to try out," he says.
"A... caterpillar?"

Without thinking, I cause a few light butterflies to flicker around me.

And that's for tonight's thread. Many thanks to everyone who participated, there's probably only one or two more of these until the end of the chapter.

As for the next thread, I'm not sure. My birthday is on Thursday so it's definitely going to be some day before then, but this week is probably going to be iffy in general so I can't say anything concrete.


and now for questions.

>>41929821
Caterpillars aren't actually that good at transformation. Try getting a tadpole, a starfish nymph, a barnacle, an ant larva, or a cranefly.

>>41929821
cocoon tiem!

>>41929841
>My birthday is on Thursday
Gratz arch. U 25?

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>>41929821
>"Pet crow."

Well that is fucking terrifying.

>>41929821
Will Oscar ever reveal his secret to Gabs?

>>41929841
Thanks for running, Arch.
What are the odds of dealing with Over-chan within the end of the arc?
How far into the quest would you say we are now?

>>41929821
>caterpillar
Why? How is a butterfly any better?

>>41929821
>Without thinking, I cause a few light butterflies to flicker around me.
I love the idea of CC unintentionally causing weird stuff like that when she gets over-emotional.

>>41929845
>Caterpillars aren't actually that good at transformation. Try getting a tadpole, a starfish nymph, a barnacle, an ant larva, or a cranefly.
It's less about the severity of the transformation and more about its mechanisms behind it.

>>41929854
>>My birthday is on Thursday
>Gratz arch. U 25?
Nope.

>>41929869
>Will Oscar ever reveal his secret to Gabs?
It is a mystery to be solved in the future.

>>41929909
>What are the odds of dealing with Over-chan within the end of the arc?
Unlikely.

>How far into the quest would you say we are now?
Maybe a third? The nature of the story is such that I could cut things out, but at the current pacing it's probably around a third of the way through.

>>41929933
>>caterpillar
>Why? How is a butterfly any better?
It's not about the butterfly.


And now I pass out. Thanks for playing!

For further questioning:
http://maouzenigame.tumblr.com/

Game development blog:
https://studioarchelon.wordpress.com/

>>41929950
Oh, if you're still here:
Will we be getting a new Joshua thread after this arc?