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>Before Charlotte's able to ask her sister what's going on, Gabrielle pulls out her phone and takes a picture of her.

>"I'm sending this to Daddy," she says. "'Cuz he'll probably never get the chance to see you like this in person."


Gabrielle turns from her phone to Charlotte and back a few times before letting out a sigh of disappointment.

"What's wrong?" I ask.
"It's not at a good angle," Gabrielle mumbles. "Charlotte's making a weird face and you can see the pizza boxes in the background."
"Oh, I get it," I nod. "You don't want him to think that you're messing up this room."
"Huh?" she arches an eyebrow. "Daddy wouldn't care about that, he bought this hotel last week."
"...for real?"

I don't know what's more surprising- that their father just up and bought this entire place, or that Gabrielle is treating it like it's no big deal.

"Er," Charlotte looks at her sister with a puzzled expression, "why exactly did he..."
"'Cuz you were in that cocoon and nobody had any idea when you'd come out of it," Gabrielle replies matter-of-factly. "And with Milla and Loki breaking something new every day, Daddy said that it was easier to just buy the hotel itself and tell the staff here not to come poking around the room than to keep bribing everyone to look the other way over and over and over again."
"Umm, wow." I say.

So he thought it was easier to pay whoever many NILLIONS than to... man, I do not understand rich people at all.

"But back to the matter at hand..." Gabrielle turns to her sister, "...move over there so I can get a good shot in to send to him. And he was super worried about you so you should call him after I send this picture."
"Ugh," Charlotte covers her face with her hand. "I was trying to hold off on that until I got back to normal."


>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking
>do some phone stuff of my own while they mess around with theirs

>>42766370
>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking

>>42766370
>>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking
Get some cute pictures with tiny Char and her sister

>>42766370
>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking

>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking
Make sure Gabrielle is in the picture so he can get an idea of how short Char is.

>>42766723
This

>>42766370
>>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking

>>42766370
>volunteer to be the one to do the picturetaking

>writing

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"Hey," I call out to them. "Gabrielle, hand me your phone."
"What?" Gabrielle glances at me. "Why?"
"So your father can get a picture of both of you together," I reply. "It'd be harder for him to get an idea of how tiny and adorable she is from a solo picture, you know?"
"Oh!" Gabrielle's eyes grow wide and her jaw drops. "Yeah, that'd be way better!"

Now even more excited than before, Gabrielle takes her sister's hand and pulls her along to a relatively uncluttered area of the suite. All the other times I've seen this kind of thing happen, Charlotte was able to at least slow Gabrielle down a little bit... but now that she's at normal human girl strength, she's completely helpless against her.

...huh. Gabrielle's actually the strongest person here.


>[1/?]

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It takes a lot of begging on the part of myself and Gabriele, but we're eventually able to get Charlotte to at least force a smile for long enough to actually take a decent picture.

"How'd it turn out?" Gabrielle asks while hurrying over to retrieve her phone from me.
"As good as it's going to get," I reply with a shrug.
"........." she looks at her phone and sighs. "C'mon, Charlotte! This makes it seem like I'm bullying you!"
"Well you are," she mumbles.
"Whatever," she grumbles. "I'm sending it to Daddy anyways."

And maybe ten seconds after Gabrielle hits send, her phone goes off. AFter Gabrielle gives a short explanation of the situation, she hands her phone to Charlotte so that their father can talk to her directly.

"I can't remember the last time I heard him sound so happy," Gabrielle laughs.
"Really?" I ask.
"Yup," she nods. "He's usually kinda serious most of the time since business stuff is super stressful."

Makes sense.


>[2/?]

>>42768564

"Hmm..." Gabrielle walks over to the suite's landline phone and trails her finger down its list of contact numbers.
"What're you up to?" I ask.

We're about to leave so she can't possibly be about to call room service...

"Daddy said that we should get the room cleaned after Charlotte got out of that coccon thing," Gabrielle replies. "And this room REALLY needs it after you too got slime all over the place..." she glares at me.
"Hey, that was an accident."
"Sure it was."

Those eyes.

She's looking at me the way that I usually look at Allison!


>[3/?]

>>42768814
>[4/4]

"But yeah," she says, "I'm gonna see if the other suite on this floor is open and then we can move Milla and Loki over there while we're out."
"And then we won't have to worry about anyone freaking out about a huge puma..." I nod to myself.

I really hope that whoever they get to clean all this stuff out gets paid extra for it.


>check out the remains of the cocoon while everyone's doing other stuff
>call someone up while everyone's doing other stuff
>do something else

>>42768888
>check out the remains of the cocoon while everyone's doing other stuff
>call someone up while everyone's doing other stuff

check out cocoon remains, then text allison and crew saying charlottes better

>>42768888
>check out the remains of the cocoon while everyone's doing other stuff

We're going to have to get rid of this somehow before people think we hatched a xenomorph somehow.

>>42768888
>call someone up while everyone's doing other stuff
Tell sis the good news!

>>42768888
>check out the remains of the cocoon while everyone's doing other stuff

>>42768888
>>check out the remains of the cocoon while everyone's doing other stuff

>>42768888
>check out the remains of the cocoon while everyone's doing other stuff
>call someone up while everyone's doing other stuff
CALL Alison, there will be no texting on this most happy of days.

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>>42766370
>NILLIONS

>>42769157
Curse you.


>writing

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>>42769176
>>42769157
Well played.

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>>42768814
>>42769157
>too

>>42769223
Of all the shit that was going on that thread that night, fap angel says that to me. Seriously? there was worst shit going on in that thread.

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While Charlotte talks on the phone with her father (and is making the most adorable embarrassed face) and Gabrielle bugs the people at the front desk, I make my way back to the bedroom. I can't help but feel a little bit curious about the thing that my girlfriend's been cooped up in for the better part of two weeks, and chances are that it's going to be gone when we come back so now's probably my only chance.

The first thing I notice upon approaching the cocoon is that it smells... I dunno, weird? It's not a foul stench or anything, but the odor emanating from the newly-opened ball of hair and silk is most definitely not something that I'd consider pleasant.

"......"

Yeah, I'm going to open a window just in case this is one of those smells that sticks to everything.


>[1/?]

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>>42769358
>there was worst shit going on in that thread.

>>42769942
>[2/2]


With the room now ventilated, I walk back over to the cocoon... and poke it with my finger. I'm surprised to find that it's got about as much give as the average pillow, soft and with plenty of give. And surprisingly enough, my messing with it doesn't seem to have any effect on its structural integrity.


>look inside
>I'm not looking in there

>>42766352
Sorry arch, can't participate today. I'm tired and need sleep.

>>42770160
>look inside

>>42770160
>look inside

>>42770160

>look inside

>>42770160
>look inside

>>42770160
>>look inside

>writing

>>42766352
Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalteeeeeeeeeeeee

>>42770625
Can we get rid of the stupid voice soon please?

>>42770755
Probably not.

>>42770755
I've been trying to get rid of Cecile since day one. Worst girl shouldn't be MC.

I wonder what it looks like in there. Aside from the disgusting goo, of course. I already know that this thing's full of the stuff, which is why I have no intention of sticking my hands in there a second time. But taking a little peek won't hurt anything, right?

While doing my best NOT to place any parts of my body on the cocoon, I draw my face closer to the opening that I pulled Charlotte from... and as expected, it's dark. Like, so dark that not even MY eyes can see inside. I guess the interior blocked out pretty much all the outside light from getting in. But since I just so happen to be able to control light, it's no trouble at all to provide myself with a little bit of illumination.

"......"

Bones.


>[1/?]

>>42771077
So Char had to actually discard her old body?

>>42771077


I stand frozen in front of the opening to the cocoon. Almost against my own will, I bend the light inside the cocoon so that the grim scenery can be properly conveyed to my eyes.

Hair and claws and what I assume is sloughed-off skin... any of these things individually would be disgusting enough, but the BONES are what's really freaking me out. Just sitting in there, buried in a sea of goo and discarded bodyparts, several limbs' worth of bones are present.

And not like a plate of bones that's left after a meal, oh no. These are still arranged so that it's possible to tell exactly what they used to be...

"Nghh-"

Finally regaining control of myself, I reel back and race to the bathroom. Somehow, I'm able to make it to the toilet just in time for the pizza that I'd just eaten to force its way back out the way it came.


>[2/?]

>>42771347
>[3/3]

"Oh God..."

Once my stomach stops convulsing, I force myself to stand back up and lean on the sink. I don't even know WHAT to make of what the hell I just saw in there... but at least I made it to the toilet before I started puking. After making sure that I didn't get any vomit in my hair (times like this make me grateful that it's short), I rinse my mouth out with mouthwash like five times until the sour taste's finally gone and then I hurry back to where the others are.


>mention what I just saw
>nope, that's not worth mentioning

>>42771527
>>mention what I just saw
That thing needs to be cleaned the fuck out.

>>42771527
>mention what I just saw
Obliquely, Charlotte only, No giving Gabby nightmares.

>>42771527
>mention what I just saw
Only tell Charlotte.

>>42771527
>mention what I just saw

>>42771527
>Tell Charlotte.
Don't want the cleaning staff to find that.

>>42771527
>Tell Charlotte
We can't have normal people finding that.

>writing

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"Hey Cecile!" Gabrielle calls out to me as I'm leaving the bedroom.
"What is it?" I ask.
"I'm gonna head to the front desk to get a keycard for the other room," she says, "you wanna come with me?"

I glance back into the bedroom.

"No thanks," I say with a forced smile. "There's something that I needed to talk about with Charlotte."
"Okay," she shrugs. "But keep in mind that me and Shary are gonna be RIGHT BACK and we don't wanna walk in on you two being gross."
"It's nothing like that," I groan.
"Really, Gabrielle..." Charlotte sighs.

After sticking out her tongue at me and blowing a raspberry, Gabrielle hurries out the door and leaves us alone in here.


>[1/?]

>>42772001

"So what's the matter?" Charlotte asks.
"Well..."

I take her hand and lead her into the bedroom.

"Cecile," Charlotte says, "you can't seriously be-"
"No," I groan. "Christ, I'm not THAT bad..."

Why does everyone think that that's ALL I do?

"I brought you in here because of that," I say, pointing at the cocoon.
"...yeah, I guess it's starting to smell," Charlotte replies while making a face.
"It's less the smell and more what's inside," I say, pointing to it.
"Hm?"

Like it's no big deal at all, Charlotte walks over to the cocoon and stands on her tiptoes to try and see what's inside. This would actually be kind of cute if not for the whole "filled with leftover bodyparts" thing.

"I can't see anything," she says, looking back at me.
"You're better off not seeing it," I reply. "I mean it."
>[2/?]

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>>42772310
Too spooky.

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>>42772310
Does the jelly skelly have horns?

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>>42772751
>would take it all to find

>>42772310

Might as well get it out in the open.

"It's filled with, well..." I shudder at the recollection. "...body parts..."
"What?" Charlotte stares at me. "Really?"
"Yeah, like bones and stuff," I reply. "YOUR bones. Like from your arms and legs."

Charlotte's face gradually contorts into an expression of pure disgust.

"So if those are my..." she grimaces. "...then these would be..." she looks at her hands.
"I dunno, but that's what's in there," I say. "And I don't think the cleaning staff would take finding human remains in a giant cocoon all that well."
"Yeah," she sighs, "this is something out of a horror movie, isn't it."
"Pretty much," I reply.
"I guess I'll call the usual cleaners, then..."

After three incidents that led to dead bodies, I'm pretty sure what she means by that.


>[3/?]

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>>42772792

>>42772825
>[4/4]


While Charlotte takes care of that, I leave the bedroom just in time for the door to fly open and Gabrielle to come barging back in.

"The other room's empty so I got the keys!" she says, beaming with pride as she brandishes a pair of cardkeys.
"Good job," I reply.
"Now we can finally have this room cleaned!" she cheers.
"And then we can finally get out of here," I say.
"That's right!"

I spend the next fifteen minutes or so helping Gabrielle transfer Milla, Loki and all their toys and food over to their temporary home in the other suite. Unsurprisingly, it's pretty much a mirrored version of the one that Charlotte's been living in. I guess it's easier to just reuse designs than it is to make everything unique.

Once we're sure that everything's as it should be, Charlotte leaves the deadbolt open so that her father's "cleaners" can take care of the cocoon before the hotel cleaning staff comes in and deals with the rest.

"Ready to go to the zoo?" Charlotte asks.
"Yup!" Gabrielle chirps.


>let's go to the zoo
>let's go to _______ first

>>42772980
>>let's go to the zoo
Just get it out of the way now.

>>42772980
>let's go to the zoo

>>42772980
>let's go to the zoo
How much you want to bet the animals are just chanting "Kill me"?

>>42772980
>let's go to the zoo

>>42772980
>let's go to the zoo

>>42772980
>>let's go to _______ first
Photobooth!

>>42771145
>So Char had to actually discard her old body?
Yup. And if someone was to try and use fingerprints or footprints or anything else to identify her, they'd all be completely different.


>wriitng

>>42773117
Well, that's nice and convenient.

We should suggest to Charlotte that she has the silk processed into a proper textile so she can make a dress out of it, so that at least one good thing came out of the whole debacle.

>>42773136
Well it's not like she's actually wanted for any crimes. It's just random information that's there because I think about such things.

>>42773165
Gross.

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Charlotte seems to be in a rush as we go, rocking back and forth on her heels as we ride the elevator down to the lobby and then hurrying outside as quickly as she can. And I can't help but find it funny that I'm actually able to keep up with her without too much effort on my part now that she's super short.

I kind of want to keep her like this but I guess that'd just be selfish of me.

"To the zoo, please," Charlotte says as she slides into a waiting taxi.

Once me and Gabrielle have loaded inside, it speeds off to our destination.

"...oh yeah..." I glance down at my phone.
"What's wrong?" Charlotte asks.
"I should probably tell everyone about the good news," I reply.

New message... send to Theresa, Mina and Allison...

"charlottes bak 2 100% + were on the road! :) :) :)" my message reads.


>[1/?]

>>42773364
Oh god that texting is a warcrime.

>>42773364
Oh god damn it CC, stop texting! Just give them a call like normal people!

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>>42773429
>doe

>>42773429
>>42773462
>>42773486
Rough night arch?

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>>42773486
>[3/?]

>>42773462
>>42773537
>>42773564
God damn it.

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>>42773364

Twenty minutes later (would have been like ten if not for the stupid traffic), we finally reach the zoo. Once Charlotte pays the cabbie, we head on inside.

"No Synapses on the way here," Charlotte says while looking around. "That's a good sign at least."
"Yeah," I nod. "Though this is like the absolute worst place for someone to try and pick a fight with YOU."

Not to mention that it's the middle of the day and people are freaking everywhere. I've already been on the news once this year thanks to that Mafia crap, and I'd much rather stay out of the spotlight for the foreseeable future.

"Admission for three," Charlotte says to the ticket lady at the gate.
"Three?" the lady looks at us. "Alright, two children and one adult..."

Wait, what?


>[2/?]

>>42773636
>[3/3]


"That'll be $32 total," the lady says.
"......" Charlotte clenches her teeth. "...thank you," she says as she hands over the cash.
"Enjoy your day at the zoo!"

I'm honestly surprised that Charlotte didn't bother to correct her. And I'm kind of tempted to being it up, but I'd rather not get her mad while she's already in a place that she doesn't want to be.


>let's take care of charlotte's business right away
>let's poke around for a while since we're here
>let's ask the gabrielle where she wants to go

>>42773673
>>let's take care of charlotte's business right away

>>42773673
>>let's take care of charlotte's business right away

>>42773673
>let's take care of charlotte's business right away

>>42773673
>let's ask the gabrielle where she wants to go
Char can also get what she needs along the way.
>>42773578
Yea, just one of those night eh?

>>42773673
>let's take care of charlotte's business right away
We can wander a bit if Charlotte's up to it after.

>writing

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"Well..." I look around. "...Charlotte?"
"Hm?" Charlotte glances at me.
"I was thinking that we might as well take care of your stuff as soon as we can so you don't have to worry, you know?"
"I don't mind what you do as long as we take care of it before we leave," she replies. "since I already promised that I'd stay like this until tonight at least... and even if I hadn't, it's not like I'd be able to change back here in the middle of the zoo."
"Well I'm just here because you needed to come," I shrug. "Gabrielle?"
"We can go do Charlotte's stuff first," she replies. "Me and Shary wanted to look at the reptiles but it's not like those are going anywhere."

I pat the top of Charlotte's fluffy head of hair.

"There we have it," I say to her. "You're the leader for now."
"Yeah, alright..." she sighs. "The large predator exhibit should be this way so let's go."

Yup, she seems more than a little bit agitated.


>[1/?]

>>42773865
>[2/2]

While we're following Charlotte to wherever it is that she wanted to do, my phone goes off.

"Hm?"

I look my screen and it says that it's a text message from an unknown number...


>check it out
>ignore it for now and focus on the charlotte

>>42773899
>check it out

>>42773899
>check it out

>>42773899
>>ignore it for now and focus on the charlotte

>>42773899
>check it out
>be prepared to PANIC

>>42773899
>check it out

>>42773899
>>check it out

>writing

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Filled with dread, I open the message that was just sent to me.

Please please PLEASE don't be from a mysterious stakler who wants to kill me...

"Hey, Cecile!" the message reads. "This is Irene, I'm at the mall with Theresa and she just picked out a new phone for me!"

And attached is a picture of Theresa licking an icecream cone.

"Hahaha..." I stop walking and lean on a gate.
"Cecile?" Charlotte looks back at me. "IS something the matter?"
"No, it's nothing bad," I reply with a bemused smile.

Here I got all worked up and it turns out to be something cute.


>call them up now
>that can wait, for right now is charlotte time

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>>42774035

>>42774035
>that can wait, for right now is charlotte time

>>42774035
>that can wait, for right now is charlotte time

>>42774035
>that can wait, for right now is charlotte time

>>42774035
>>that can wait, for right now is charlotte time

>writing

>>42774035
>that can wait, for right now is charlotte time
Shoot her a text at least

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As much as I'd like to call them up right away and demand that Irene tells me every single detail of their date, I do happen to be with my own girlfriend right now and she deserves all of my attention.

"I just got a text, that's all," I say to Charlotte while hurrying back to her side.
"Oh," she replies with a nod. "You looked kind of worried for a minute there."
"That was just me being paranoid."

I take Charlotte's hand and she simply looks up and smiles at me as we continue along to our mystery destination.


>[1/?]

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>>42774225

>>42774241


Wow.

That's a pretty impressive lion exhibit. I was just expecting some cave thing like you see in movies, but they have a huge enclosure that's separated from where people are actually walking by what must be a ten-foot drop AND a moat-like gap. And as we move along, it looks like the other dangerous predators have them too. There's a tiger exhibit, and leopards...

"This is where I needed to go," Charlotte says as she points into another enclosure.
"Hm?" I look inside and find two large, furry blobs lazily floating around in a pool. "Grizzly bears?"
"Wait, THAT'S how you got tall?" Gabrielle asks. "For real?"
"That's right," she nods.

Charlotte leans on the gate and looks into the enclosure with a sad glint in her eyes.


>[2/?]

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>>42774322


"When I was first dumped into the wilderness," Charlotte says with a sigh of regret, "the birds that I was friends with would warn me when the bears were coming, for fear that I'd get eaten."
"...they do do that," I nod.

Not that Charlotte would be in any actual danger, but I totally understand why the other animals would be fearful for her life.

"And around this time," she continues, "I was always having problems with raccoons who would constantly try and steal the food that the squirrels were nice enough to find for me. Those bastards were persistent too... I had to directly take control of them to make them go away since they weren't afraid of me at all."
"Yeah, raccoons are dicks."

I remember when I was in first grade, a girl in my class's cat got eaten by one of those things right outside the back door of her house.

"But even though they weren't afraid of me," Charlotte says, "when a bear was around they'd always be sure to make themselves scarce. So one day, I got curious and approached one to see what was so special about them."


>[3/?]

>>42774389
CC's side of this conversation should not be as funny as I'm finding it.

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>>42774389

"I thought you said that bears were jerks," Gabrielle says.
"Oh, they are," she laughs. "And this one outright threatened to eat me if I didn't leave him alone. But I told him that I wasn't going anywhere until he answered my question and I'd take him over whenever he tried to physically threaten me so eventually he gave in."
"What'd you ask him?" I ask.
"Why the raccoons never bugged him," she replies. "And his answer was so simple that I wanted to smack myself for not realizing it sooner."
"Huh?"

Charlotte leans back on the bars.

"'They don't mess with me because I'm big,'" Charlotte says. "'They're not scared of you because you're just a little runt.'"
"...oh."

That -is- pretty simple.

"Mind, I was probably a full foot smaller back then than I am now," Charlotte says. "So it hit me especially hard."
"So you copied his... bigness?" Gabrielle asks.
"That's right," she replies. "I used a clear pond as a mirror to make sure that I wasn't overdoing it and made myself grow about a foot and a half in less than a week's time."
"And then the raccoons left you alone?" I ask.
"No, they kept on," she sighs. "because the bears were talking about bulkiness and not height. And even if I was dirty and covered in mud most of the time, I still took some amount of pride in being pretty."


>[4/?]

>>42774466
Adventures of Wild Girl Charlotte sounds more fun than this quest is 50% of the time.

>>42768564
That thumbnail always looks like Charlotte is doing the MEGA MILK pose to me.

>>42774389
>>42774466
>Vincent and Charlotte will never commiserate together over their unbearable childhood

>>42774493
> unBEARable
dohohohoho

>>42774479
I just realized Charlotte is /k/.

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>>42774466
>[5/5]

"But being tall was -quite- nice," Charlotte says. "It made climbing trees easier since my arms had more reach, and even if the raccoons didn't stop bothering me, other animals -were- more wary of me."

Charlotte turns back to the enclosure.

"And now I'm going to have to borrow this guy's height..." she says as she eyes the bear.

Charlotte goes silent for a good while, I guess she's "communing with nature" or something. But just as me and Gabrielle are starting to get bored of the bear exhibit, Charlotte snaps back into reality and lets go of the gate.

"All done," she says to us. "I'm fully linked with him."

Just to prove it, Charlotte has the bear look over to where we are and wave his massive arm at us like he's saying hi. Naturally, this earns a huge reaction from the other zoo visitors who watched it.


>the gabrielle wanted to check out the reptile house so let's go there now
>I wanted to go see the ______ next

>>42774564
>the gabrielle wanted to check out the reptile house so let's go there now

>>42774564
>the gabrielle wanted to check out the reptile house so let's go there now

>>42774564
>>the gabrielle wanted to check out the reptile house so let's go there now

>>42774564
>>the gabrielle wanted to check out the reptile house so let's go there now

>>42774564
>>I wanted to go see the ______ next
Platypus.

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>>42774539
>I just realized Charlotte is /k/.
How so?


>writing

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"That's the only business I had here," Charlotte says to us, "so if there was anywhere that you two wanted to see then I guess I'd be fine with that."

I don't really have anywhere in mind, so...

"Gabrielle?" I turn to her. "You wanted to check out the reptile house, righT?"
"Yeah!" she nods repeatedly. "I wanna see the snakes and Shary wanted to know if they had any... what's it called?" she stops for a few seconds. "Oh, 'Tegu!'" she snaps her fingers.

I have no idea what that is.

"Well lead the way," Charlotte says.
"Alrighty!"

Taking Charlotte's hand before I'm able to, Gabrielle pulls her along with her so fast that I'm forced to break into a jog in order to keep up.


>[1/?]

>>42774628
They love innawoods shenanigans and survivalism.

we need charlotte to get the eyes of something that can see our great wonderful new favourite color

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>>42774673

Heh. To the other visitors here watching me chase after Gabrielle and Charlotte, I must look like a babysitter trying to keep up with a pair of sisters... but as weird as this is for me, I'm still thoroughly enjoying it.

"That bear you linked with," Gabrielle says, "what was he like?"
"Umm..." Charlotte smiles nervously, "...he's kind of lazy, I guess?"

That's not too hard to believe after seeing him laze about in that pool.

"He's happy here, at least," she says. "He gets to play in the water and gets plenty of food and he even likes the humans who come to feed him..."
"That's good," Gabrielle replies.
"His only issue is that he wishes that the people watching him weren't so noisy," she says with a wry grin. "Since that makes it harder for him to sleep."

Yup, he definitely sounds lazy.


>[2/?]

>>42774700
Uh. I don't think Char loved that period of her life.

>>42774758
I meant the anons in /k/. They'd consider her an honorary member for being pretty hardcore, get it?

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>>42774740

After some backtracking since Gabrielle doesn't appear to be able to read maps quite as well as she thought, we reach the reptile house. And as we step under the gate denoting this particular section of the zoo, the smile on her face grows wider and wider.

"These're SO COOL!" Gabrielle says, gawking at the snakes. "Look at the pattern on that reticulated python!" she points at one that's sunning itself.
"Yes, it's very pretty," Charlotte replies with an exasperated smile.
"Ooh, a coral snake..."

As Gabrielle leans up close to the glass walls of the reptile exhibits, me and Charlotte just kind of step back and watch her enjoy herself. After having seen her just laze about for so long, it's nice to actually be active for a change.

Even if it is kind of exhausting.


>[3/4]

Char. Char. Translate the snakes Char. You have one job.

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>>42774802
>[4/4]

Since I'm not all that interested in snakes (and because they don't really do much of anything), I walk over to where they keep the turtles and watch them swim around for a little bit.

"You know, my old man had one of these and it lived for like fifty years," a man says.
"Wow, really?" a girl replies.

...wait. I recognize those voices.


>say hello
>wait for them to notice me first

>Gabrielle is into reptiles
Best girl.

>>42774837
>(and because they don't really do much of anything)

You just don't see it, Cecile. They're pretty snakey.

>>42774837
>I recognize those voices
But we don't, Arch.
>say hello

>>42774837
>say hello

>>42774837
>>say hello
Impress people by knowing the difference between a turtle and a tortoise.

>>42774837
>say hello

>>42774837
>>say hello
Kevin and Allison?

Our parents have been involved in Branch bussines since before the beginning of quest.

>>42774870
>Kevin and Allison?
Bingo.

>>42774873
>Kevin
>a man

>Allison
>a girl

Aren't they the same age tho? Curse you and your deceptive language, turtle.

>>42774881
my english best


>writing

>>42774881
Yeah. I excluded them for that reason.

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"I wasn't expecting to run into you two here," I say to the couple that's standing right next to me.
"Huh?" Allison glances in my direction and a huge smile forms on her face. "OH my God, Cecile!"

Before I can even brace myself, I'm trapped in a huge hug.

"Long time no see," Kevin says to me while my sister continues to wring the life out of me.
"It's nice to see you too..." I say with a pained smile.
"Really!" she laughs. "So who're you here with?"
"Those two," I say, pointing back to the two lovely ladies who are standing by the snakes.


>[1/?]

>>42774925
[ara ara intensifies]

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"What's he saying?" Gabrielle asks.
"It's a 'she," Charlotte corrects her. "And she's not saying anything."
"Well ask her how she's doing."
"She's just lying there," Charlotte sighs.
"Tell her that I said hi."
"...fine," she groans. "The snake says that she sees you and is worried that you're going to try to eat her."
"Tell her that I think she's really pretty."
"She doesn't understand what that means," Charlotte groans.
"Well, umm..." Gabrielle mumbles, "tell her that I think her pattern i-"
"Hi there!"
"BWAAAAAH!?"

Allison rushes in for the "silent hug from behind" maneuver that she's mastered after sixteen years of sisterhood. Gabrielle squeals in horror as an unseen foe wraps her arms around her and doesn't let go.

"SHARY!" she calls out. ".........oh."

360-degree vision doesn't exactly help when you're completely focused on what's in front of you.


.[2/?]

>>42774990
Cute.

>>42774990
That gif is hypnotic.

>>42774990
That snake is a jerk.

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>>42774990
>[3/3]

"...hi, Allison..." Gabrielle mumbles as my sister continues to hug her.
"Ehehe, did I scare you?" Allison asks.
"Yes."
"Sorryy~"

That's the fakest apology I've ever heard.

"Cecile," Allison says, turning to me while still holding onto Gabrielle, "you didn't say that THIS is where you were headed!"
"Yeah well I didn't think that you'd be here," I shrug.
"Yes well this was a spur-of-the-moment thing since I haven't really gone anywhere fun with Kevin in a while," she replies. "And since there's a lot of people here, there's less of a chance of us running into anything awful again."

...oh yeah. When they were almost kidnapped.

"So..." Allison looks around, "...if Gabrielle's right here," she says, squeezing Gabrielle even harder, "...then Charlotte must be somewhere close-by, right?"

It looks like Charlotte's doing her best to try and blend in with her surroundings.


>point her out to the allison
>she's somewhere around here...

>>42775033
>>she's somewhere around here...
closer than you might think!

>>42775033
>point her out to the allison

This is what she gets for not mimicking a chameleon. We're in the reptile house, there's probably one right over there.

>>42775033
>point her out to the allison

>>42775033
>point her out to the allison

>>42775033
>she's somewhere around here...
Allison will notice eventually anyway

>>42775033
>she couldn't come
>oh btw, this is Gabriell's cousin

>>42775045
>Charmeleon

>>42775033
>>point her out to the allison

>>42775033
>point her out to the allison

>>42775033
>point her out to the allison

>>42775033
>point her out to the allison

>writing

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>>42775033
>she's somewhere around here...
>>42775045
>>42775050
>>42775053
Be nice!

>>42775088
>Be nice!
Depriving our dear sister of this once in a lifetime chance isn't nice either!

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>Charlotte mimicks a chameleon
>years later, she and Cecile get a magic Dendrite baby
>it's pic related

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"She's actually right over there," I say, pointing to a certain petite girl who's trying and failing to press herself against the wall.
"Huh?" Allison squints. "But the only person over there's a little..."
"Hi, Allison..." Charlotte mumbles as sher turns around.
"Wha!?" she gasps. "CHARLOTTE!? That can't possibly be-"
"It is."

Charlotte holds out her arms as if to say "this is me," and Allison immediately switches hugging targets.

"What the hell happened you're all tiny and adorable!" she giggles. "Look, Kevin!"
"...yeah, I can definitely see..." Kevin replies with a look of astonishment on his face. "I had no idea that THIS is what David meant when he said that she looked kind of different..."

I regret nothing in exposing her. Nothing at all. And the reptile house is empty aside from us so it's not like we're bothering anyone!

...except the animals, anyways.


>[1/?]

>>42775125
Cecile will be punished tonight.

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>>42775125
>[2/2]

"So what happened?" Allison asks after she's finally calmed down some. "Why're you all cute and petite like this? Tree stuff?"
"...more or less," Charlotte replies with a tired sigh. "I should be back to normal tomorrow, though."
"Aww, that's a shame!" she laughs. "And I bet that Cecile would be happy to keep you like this forever!"
"I've come to terms with it," I shrug.

Much like the McRib, this is but a limited time offer that I'm going to have to enjoy as much as I can while I'm able to.

"Hmm..." Allison glances at her boyfriend, who's in the middle of fiddling with his phone. "Gabrielle, does this mean that you'll be going back to Kevin's place tonight?"

She looks at me and winks.


>I want the gabrielle to stick around tonight
>alone time with the lady friend is mighty tempting

>>42775176
>I want the gabrielle to stick around tonight
Gabby deserves sister-time too.

>>42775176
>>alone time with the lady friend is mighty tempting
but
>>I want the gabrielle to stick around tonight

>>42775176
>I want the Gabrielle to stick around tonight

>>42775176
>alone time with the lady friend is mighty tempting

>>42775176
>I want the gabrielle to stick around tonight

>>42775176
>I want the gabrielle to stick around tonight
She's been without Char as long as we have, no matter how much it pains me to admit it.

>writing

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I walk over to Charlotte and wrap my arm around her shoulders.

"I must admit that the possibility of alone time with my lady friend here is -quite- tempting," I say.

Gabrielle looks at me like I just slapped her.

"But Gabrielle's had to go without Charlotte for just as long as I did and it wouldn't feel right to kick her out..." I glance at Charlotte. "...right?"
"Umm, yeah," Charlotte replies with a nervous smile. "I wouldn't mind her sticking around for a little longer."
"Ehehe..."

Gabrielle rushes over to me and Charlotte and hugs us both.

"Thanks, Cecile!" Gabrielle says, her voice filled with cheer.
"Well in the end it was Charlotte's decision," I shrug.
"I have one request if it's okay..." Kevin says.
"Hm?"

We turn to Kevin as he produces a huge lioness plushie.

"Where'd you get that!?" I stammer.
"He bought it for me as a souvenir," Allison laughs. "But what're you planning on doing with that right now?" she asks.
"I was wondering if Charlotte would mind holding it for a picture of the three of them," he says with a nervous smile. "Gabrielle with hers on one side, Charlotte with that one on the other, and Cecile in the middle. You know, for posterity."


>[1/?]

>>42775272
Oh boy, best pic

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>>42775272

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>>42775272
>[2/2]

"Sure..." Charlotte says reluctantly as she takes the stuffed lioness from him. It's nearly as big as she is.

After the three of us get posed in front of the snake area, Kevin readies his phone and takes a bunch of shots with it. Charlotte seems to be super embarrassed the entire time, but that only serves to make it all the more enjoyable.

"And now to send it to everyone..." Kevin mumbles to himself after taking forever to pick the best shot. "Me and David and Allison and Gabrielle..."
"Don't forget to forward it to me," I say to my sister.
"Of course," she giggles.

And naturally I waste no time in showing Charlotte how adorable the three of us looked in the picture. My only regret is that I wasn't wearing a cute dress to match hers and Gabrielle's.


>talk to the allison and kevin about _________
>wish them well on their date

>>42775299
Discuss easter with all of them. I assume we'll be spending it together.

>>42775299
>wish them well on their date

>>42775299
>>42775306
This

>>42775299
>>42775306
This is a good idea, supporting,

>>42775299
>>42775306
Supporting this.

>writing

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"Oh yeah," I say, turning to my sister. "About tomorrow..."
"Yes I'll be sure to make enough for Charlotte," Allizson laughs. "Irene helped me with grocery shopping this morning so I'll have more than enough for Charlotte and Kevin and everyone else!" she says with a beaming smile.
"...-Irene-?" Charlotte looks at me with a look like she's accusing me of something.
"Yeah, she's one of Cecile's friends," Allison replies. "Do you know her? Really tall, green hair..."
"Yes, I believe we've met before."

Oh boy.


>what do I say to her?

>>42775407
Just be honest. We did a nice thing for our friends. No shame in that.

>>42775407
I'm sorry, I completely forgot telling you. I figured Irene and Theresa would make a good match so I set up a date between them! She's staying over at my house for the time being.

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>>42775407
>>what do I say to her?
"Because of a girlfriend thing, she's staying at our place for a little while."

>>42775407
Just explain the situation to her. We're trying to get her and theresa together and she's staying at our house for a while.

>>42775407
>>42775441
Yes, this seems like the right phrasing.

>>42775407
>what do I say to her?
Just explain that we're basically trying to hook them up and she had nowhere to stay.

Well I think that this is as good a place as any to end for the night. Though it had a slow start why the hell can I never get into gear until the wee hours of the morning, it was pretty fun overall.

The next thread will wither be Monday or Tuesday night, depending on how stupid I'm feeling.


and now for questions

>>42775472
Thanks for running arch

>>42775472
Holy shit, I actually woke up before an Arch quest was done.

If Charlotte copied so many animals why did she look mostly Avian/Feline when she lost control? Did it just have to do with which animals she was most recently in contact with?

>>42775487
My guess would be that she took a lot from Loki and Milla, since they're probably her closest friends.

>>42775487
>If Charlotte copied so many animals why did she look mostly Avian/Feline when she lost control? Did it just have to do with which animals she was most recently in contact with?
Charlotte's mimicry is limited to the animals that she currently has a mental link with. After that link is broken, she's no longer able to copy any more of their attributes than she already has. And out of the three that she had at the time, Milla and Rhaccy are predators so she went for their attributes that were conducive to her goal of "KILL THAT BITCH KILL HER KILL HER KILL HER."


And now I pass out. Thanks for playing!

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

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

>>42774241
>I do happen to be with my own [dating partner] right now and [the dating partner] deserves all of my attention.
This is the LEAST female thought you could ever possibly make.
It won't even fit into a woman's brain.
If a woman feels like ignoring her date's partner to check out her phone? She's checking her phone. Sense of duty to her dating partner: 0

>>42774466
This is completely false. A raccoon is perfectly happy to harass a bear and the bear is usually the one to give ground.
They will steal eggs from an Eagle's nest, they will go down a rabbit warren, they'll steal food from your dog's bowl.
The things are right little shits.

>>42774873
Oh jesus christ it's starting.

>>42774758
Neither would /k/ if they actually had to innawoods.

There is also her bloodlust.

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>>42775176
>the McRib