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Though it's a fair ways off, I do hear the familiar heartbeat of that little punk who I beat up the other day. Fortunately, said heartbeat isn't accompanied with the sound of the ground rumbling so I don't think he's caught on to us just yet.

"How far away is he?" Irene asks, not moving her eyes from the direction that I pointed. "And which one is it? Divine Breath's got an average Synapse range but if it's the other kid we're dealing with..."
"It is," I reply.
"Great," she mutters under her breath. "That one's range is more than two kilometers..."
"Eh?"

Irene lets out a small chuckle.

"Around a mile and a half," she says.
"Oh," I nod.

That more or less matches with his distance, I guess. So assuming that we're outside his range, that means that we're JUST outside it. At least he doesn't seem to be in an area with any other people in it.


>rush in
>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>"That one's range is more than two kilometers..."
Nice touch there.

>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>rush in
With any luck he'll be panicked by getting any synapses at all and may not notice 2 of them (and only think there's only one).

Loved the latest update to the Carina story, can't wait for the next installment. it really brought back that good old PGQ feel. The VN cannot come out soon enough.

>>43511564
>>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>take it slow like we don't know he's there

>>43511564
>take it slow like we don't know he's here

>>43511663
>Loved the latest update to the Carina story, can't wait for the next installment. it really brought back that good old PGQ feel.
Thanks, it was fun to get back to babby shenanigans of that sort.


>writing

>>43512184
How much will Reinhold have to deal with that bullshit when he's married to Luciana? Does any of his duties involve interacting with cunts like those?

>>43512184
You really do a good job at making the nobles in Marconetti the worst people ever.
By the way, did Reinhold ever have a rematch with Monique to settle their current tie?

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>>43512264
>the nobles in Marconetti the worst people ever.

>>43512318
Meant to add in: What did they do?

>>43512337
Just were absolute cunts to Carina and brushed off Inaba.

>>43512337
Basically japanese levels of school bullying

>>43512354
>were absolute cunts
That can mean a lot of things.

>>43512368
Is japan actually that bad about bullying?

>>43512389
It's worth googleing

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>>43512264
>the worst people ever.

>>43512465
I'm not falling for that one again.

>>43512557
Have you been tricked into searching for japanese bullies before? Is this a regular occurrence to you?

>>43512596
>How could googling something go wrong?

I'll let you guess.

>>43512243
>How much will Reinhold have to deal with that bullshit when he's married to Luciana?
Those girls acted as they did because they're spoiled little girls and spoiled little girls tend to be absolute shits. The older jerk nobles tend to be more passive-aggressive than actively antagonistic.

>Does any of his duties involve interacting with cunts like those?
More than he'd like but less than would actually get to him.


>>43512264
>By the way, did Reinhold ever have a rematch with Monique to settle their current tie?
Nope, neither party is particularly interested in revisiting that.

>>43512389
>Is japan actually that bad about bullying?
They've made an artform of it. Gang beatings on little kids followed by making them actyally eat dogshit, the horrible things that people read in their Japanese porno mangas, all that shit.
The authorities are notoriously bad at sorting things out and suicide isn't at all uncommon when it gets really bad.

>>43512649
>neither party is particularly interested in revisiting that.
Reinhold is the most spar-horny character ever. It would be extremely out-of-character NOT to jump on the opportunity to face off against a sealed king again.

>>43512649
>The authorities are notoriously bad at sorting things out
Why does this not surprise me.

>>43512684
>Look at me, I know what is in character better than the author.

Never change /tg/.

>>43512708
>Character uses every fucking opportunity to ask for and plan spars with other characters
>Not taking the chance to spar against a friend with a super-special magical sword
You don't know shit

I take a calming breath and start walking towards my unseen opponent.

"Wha-" Irene reaches out to me. "What are you doing!?" she whisper-shouts.
"Acting like I don't know anyone's there," I reply. "C'mon."
"........." She hits me with a concerned look, but soon hurries after me.

Block after block, we draw closer to that little dickhead kid who was so brazen as to pick a superpowered fight with a total stranger in the middle of the freaking street. And while I focus on canceling out the impact of my footsteps hitting the ground, the voice in my head listens out for his heartbeat.

he's moving

seems like he's pacing

think he's listening to music too

really bad music

Figures.

"And here we are..." I mumble to myself when my own Synapse headache kicks in. "Be careful."
"You don't have to worry about me," Irene replies, both the tone of her voice and her heartbeat reaffirming her level of confidence.

but she got knocked out before

don't let her get in over her head

that kid shouldn't know that there are two of us here so we should use that to our advantage


>irene is in front while I take cover
>we go in this together

>>43512739
>what is character development
I don't think Reinhold ever asked for a spar after the big duel.

>>43512739
>neither party is particularly interested in revisiting that.

Checkmate atheists.

>>43512762
>>we go in this together

>>43512762
>>we go in this together

>>43512762
>irene is in front while I take cover

>>43512762
>>we go in this together

>>43512763
Didn't he duel Karel once, or was that right before he fought Monique? Though there wasn't really much time for sparring after the duel.
Throughout the quest Reinhold was constantly looking to improve himself, and I don't think he is the sort of person who would ever settle for staying at the level he's currently at. He'd want to push himself further and further.

>>43512762
>irene is in front while I take cover

>>43512817
IIRC he only sparred with Nicolette and Takamura. Everyone else pussied out or were busy.

>>43512868
There was also the training sessions with Arnaud.

>>43512817
He also went against a goddamned Sealed King, which seemed to be his endgoal for dueling.

Many other characters didn't have a high opinion of them, but Reinhold did seem to have a sort of reverence for them if directly addressing Setsuranka is anything to go by. Maybe by facing one, winning or not, is enough for him.

>>43512886
I forgot that they sparred once, which led into the training. Ah, memories.

>>43512905
Yep.

>>43512905
>but Reinhold did seem to have a sort of reverence for them if directly addressing Setsuranka is anything to go by.
Of course he had to acknowledge the one who beat him, for it sure wasn't Monique who won that duel.

>writing

>>43512975
That came off a lot more salty than I intended. The duel is probably my favourite moments in the quest, just for that reaction scene.

>>43513075
We got what, like 6000 posts in one day?

>>43513163
And at least 15 different Wrenlofts.

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Closing the remaining distance, I walk alongside Irene as we go. But much to her dismay, our path leads into block populated by buildings that really should have been torn down years ago.

"You gonna be okay?" I ask, if only to calm the voice in my head.
"Like I said," she replies with an uneasy smile, "you don't have to worry about me. Just focus on keeping yourself safe, okay?"

she's an angel

Now REALLY isn't the time to be fawning over her, you.


>[1/?]

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>>43513284
>[2/2]


"Crap..." I look ahead at the dilapidated structure that's standing before us. It's what looks like it could have been an office building, but now it's completely gutted of anything of worth and everything else has been busted to hell.
"He's in there?" Irene points inside.
"Yup," I nod. "And there's no way he doesn't know that we're here, too."


>go in
>call him out

>>43513449
>>call him out

>>43513449
>>go in
>>muffle ourselves for some stealth

>>43513449
>Other
We're an expert at urban exploration for sneak attacks. Ask Irene to watch the exit and go solo trying to neutralize him before he can get his brother to help.

>>43513449
>>43513484
>>>go in
>>muffle ourselves for some stealth

>>43513449
>go in
Completely forgot to vote for this one

>>43513449
>go in
As stealthily as possible

>writing

>>43513892
Going to be now, probably won't wake before the end of this thread so thanks for running.

>>43513195
Fuck wernloft

>>43513075
Isn't that the reason arch is quitting writing after FD?

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"Let's go in," Irene says in an octave barely above a whisper.

After I nod to her in acknowledgment, Irene takes point as we head into the dilapidated building. Though my steps continue to be muffled, every one she takes reverberates through the entire structure...

"!!"

My hand snaps out and pulls her back just as a section of floor crumbles underneath where her foot was about to go.

wow she's light

smells good too

REALLY not the time.


>[1/?]

>>43514319
Hey, Arch could you perchance help me list these characters of yours by height? I don't need the specific number, just who's taller than who.
Nicolette, Rana, Luciana, Marianne, Karel, Melanie, Sylvie, Ariane, that one devil child we never got a name for, Irene, CC, Mina, Theresa, Charlotte, Sun-Mi, Lorelei, Allison, Wolfbitch, Icebitch and Bloodbitch.

>>43514229
He reminds me of fluff bringer.

>>43514470
Wrenloft was worse, but not by much

>>43514319
>[2/2]

"Watch your step," I say to her.

Not wanting to risk any injuries due to our poor choice in locale, I send out a few clicks throughout the building to check for any more "irregularities." We've got an entire wall that's on the verge of crumbling along with the floor adjacent to it, and a good deal of the bricks on the outside are one strong windstorm away from just falling off... man this place is a deathtrap

literal deathtrap

After pointing out the way for Irene, we continue deeper into the building. The kid we're pursuing seems to be on the next floor so we just need to somehow manage to reach the stairs and th-

"Bwah!?"

My entire body is yanked backwards just in time to narrowly avoid having a massive section of wall slam into me. While Irene props me back up, said mass of plaster and concrete slams into the opposite wall and flies outside.


>attempt negotiation
>prepare for hostilities

>>43514484
No, he was much worse than me.
>>43514579
>prepare for hostilities

>>43514579
>prepare for hostilities

>>43514579
>prepare for hostilities

>>43514579
>prepare for hostilities

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>>43514436
Rana = Nicolette = Irene > Charlotte = Theresa = Luiza > Luciana = Lorelei = Allison > Mina > Cecile = Noelle > Ariane = Sylvie = Jessica > Sun-Mi = Marianne = Karel > devil child girl > Melanie


>writing

>>43514862
Thank you very much, Arch.

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>>43514592
>he was much worse than me.

"No point in trying to talking things out," I say, glancing at the hole in the wall that could have easily been my own death. "Let's just kick his ass and get this over with."
"I don't really like beating on kids," Irene replies, "but I do owe him for the other day."

Irene cracks her knuckles and looks up at the ceiling.

"He's up there, right?" she asks.
"Yeah," I nod. "But we can't exactly fight him from down here..."


>go up to where he is
>make him come down to us

>>43515035
>make him come down to us

>>43515035
>make him come down to us

>>43515035
>>go up to where he is

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My original plans for this were to have two Joshua arcs- this current one and another one where he deals with an "independent contractor" before moving Joshua into the main quest, but timeframe issues have made it clear that that's not going to work.

>wriitng

>>43514319
>an octave barely above a whisper
What does that mean?

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I can hear that little punk laughing to himself upstairs, he probably thinks that we're scared out of our minds right now.

"Irene," I say. "How strong are you?"
"Huh?" she furrows her brow.
"I'd like a boost but if you can't then that's fine," I say. "I can figure something else out."
"Oh, that's all?" she smirks. "I can toss you around no problem."
"Great," I nod.

That kid's up there and a little ways to the left so if I hit those boards there...

"Toss me up right here so I can reach the ceiling," I say while pointing at the area I have in mind, "and then back away. We need to hurry though before he decides to move or try and kill us again."
"Umm, sure?"


>[1/?]

>>43515516

"Hahaha, they're scared stiff!" the little piece of garbage laughs to himself. "I bet they pissed themselves!"

Yeah, screw this guy.

Carefully, Irene walks over to a safe spot on the floor and locks her fingers together.

"Ready when you are," she says.
"Got it," I reply.

Running start...

...step on her hands...

...and it takes all of my self-control not to yell out as I fins myself propelled into the air FAR faster than I was expecting. Irene definitely wasn't lying when she said she was strong.

But now's not the time to be focusing on that stuff, I have more important matters to attend to. Focusing my concentration on the vibration frequency of the ceiling above me, I jut my arm upwards and punch it right at the apex of my jump. Yeah a little tap would've worked just as well, but it's more fun this way.


>[2/?]

>>43515704
>[3/3]

As I come to a gentle landing (thanks to negating the shock), I look upwards and can't help but grin like mad. With a little help from my Branch, the shockwaves made by the impact of my fist have spread throughout the structure while also having been altered to a certain frequency...

...and then the entire section of ceiling comes crashing down. Along with the person who it was supporting.


>have irene rush in and try to detain him
>back away just in case he tties something

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>>43515704
>fins

>>43515785
>>back away just in case he tties something

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>>43515785
>tties

>>43515785
>tties
I like how close this is to titties.

>>43515785
>have irene rush in and try to detain him

>tties
>>43515704
>fins

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To ge a bit of perspective here, this part of Joshua'd story was supposed to run at the same time as the climax of chapter 2.


>writing

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I leap back towards Irene as gravity continues to do its part in helping along my little plan. I make it to her side just as-

SMACK

Both me and Irene wince as the kid lands right on his face. I guess it's fortunate for him that there's no more rubble to fall on top of him and that the fall was short enough not to cause any actual damage, but that still must've hurt.

he deserves it

"Fuckin' assholes I swear to God..." he curses to himself as the rubble around him coalesces into a bunch of narrow pillars that shoot out all around him.

Good thing I got the hell away from there, I guess.


>[1/?]

>>43516165
>Good thing I did not listen to fluff.

>>43516165
>[2/2]

"Eric Buccelli!" Irene calls out.
"Wha-"

It's like someone hit a pause button on Eric. Both his rubble tantrum and his body freeze in place as he stares at Irene in abject horror.

"H- how the FUCK do you know my name!?" he shrieks. "You been spying on me!?"
"No," Irene repiles, "but I'd appreciate it if-"

She takes a moment to dodge a piece of rubble that was flying right at her face.

"FUCK YOU!"

RULES TIME.


There are three types of attacks:

>Strike
>Strikes are fast, precision based attacks. Any attack which seems like it may rely on overwhelming speed or pinpoint accuracy is likely a Strike. As a general rule of thumb, most mundane small arms fire is considered a Strike. Strikes defeat Crashes, but are defeated by Guards.

>Crash
>A Crash is a highly telegraphed, but extremely powerful blow. Any attack which seems to rely mostly on the brute strength or overwhelming force is likely a Crash. As a general rule of thumb, most thrown objects, like trees or boulders, are considered Crashes. Crashes defeat Guards, but are defeated by Strikes.


>Guard
>A Guard is a defensive posture or evasive stance which is used to set up a counter-blow. Any attack which appears as if it could be a feint, focuses on counterattacks, or which seems to be a stalling tactic is likely to be a Guard. Guards defeat Strikes, but are defeated by Crashes.


Every time you get a hit in, you gain a point of Advantage. The first to get three points, be it you or the opponent, is the winner.

>>43516306
Are we supposed to start voting on one?

>>43516461
No, I just posted the rules because a prompt will be in the next post.

>>43516306
>>43516469
What type of attack would drunkenly stumbling about flailing your arms in an unco-ordinated manner be classed as?

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>>43516559
Classified as "stupid."

>>43516588
What counters Stupid?

While Eric continues to scream profanities at the top of his lungs, I can't help but notice that the ceiling above him is starting to peel away starting with the parts around the hole that he fell through. Tearing off like paper, it floats around him kind of like what you get when you peel an apple while leaving the skin all in one piece. Except, you know, this stuff is cement and plaster and bricks instead.

"This is new..." Irene says, laughing uneasily while tugging at my sleeve for me to get some distance between us and this... whatever the hell he's doing.

don't look at me

"If you know my name then you probably already found out where I live," Eric growls while his repurposed ceiling begins to smooth out. "so if I don't kill you now and make all this disappear then you're gonna follow me home and then my stupid brother'll kick my ass..."


>[1/2]

>>43516629
He's most likely guarding.

Hit him with a Crash.

>>43516629
>[2/2]

Having completely smoothed over into something more-or-less uniform in texture, the material that Eric's controlling spirals around him over and over again like a snake...

...and then two separate "strand" split off from the main body. Closing the distance between us, they dart out in every which way while leaving a trail of material behind them not unlike a web of plaster and concrete. And judging from the speed that the two lead parts are moving, we'll just end up impaled if we stand here.


>crash
>guard
>strike

>>43516694
Fast, but NOT precise.
I'm positive that the trail of material is some kind of buffer, too.

He's Guarding.

Crash him like he's Fallout 3.

>>43516694
>>43516733
fuck, meant crash.

Wow thread activity's shot right down.


>writing

>>43516694
He’s crushing (huge telegraphed attack)
>Strike

>>43516742
(>.<)

>>43516742
>Wow thread activity's shot right down.
I just got here, and now I get to laugh at people not realizing this was a Strike.

Eric's attack is moving fast... but that only applies to the leads, the stuff trailing behind them is what's concerning me more. It's like a net or something, an attempt to push us back to give him room to move freely.

I think.

"Get back!" I call out to IRene. "I'll take care of this!"
"What!?" Irene shouts. "No, this is too risky for you to-"

But the oncoming attack doesn't wait for us to finish our exchange, its two lead strands rapidly encroaching on my territory. In anticipation of their impact, I steady my feet, draw back my gloved fists and take a deep breath.

And then I scream.

all obstacles shatter in our path

howl of jericho


[1/2]

Does shattering his stuff actually stop him? He might be able to control dust and sand and stuff.

>>43516843
A man who controls fine particles would be a fearsome foe. They could choke you, sandblast you, blind you.

>>43516843
Even if he could he is probably too much of a noob for that. Which makes it important we are dealing with him now.

>>43516825
Q. Arch, if you enter someone's synapse range, and you wait inside it for 12 hours, can they tell via synapse that you're still there? Or will they assume you've wandered off?

>>43516825
>[2/2]


Instead of trying to catch the lead sections head-on, I slam my fist into a section of the incoming web where the two pieces just intersected. As I channel the soundwaves from my shouting through my arm, they soon reach the right resonance frequency almost upon impact and shatter the pieces of web.

wait

something's off

"Oh sh-"

A soft sensation hits my back splitseconds before my entire body is spun around and then suddenly jerked in the opposite direction of where I was just standing. Though it's buffered by the cushioning that's pressing against my back, the impact launches me forwards a fair ways until I land on the ground, completely prone.

At least I landed on my arms instead of my face.

...wait, these aren't MY arms, they're- oh shit, she must've pulled me out of the way of that hit.

>>43516937
> Crash = Crash, both you and your opponent gained one point of Advantage!
>current score: 1/1

>>43516944
Omg no, the Jessica fight is happening again

We looked bad in front of Irene-senpai... Might as well kill ourselves right now.

>>43516843
>Does shattering his stuff actually stop him? He might be able to control dust and sand and stuff.

Basaltic Dominion: [the cold stone which flows like blood]
Type: Elemental
Synapse range: Long
Physical effects: Unknown
Other effects: The affected gains the ability to control all stone and stone-based materials over a certain size that exist within a limited range of their person.
Known holders: Eric Buccelli


>>43516923
>Q. Arch, if you enter someone's synapse range, and you wait inside it for 12 hours, can they tell via synapse that you're still there? Or will they assume you've wandered off?
It's only a signal that tells if someone's entered your range, there's no way to tell if someone's left it unless you're a Gardener.

>>43516969
Q. Who was the first Gardener in human history?

>>43516993
Some people within the Tree of Life like to claim that it was Eve.

Oh shit, didn't expect to wake up before thread ended

>>43516996
Cool.

I was thinking that branches were a much more recent thing in human history, but I guess they've been there for a long time

Does that mean that famous historical figures might have been branch holders?

>>43516944
Obvious crash was obvious.

>>43516969
Q: Were those books invented or are they a branch thing that naturally occurred at some point?

>>43514862
Where would Reinhold, Monique, Andreas, Reya, Emilio, Takamaru, Joshua and Kevin fit into this?

>>43517013
The books are a new thing. That's why everyone is scrambling their shit trying to deal with them.

>>43516702
>>43516739
Only two jack-offs present for the vote, and both retarded.

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>>43517035
That's me! I'm a jack off! :>

>>43517020
I thought the reason was that they were freaking dangerous and everyone wants to have them?

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"Nnngh..." those arms slide from around me and prop a person's worth of weight from off my back. "You're not hurt, are you?"
"No," I hack out some of the dust that I'd inhaled. "Just banged up a little."
"That's good," she laughs weakly. "I thought I asked you to be careful..."

Grimacing in pain, Irene props herself back to her feet and then pulls me back up myself.

"That wasn't a web," Irene says, pointing in the direction of the no-destroyed attack, "it was like... I dunno, a continuous attack. When you destroyed the part you hit, the rest kept going along in its place."
"And since it was mixed, the resonance frequency wasn't the same to pulverize it," I mutter to myself.
"I guess," she nods.

While Irene peers ahead through the settling dust, I catch a quick glance at her back.

"Oh God!" I call out. "Irene, your-"
"I'm tougher than I look," Irene replies, shaking her head. "And once Lloyd gets here, I'll be patched right back up. no worries."
"But all that blood..."

how is her heartbeat so steady?


>[1/?}

>>43517051
Irene's a though old gal

>>43517047
If they were old, they'd have established procedures in place for dealing with them and wouldn't have to scramble as much. Probably.

>>43517051
>[2/2]

C'mon, Joshua. Keep your head in the game. We need to kick this kid's ass before things get even worse than they are now.

and before irene bleeds out

That too.

"He's still there," I say, pointing ahead. "Little piece of shit."
"He's just a kid," Irene replies, shaking her head. "he just needs some discipline."

Yeah, I'll give him some discipline. Manually.


>take the offensive
>stay on the defensive

>>43517074
>take the offensive

>>43517074
>take the offensive
Gotta fight fast

>>43517074
>stay on the defensive

Staying alive until Lloyd gets here is the safest move. Humiliating as it is.

>>43517074
>take the offensive

>>43517063
The procedure was to send a team to find and retrieve it. Which they did immediately. What was outside their expectations was that there were several books.

>>43517074
>offensive
He seemed to have poor perception skills and a lot of confidence. Probably won’t expect and attack right now. Perhaps we might trick him into thinking we haven’t moved by manipulating some concrete at the current place?

We could also probably end this by convincing him that he is already on an international list and will be visited by a friendly assassination squad if he continues to act up. Tailored to counter him and his brother because international entities do have enough people to choose from.

>>43517010
>was thinking that branches were a much more recent thing in human history, but I guess they've been there for a long time
Yup, since before the dawn of recorded history.

>Does that mean that famous historical figures might have been branch holders?
Also yup.

>>43517013
>Q: Were those books invented or are they a branch thing that naturally occurred at some point?
They are a manmade thing created through a very specific process that was just figured out within the past year in-game. Maybe three people know how they were made, and even fewer are actually able to create them.


>writing

>>43517121
Bumping my question here >>43517019

"How bad it," I ask. "Your back."
"Like I said," she slaps me on the shoulder, "you don't need to worry about me."

she believes what she's saying but I don't

Same here, buddy.

I send a few tracking pulses through the air and floor to check where everything is. And sure enough, Eric is still standing in the same place that he fell... though I do notice that there's something floating around him.

Figure out the resonance of whatever that is, okay?

aye aye

"C'mon," I say to Irene while pointing down the hallway. Let's rush him before he can do that again.
"You sure?" she asks.
"Yes."


>[1/?]

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>>43517192


Putting my Branch to work doubletime, I negate the impact of both mine and Irene's footsteps as we race towards the other side of the room. She's already hurt as it is, I'm not about to let her fall through the floor or anything stupid like that.

The dust cloud thins as we approach, bringing both our quarry and his... floating rocks into view. He's got a bunch of pieces around the size and length of my arm floating around him in some kind of defensive stance...

"Whoa!" I blurt out, narrowly avoiding a sudden projectile that would have went right through my chest. "Watch out, Irene!"
"Oka-"

I hear a loud slapping sound and then muffled cries.


>[2/?]

>>43517234
>[3/3]

"Irene!?" I dart my head towards her, only to find that the entire lower half of her face is covered with what looks like a molded slab of cement.

As she desperately struggles to tear it free of her face, I notice that it's covering both her nostrils and her mouth... he's trying to suffocate her!

"I'll be right th-"

My approach is blocked off by five of Eric's floating rocks that shoot out in my path. Every time I try to get close to her to break off those stupid rocks, they fire out like bullets and it's all I can do to avoid them.


>crash
>strike
>guard

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>>43517254
He's guarding

Crash him

>>43517254
>guard

>>43517269
Could very well be a strike, crashing is a potential losing option while guarding is safe

>>43517254
I'm about 50/50 between guard and crash, so lets go for the former

>>43517019
>Where would Reinhold, Monique, Andreas, Reya, Emilio, Takamaru, Joshua and Kevin fit into this?
Kevin > Reinhold = Andreas > Monique = Reya > Joshua = Rana = Nicolette = Irene > Charlotte = Theresa = Luiza > Takamaru > Emilio = Luciana = Lorelei = Allison > Mina > Cecile = Noelle > Ariane = Sylvie = Jessica > Sun-Mi = Marianne = Karel > devil child girl > Melanie


>writing

>>43517254
>crash
His stalling for time so Irene suffocates, so I say it should be crash.

Fuck it then, disregard this vote to break the tie >>43517338

That suffocation trick won't work on me but I'll still be in real trouble if I let any of those things hit me. So instead of rushing in like a moron, I hop a few steps back and focus my ears on the sound of the rocks that are zooming through the air.

POW

My arm darts out, pummeling one into dust.

"Wha-" Eric stammers. "How the fuck are you managing t0-"
"I'm the still water," I say just before crushing another one that was en route to my face.

Two down, three to go... and I better hurry up, Irene really looks like she's struggling.


>[1/?]

>>43517373

Before long, I notice that Eric's heartbeat changes ever so slightly just before he has his rock projectiles fly towards me so it's not really all that difficult to anticipate when he does it. And when I know when they're coming, it's a cinch to crush them into dust.

three

four

five

Eric stumbles back when the last of this latest attack pattern's been destroyed... and then I rush in and punch him in the face as hard as i can for good measure before hurrying to Irene's side.

captured your spell card


>[2/?]

>>43517414
>captured your spell card
This is the nerdiest one-liner. Theresa and Mina would be ashamed.

>>43517414
>[3/3]

"Wait one more second," I say as I reach out towards the stone that's covering her lower face. "I'll just-"

She shakes her head.

"What?" I stare at her. "But you'll-"

I flinch as I see Irene's jaw slip free of the bottom of her makeshift muzzle, revealing a row of teeth that may as well be knives. Stretching out further than should be possible for a human's jaw to go, it reaches over the stone and snaps shut. I don't know what the hell her teeth are made of, but they crunch through the cement with ease, freeing her from the danger of suffocation.

"You gonna give up now?" I ask. "I've already kicked your ass once and you should be able to tell by now that the same thing's about to happen again."

>Guard > Strike, you gained one point of Advantage!
>current score: 2/1

>>43517448
Yay!

If he's Struck once, and Crashed once, his next one is a guard, and we gotta Crash it.

>>43517459
>assuming this is a tutorial battle
Nah.

"Fuck you!" Eric shrieks in a high-pitched wail. "Fuck you fuck you FUCK YOU!"

The floor beneath us begins to shake violently and I suddenly find myself focusing more on maintaining my footing than anything else.

"fuck you fuck your harmony fuck your cock-devouring cowtitted slut girlfriend fuck your shitty jokes FUCK YOUR SHIT YOU FUCKING GOGGLE FUCK!!!!"
"Whoa!" Irene shouts as the floor just in front of her crumbles into nothing. "It looks like he's losing it!"

overgrowth?

no

this is the weed throwing a tantrum

Maybe so, but it's a dangerous one.

both myself and Irene find ourselves hopping all over the place, trying to outrun the ongoing collapse of the floor underneath us. It seems to be going almost as quickly as we can move...


>crash
>guard
>strike

>>43517532
>overgrowth?

Aw shit.

Those words - "not even a weed", weed, vine, etc.
They refer to how thoroughly the altpersonality has taken over the body. Overgrowth being when the altpersonality just brute forces its way in.

... So that's why Overshine refers to Theresa as a Vine. Otheresa has grown a fair bit. And why it refers to Charlotte as a weed, since her altpersonality got rekt.

>>43517532
That's telegraphed as all hell. He's crashing. Send a strike his way.

>>43517532
>weed
Overshine why are you here. Get out of Joshua's head.

>strike

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>>43517532
>fuck your harmony

Nup :3

>>43517551
>>overgrowth?
>Aw shit.
>Those words - "not even a weed", weed, vine, etc.
>They refer to how thoroughly the altpersonality has taken over the body. Overgrowth being when the altpersonality just brute forces its way in.
>... So that's why Overshine refers to Theresa as a Vine. Otheresa has grown a fair bit. And why it refers to Charlotte as a weed, since her altpersonality got rekt.
You're on to something, but I'm not about to tell you what you've gotten right.


>writing

>>43516602
Ignoreing it apparently

gotta end this fast

Yeah, you're right.

Pushing my impact-canceling skills to their absolute limit, I dart along the sections of the floor that haven't already crumbled and close the distance between myself and Eric. Leaping as far as I can with each step seems to be the key to not outrunning the collapse, and I soon find myself within arm's reach of my enemy...

"Guh-"

Eric snaps out of his tantrum just long enough to notice my fist zooming right into his face. With a satisfying crunching sensation, my punch slams through the hard cartilage of his nose and into his skull proper, filling his head with a cacophony of soundwaves.

infinite vertigo

They wreak havoc with the fluid in Eric's middle ear, completely ruining his balance and sending him doubling over into the fetal position... but just like his balance is destroyed, so continues the floor. And the ceiling. And everything.


>get irene to safety
>get eric to safety

>>43517681
>get eric to safety

>>43517681
>get eric to safety

>>43517681
>>get eric to safety

Irene can survive this. Eric can't.

>>43517681
>get irene to safety
Fuck eric, let him ded, save the tits.

>>43517681
>get eric to safety
Metagaming aside, Irene did say she was tough.

>>43517701
I'm not sure if it's metagaming when he can hear her heartbeat. She thinks she's fine? Good enough for us.

>>43517701
You forgot about the damage she took before and the amount of blood shes losing. Eric may still live but Irene would die from blood loss if its not taken care of. Not that it would matter since shes got clones, but thats metagaming.

>writing

>>43517681
>>get irene to safety
eric got himself into this mess. If he wants to be suicidally unstable, he can do that. No reason to risk ourselves for him.

Oh shit this entire thing's going like NOW.

"Irene!" I call out. "YOu've gotta get out of here!"
"Get the kid!" Irene shouts back.
"You come over here too," I yell, "I can get all three of us out of the window!"
"I can't, the floor is gone," she shouts back. "Just go, I'll catch up with you later!"
"........."

Her heartbeat's steady.

I hate prioritizing the life of someone who JUST got done trying to kill me over someone who's saved my ass once today and has been nothing but nice to be despite her questionable affiliation... but it wouldn't be right to just leave this little turd to die in the building collapse that he caused. And it's not like he's in any position to protect himself as he is now.

Sometimes I really hate doing the "heroic" thing.


>[1/?]

>>43517743
>YOu
Oy!

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>>43517751
hOi!

>>43517743
>[2/2]

And so, I give Irene one last nod of understand before slinging Eric over my shoulder and leaping out the nearest window. The impact boost from my leap gives me enough distance to clear the building entirely, and the impact cancel on my landing works just as smoothly.

Once I'm pretty sure I'm out of risk of anything falling on me, I dump Eric into the ground (with a most satisfying thud) and turn to face the place that I just escaped... seconds before the entire thing comes crumbling to the ground.

Watching this makes me feel kind of queasy.


>go over there to help the irene
>stay where I am with the little shit

>>43517777
>stay where I am with the little shit
Maybe kick the asshole in the kneecaps or something.

>>43517777
>go over there to help the irene

>>43517777
>go over there to help the irene

I don't care if he wakes up or his brother saves him or whatever. Irene is more important, even though we can tell she's fine from her heartbeat.

>>43517777
>nod of understand
understanding, dear turtle.

>>43517777
>>stay where I am with the little shit
She’s super-strong. We can monitor her from here and help her if she is actually stuck or knocked out.

Is that guy even properly neutralized? (Do look out for IREne’s heartbeat, though.

>>43517777
>go over there to help the irene

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>writing

>>43517824
I want to swallow Mystia whole and feel her squirming in my belly.

>>43517842
Yuyuko pls go

>>43517850
Quiet you. Now where's that lazy old woman? we were supposed to have tea.

"Irene!" I call out, amplifying my voice several times over. "Irene, are you okay!?"

No answer.

A nauseous feeling wells up in my stomach as I race over to the rubble before the dust's even finished clearing in hopes of confirming that she's alright.

can't hear anything

"C'mon..." I mutter to myself as I reach the pile of rubble. "IRENE!"

Mo movement from the scene of destruction save my own.

"IRENE!!!"

wait

over there

to the north

a faint heartbeat

really weak

"Shit!"

I race over to where the voice in my head specified only to find more wreckage. But the heartbeat's coming from right here so she must be underneath... dammit, I can't even remember the last time I felt this horrible.

Throwing all my strength into it, I move what rubble I'm able to lift by hand and pulverize the rest through resonance until I finally spot a familiar downy coat. And it's soaked with blood

no no no no no no no no no


>[1/?]

>>43517877
Bandage her wounds and use sound power to force her blood pumping again, commence CPR to ensure air in da lungs.
Air + Blood + Pumping
= notdie

>>43517903
CPR on Irene? Approved!

>>43517877

"C'mon..." I plead while clearing out the rest of the wreckage from on top of her as best I can. After what seems like forever, I'm able to see that long green hair (now soaked with blood) and the rest of the person that it belongs to...

faint heartbeat

"Shit!" I exclaim when I notice some kind of resistance while trying to pull IRene free of the wreckage. It sounds like some kind of rebar...

oh god it's piercing through her leg

Much to my regret, the voice in my head is proven right when I clear free the debris around her legs and find that her thigh's been run clean through.

"Shit..." I grimace as I look at the full extent of the damage. There's blood like EVERYWHERE and I don't even...
"Agh-" her entire body convulses at once and even more blood gushes from her mouth like a fountain.
"C'mon, hang in there!" I call out. "Irene!"

It's like a thousand pound weight is lifted from my soul when I see her eyes open up.


>[2/?]

Everyone Irene hangs out with deals with this shit sooner or later. She's a walking trauma-bomb.

>>43517936
Q. Turtle, if Irene gets one of her teeth knocked out in a fight and the tooth lands in soil, can it grow a new Irene?

>>43517936
Hold it together josh my man, never let a bitch know you care

>>43517936


"Eheh..." Irene coughs. "Tried to go out the window but then my legs gave out from under me..."

Even though blood's trailing from her mouth, she's smiling just like always.

"I guess I got hit harder'n I thought, huh?" Irene says.
"Save your strength," I reply, shaking my head. "I need to stop your bleeding and then I'll call Lloyd to do something about this."
"Already called him," Irene replies. "He's on the other side of town though..."

shit

"Dun worry about me, okay?" Irene says.
"Like hell I won't."

Trying my beat to ignore her, I slide off my coat and tear off a piece of my shirt sleeve to use as a tourniquet for her leg.

"I'm gonna lift you up, okay?" I say to her. "It might hurt but just bear with it for a little while."
"Too late, I think," she mumbles. "Katrine's gonna be so pissed..."

slowing

her heartbeat is slowing

do something


>[3/?]

>>43517961
A. Yes, of course. Just like birds and seeds.

>>43517972
Yo, Songbro, can you find the resonance of her heart and her blood vessels and her blood pressure? We may need to MANUAL OVERRIDE.

>>43517972
>"He's on the other side of town though...
How? We decided to investigate this house in two groups. Why the heck is he so far away now?

>>43517972
…Seriously Irene? You could just tell him that you are sort-of immortal. And don’t give me that “I didn’t think of it.” shit. You’ve been through this often enough that it should be a normal procedure.

>>43517972


"Shit shit shit shit shit shit"

Muttering curses to myself, I place my hand over Irene's chest and send several steady pulses down towards her heart.

one

two

three

God damn it I can hear the flow of her blood slowing!

"Irene, hang in there!" I call out, sending a few more pulses in.

A wave of temporary relief hits me as her eyes flutter back open and she coughs up what seems like another gallon's worth of blood.

"Hiya," Irene mumbles, her eyes focused on something far away. "Promise, I'll be fine..." she trails off. "Lloyd doesn't know though maybe I should've to..."
"IRENE!"

Nothing.

She's gone completely silent.


>[4/?]

>>43518010
Man, Joshua's gonna freak when another Irene shows up.

>>43518010
F

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1eDl9rnNlU

>>43518010
>Enact revenge on murdering teenager before that one gets a surprise hit on the grieving you.

>>43518010
God damn it we could have prevented this. If I wasn't a Crash-spamming dumbfuck on that first attack, or if we had protected Irene instead of EpicXDbarrelrolli.

Oh well now we gotta robust the shit out of Air Man, who only has the power to push others away and Sell weed.

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>[5/5]


Fifty-nine.

Sixty.

Still nothing. No heartbeat.

".................."

My body rises to its feet and my head turns up to look at the sky. In all this time, all the people I've tried to help... even though I wasn't able to save everyone who I tried to keep from getting hurt, none of them actually died for it.

Just this one.

I feel completely empty. A good person died because I didn't...

because of him

that kid

that fucking kid

that kid that kid that child that weed that weed remove it from this earth so it cannot hurt anything ever again does not deserve to exist i will remove it prune it should have overgrown another taken its place this will not do I will end it shatter its bones boil its blood end it remove it


>let us sing the song of destruction
>let us sing the song of despair

The first was truly stupid And only happened because somehow only two people managed to vote at that time. I was moments too late, sadly.
The second was the fault of Irene’s self-destruction tendencies. Girl has issues.

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>>43518089
>let us sing the song of despair

>>43518089
>>let us sing the song of despair
I feel like the other would be better, but I’m curious about this one. I don’t think it matter that much. Just more needless drama if that shithead survives.

>>43518089
>>let us sing the song of despair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yh2InVsFag

>>43518089
>let us sing the song of despair

>>43518089
>let us sing the song of despair

I already posted the song btw
>>43518024

>writing

"D..." tears well up in my eyes. "...damn it..." I fall to my knees.

That kid... he's lying on the ground over there just like before. Ending his life would be the easiest thing in the world to do. I could use that trick that I was saving for the bastard who hurt Mom. Snuff his life out for what he did. Because a good person is gone from this Earth thanks to him.

I could do that.

do it

remove it

that weed

this world is worse for her absence

rectify this injustice

No.

There isn't anything that I want to do more than that right now, but no.


>[1/?]

>>43518173

why

why not

that is justice

"Maybe," I say out loud, "but that's not what a hero would do."

So instead of executing justice, I let it all go. All my strength leaves my body and I fall to my knees and I let it all out. I cry out with all my might, releasing my anger and all of my sorrow into the wind.

carried to the heavens

and deep into the earth

all things shall hear the song of despair


>[2/?]

>>43518209

The sharp pain of a Synapse is what finally ends my wailing. With caution slowly taking the place of sadness in my mind, I rise back to my feet and listen out for what's coming.

Police sirens in the distance, they probably won't reach this place for another ten minutes. Pedestrians, they'll take even longer. Some birds overhead, and another car... it's closer than the cops are and a heartbeat that I recognize is inside.

Lloyd. I'm not looking forward to telling him what happened at all, but I owe Irene at least that much. That and making sure that the piece of shit that did that to her is properly taken care of. Or disposed of, I don't know how their organization handles situations like this.


>[3/?]

>>43518265
Still curious why Doritoes was so far away.

>>43518270
Lloyd isn't Doritos.

Lloyd is Emo circlejerker

>>43518286
I though those were the same. Irene is paired with two meany-heads?

>>43518300
>>43518286
Oh right… Archibald. I think I have been mixing these two up for a very long time.

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>>43518265
>[4/4]

The car increases speed as it gets closer, reaching us about a minute after the Synapse alerted me to its presence. Lloyd leaps out once it comes to a stop, racing towards the rubble where Irene's corpse and myself are.

"Mother of God!" he exclaims when he sees my blood-covered appearance. "What the hell happened!?"
"THAT," I point to the still-unconscious Eric, "collapsed this building with Irene still inside."
"Wha-" he gasps and then looks down. "Christ in Heaven, is she-"
"I tried to save her," I reply, shaking my head. "I tried."

Lloyd's heartrate pretty much doubles as he does that hand cross thing that Catholics do.

"What about the kid," he asks, his voice devoid of his usual snappiness. "Did you get him back for this?"
"No, he's alive," I reply.


>do what you want with him, I don't care
>it didn't seem right to kill him

>>43518328
>do what you want with him, I don't care

>Wanna go after his friend, Weedy windbag?

>>43518328
>"Irene refused to let me kill him. I’d like to honour her last wishes unless it becomes absolutely necessary."

Won’t stop him though, if he really wants to go through with it. Not like any prison would hold him. Also probably incoming windy brother.

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>>43518328
>>it didn't seem right to kill him

THAT'S NOT JUSTICE

>>43518328
>it didn't seem right to kill him

>writing

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"It didn't seem right to kill him," I say.

Even through these tear-filled goggles, I can tell that Lloyd's giving me a look of absolute disgust.

"Like hell it 'isn't right' to kill this piece of trash!" Lloyd exclaims. "Do you have ANY idea how many times Irene's come out of situations that would've killed anyone else, only for a snot-nosed little shit to be the one to take her life!?"

He places a hand to his forehead to his head and breathes a long sigh.

"If you'd have just killed him then I would've been able to pass it off as an 'accident' or somesuch," Lloyd grumbles. "and it's not like I can do it myself, I don't carry a weapon and my Branch is strictly for payback..."

he's right

"!!!!!"

An impossibly strong gust of wind comes at the same time that both of us get a Synapse.


>[1/?]

>>43518428
Hey it's Windy weedman.

Let's fuck him up

>>43518428
uh oh

>>43518428
"I don't carry a weapon" he says in a field of debris…

And windy guy is at it again.

>>43518428

The gale is so strong that it's all that either of us can do just to remain standing as it continues to blow into us... and when it finally subsides, the elder Buccelli brother is standing by Eric's unconscious frame.

"Well damn," Marshall says with an annoyed groan. "I told him not to pick any more fights and then he goes and blows a building up..."
"Freeze right where you are!" Lloyd screams while pointing at him. "Step away from that boy!"
"Sorry, but I'm not the kind of person who'd let his little brother continue to nap in the middle of the sidewalk."

he doesn't care

"Sorry for any trouble that my brother's caused though," Marshall says, picking the little boy up like a sack of potatoes. "I'll be sure to let him have it later."
"That boy KILLED my partner!" Lloyd screams. "That goes FAR beyond a simple childhood indiscretion!"
"Wow, really?" he grimaces. "Sorry to hear that, man. But these things happen, you know?"


>[2/?]

>>43518489
>let us sing the song of destruction

>>43518489
>But these things happen, you know?
…So killing people is something normal for him? What sort of life do they live?

Actually, let’s just forcefully recruit them or kill them.

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>>43518489
>[3/3]

"'These things happen!?'"

Lloyd reaches into the rubble and picks up a baseball bat-sized piece of rebar.

"Listen here you little shit," he snarls, "drop the kid and stand down or I'llWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

I stand there stunned as a small tornado forms underneath his feet and launches him into the air.

"I'm gonna leave now, -classmate-," Marshall says to me with a wide grin. "You can try and chase after me if you want, but then your friend'll likely end up going splat."

With a casual wave goodbye, he floats into the air and begins to fly off.


>lloyd's an asshole but i can't just let him fall to his potential death like that
>eric's a murderer, i can't let his brother just take him away like that

>>43518489
Lloyd shares pain right?

>eric's a murderer, i can't let his brother just take him away like that

He'll turn Marshall into a pancake.

>>43518554
>>lloyd's an asshole but i can't just let him fall to his potential death like that

>>43518554
>We know where they live.
>Lloyd can move any harm to others.

Tough decision… How high up is Lloyd?

>>43518554
>>lloyd's an asshole but i can't just let him fall to his potential death like that
If he lands on his neck he's probably dead.
Also they have the element brothers' address.

>>43518554
>lloyd's an asshole but i can't just let him fall to his potential death like that

Lloyd shares the pain, but there's not much to share if he's dead.

>writing

>>43518617
He doesn’t share pain, he transfers injuries. As long as he survives for a few seconds he’s alright.

He’ll probably survive a 4m drop (probably even trained stuff like that because of his branch), but that get’s harder with increased height.

>>43518624
So… how high up was that guy? I didn’t vote because you didn’t answer.

>>43518648
>So… how high up was that guy? I didn’t vote because you didn’t answer.
About 4-5 stories.


I hate this captcha so fucking much

Seeing Joshua and Divine Breath dude use their elements makes me feel bad for CC. They seem way more versatile.

As much as I hate the idea of letting a murderer get away, I hate the idea of letting someone else die for nothing even more. So while the shithead brothers fly away, I find myself trying desperately to position myself underneath Lloyd's body as he falls...

Back... further back... watch out for the curb...

WHUMP

While I did take care of the impact, it's still kind of a lot to try and support fully grown man in my arms for more than a few seconds at a time. As such, his return to the ground is far from graceful.

"Shit..." I peer off into the distance yet find that they're out of sight already. "
"Of all the fucking luck," Lloyd growls as he gets back on his feet. "At least they didn't end up killing me too so I thank you for that."
"I didn't want two deaths on my conscience," I reply while glancing in the general direction of Irene's corpse.
"Yeah well I still owe you one," he sighs.

As the cops finally arrive, Lloyd has me hide out in his car. Apparently his organization's got some ties to the police so he's able to explain off this situation without giving me away... not that I really care about much of anything right now. My hands are covered in blood and I can't get the image of Irene's face as she lay there dying or her slowing heartbeat out of my head and it feels like I'm about to go insane from the weight of it all.

>>43518769
Cc is just as versatile, she lacks 2 things, stamina and imagination.

At long last, this thread comes to an end with trauma and depression. This was a long one and there were some lulls around the middle but I thank everyone who participated and hope you liked it.

The Cecile will return on Sunday night, assuming that I can work up the drive to write y then.


and now questions

>>43518789
That and a lot of practice. Joshua's been doing this for four years, CC a couple months.

>>43518812
CC's parents, hypothetically what their branches would be?

>>43518822
Wind guy has the same inexperience, but he has stamina and is obviously fairly bright, despite being a dick. Earth guy too.

>>43518090
>The second was the fault of Irene’s self-destruction tendencies. Girl has issues.
Irene doesn't have self-destructive tendencies. She has self-sacrificing tendencies that are perfectly natural when you've got god knows how many bodies and can grow new ones practically at will.

Her only mistake is not telling her partners, since they're inevitably going to find out in a horribly traumatic way.

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>>43518823
Shyamalan 3rd act twist: they were branch users ALL ALONG.

>>43518769
>They seem way more versatile.
It’s ok. CC can do some pretty neat stuff herself. As the other one mentioned she mostly lacks stamina to truly get gud.

>>43518784
Now is the time to think about the mysterious “I’m going to be alright” or what she said. (Why isn’t she just calling one of our phones btw? Waiting to be sure that the fight is over?)

>>43518812
Too bad anons were stupid for that first fight vote. I still don’t get how that happened, I don’t remember ever seeing a more obvious crush in your quests.

Questions:
>Why was Lloyd so far away?
>What sort of fucked up life did Concreto and Windbag have to turn into such sort-sighted murderific assholes?
>What should I feed my two turtles today? (Thinking about dry reptile-food and water, but that’s just boring)

>>43518833
Naw, it would be self-sacrifice if she was accomplishing something by doing it. She seems to be pretty much into maximum suffering even if there are better options instead.

>>43518812
If Joshua got with Irene and Cecile was not on Irene's route, will Joshua be introduced as Irene's boyfriend when he joins main quest?

>>43517961
>Q. Turtle, if Irene gets one of her teeth knocked out in a fight and the tooth lands in soil, can it grow a new Irene?
As long as said tooth wasn't cracked, yes.


>>43518833
>>The second was the fault of Irene’s self-destruction tendencies. Girl has issues.
>Irene doesn't have self-destructive tendencies. She has self-sacrificing tendencies that are perfectly natural when you've got god knows how many bodies and can grow new ones practically at will.
She wouldn't be half as casual about dying horribly if she didn't thoroughly hate herself as much as she does.

>Her only mistake is not telling her partners, since they're inevitably going to find out in a horribly traumatic way.
This is entirely true though.


>>43518823
>CC's parents, hypothetically what their branches would be?
'Tis a mystery.


>>43518857
>>Why was Lloyd so far away?


>>What sort of fucked up life did Concreto and Windbag have to turn into such sort-sighted murderific assholes?
Marshall's an edgelord who's spent most of his idle thoughts on what he'd do upon obtaining Real Ultimate Power. His brother's just a little shit who likes hurting things and is decidedly less creative with his power usage.

>>What should I feed my two turtles today? (Thinking about dry reptile-food and water, but that’s just boring)
A strawberry?


>>43518894
>If Joshua got with Irene and Cecile was not on Irene's route, will Joshua be introduced as Irene's boyfriend when he joins main quest?
That was the idea, yeah.
assuming that Irene was around at said point of the story, of course


And now I finally go to sleep. Thanks for playing!

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>>43518954
>>>Why was Lloyd so far away?
Exchanging the car that they'd rented for one that wasn't broken down.

>>43518954
>>If Joshua got with Irene and Cecile was not on Irene's route, will Joshua be introduced as Irene's boyfriend when he joins main quest?
>That was the idea, yeah.
>assuming that Irene was around at said point of the story, of course
Does Joshua hooking up with Lorelei mean she's going to show up in the main quest too at some point? I can't even imagine how much having her around would mess things up.

>>43518954
>A strawberry?
As in a single one? Do you want them to starve!? Sorry, currently no strawberries in the house.

Thank you for writing!

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>>43517532
>fuck your cock-devouring cowtitted slut girlfriend
Well if you insist.

These brothers are going down. Fuck these little shits need to die.

>>43521041
Lewd!

>>43523948
Not seeing how any of that is bad.