>>45703703
>Take stock of yourself

>>45703703
>Take stock of yourself

Mirror time.

>>45703703
>Take stock of yourself
It begins

I love your writing Smiley, but I don't think I can get invested again. I hope this turns out alright.

>>45703703
>>See if Jessica is home
Fuck off Pucci.

>>45703881
Maybe you can stick around for the first thread. If it's not to your taste, then it's cool if you wanna take a break from BM.

>>45703703
>>See if Jessica is home

>>45703703
FUCKING. CALLED. IT!

>>45703703
Go kill Harvey and julia immedietly

>writing

Okay, DEFINITE kill list for Refrain:

>Harvey
>Julia
>Judge n' Muse, because Sacred Mountain destroyed Saif's home, and sold him and Safi to the Harts. That's the fucking line.

Time to see what's changed.

Going into all this without any clue as to what your new abilities are would be a bad idea. Having 'godly power' will probably take some getting used to, but you can't get used to it if you don't know what it entails.

First thing's first, you give yourself a check over in the bathroom... mirror...

Hang on. You were just on the couch. How did you end up in the bathroom?

You turn to look at the couch, and Moriarty is still sitting where you left him. He looks just as confused as you do.

"Meer" He says.
"My thoughts exactly" You say. "And watch your language"

You move from the bathroom to the kitchen, and again there is no travel time. Just bathroom-kitchen. You try this a few more times with the sam result.

"Okay... unconscious teleportation" You say. "As sweet of an ability as that is, it kinda stands out a bit... can I still walk?"

It takes a bit of focus but yes, you can indeed still walk. You just have to focus on the path, rather than the destination.

With that bit of confusion out of the way, you decide to flex your magical muscles a bit...

>[1/2]

>>45704428

>Unconscious teleporting.

Fucking rad.

>>45704428
Oh yeah. I guess we're a god now?

>>45704491
THE god, to be exact; he accidentally created the Wellspring.

>>45704491
We were always God we were just forcing mortal limitations on our body due to ignorance.

>>45704666
Maybe. I'm wondering if we have to choose a champion this time around.

Magical abilities are... pretty much the same as they were before. You have a lot more mana to play with now, but that doesn't help you much when your go-to magic types: Body and Time, both expend very little.

You still have the sword, though it seems a bit different than how you remember it. Its function is the same, but you'd rather avoid firing off another time-blast if you can avoid it.

Now that you've taken the time to test your wings a little, you've noticed that your physical form is a bit... odd.
Like you're wearing it by choice, instead of actually requiring it.

You could be wrong about that, so you don't think you'll be doing away with it anytime soon. Though if nothing else, you definitely have more control over it than you used to.

Which might be a bad thing, as you have to focus a bit on keeping your movements natural. You practice that for a bit, lest you get caught teleporting around, or reforming yourself in a new direction instead of turning...

Once you're confident that you can pass as a mortal, you give yourself a once over in the mirror.

Your eyes stand out a bit, in the same way that Kyla's and Tasha's did. Your hair is... different... sort of trendier than it used to be. You wonder who talked you into this haircut, as you definitely wouldn't have gotten it yourself...

Otherwise you look like you.

Satisfied with your appearance, you decide to-

>Go to the Cafe

>Give Tasha a call

>See what Jess is up to

>Other

>>45704699
>See what Jess is up to

>>45704699
>>Go to the Cafe
Let's see Dad.

>>45704699
>See what Jess is up to

Shit's different. Not saying our brother is alive or anything but I want to touch base.

Also.. feel good moment of her not totally being dead.

>>45704699
>Go to the Cafe

Yeah... we wouldn't know Tasha without BM, so that would be odd for her.

>>45704699
>See what Jess is up to

I wonder if any of this newfound power affected Safi as well?

>>45704793
Tasha is still Yui's landlady in this timeline, so Saif has met her.

>writing

You decide to see what your resident firearms enthusiast is up to. She'll probably be getting readyfor tonight, which means that she'll be heading to the warehouse to meet up with her teammates soon.

But you can sense that she is still home, so you head to her door... shit, you hope no one saw you teleport like that. Focus on the path, not the destination...

Well either way, you're here now. So you knock.

After a few seconds, the door opens... but no one is there.

"Ahem" A voice from below says.

You look down and see Sarah. You'd actually forgotten about her. Come to think of it, you assumed that Jess was the only one here because you only felt one person, and that person was a mage...

Has Sarah awoken? It definitely feels like she has.

"Do you need something, or are you going to stand there all day?" Sarah asks.
"Well, not -all- day. That would be silly" You say.
"You here for a rematch?" She asks.
"I was actually hoping to talk to your mom" You say. "Is she in?"

"No" Sarah says. "She said she wouldn't be home 'till a bit later"
"Oh" You say. "When was this?"
"She called like... 5 minutes ago" She says.

"I see..." You say.

>Wait... rematch for what?

>Head to the warehouse

>Head to the cafe

>Other

>>45705393
>>Wait... rematch for what?

>>45705393
>Head to the cafe

>>45705393
>Wait... rematch for what?

Dammit we're still not breaking off a piece of that cake. Alright well maybe we've had intimate relations with Zee. She's cute as shit.

>>45705393

>Head to the cafe

Time to talk with family. Also we should try and redeem Harvey by being an actual friend and come to a compromise where what's her goddess face helps him with his whole dead mom thing.

>>45705561
HAh

Yeah nah fuck him.

>>45705588
I dunno man. Dude is just a kid, who seems to be in a pretty shit situation his whole life.

But either we plan to reform him, or assassinate him with time magic and physics like say speeding up and planting a bunch of fucking bombs around him, before we join the blood moon. If we join it.

>writing

>>45705625
If the guy has still horribly fucked peoples lives up by being a slaving douche you don't say, "Oh better help redeem him!"

Lots of individuals have dead parents and don't turn into sociopaths. Mummy is deeaaad isn't an excuse for anything that he's done.

>>45705625
> This is how I paladin.

All or nothing yo. But yeah, we should get family involved ASAP.

>>45705654
He was raised to be a slaving douche by his douchebag dad, and isolated from everyone else who put him in the Bad Guy camp from the get go because of his parents.

I don't think it's unreasonable to try and save him.

>>45705696
What the actual fuck? He's still a human being who can make decisions. He has chosen poorly.

Trying to 'redeem' someone like Harvey is only going to bite you in the ass.

>>45705625
He and his family ruined hundreds, if not thousands of lives, without batting an eye-lash.

All because he wants his mommy back? How many mothers did he take away from THEIR children? Fathers?

He's a bastard.

>>45705753
He's an ass. Not sure if he's trying to stir shit up or he's actually that stupid.

>>45705625
Also, just a side note: Harvey's in his early twenties.

He might be MENTALLY be a 12 year old brat, but he's no kid.

>>45705588
>>45705625
I dont know about befriending him,but I can see sitting down and convincing him to stop being a shitlord, Should be simple, since we know what his motivation is now.
I dunno, I think hes a dick, but I give him some props for finding out that he basically had total control over people that entire time as a teenager and basically no oversight, and he never abused it other then making some people his servants, save for maybe that one incident with Safi, and he still didnt do it himself. Im not sure I'd have the same restraint.

>>45705796
Just saying we could try to actually be the good guy this time around instead of "incompetent waffling over powered Shonen protagonist" like we were last time.

Or we commit to being a basted and start ganging people while staying outside of the Blood Moon using our time magic. But Harvalarva dies first so we can get our twin who has the same power on our side ASAP so she isn't a secret end boss or some shit.

Because I don't know if you guys noticed, but Smiley plays for fucking keeps. So let's decide where we want our goddammit morals to be now that we're sort of kinda god. Do we want to be the good guy no matter the risks, or become the bad guy to try and save EVERYONE, except not everyone because we're going to kill some people who in this time line haven't done the things we want to kill them for.

Do you want to kill baby Hitler, anon? I'm fine playing either way because it's a game and I'm not a little bitch, but don't discount the option out of hand because you're salty about being inept last game.

That way lies Homucifer.

>>45705850
He made his servants sleep in bunkers, and loves the fact that he has total control of small army of mages.

He has no friends for a reason.

I mean, he SHOWED OFF his set up to Abby, thinking she'd be impressed.

Ugh.

"Well, if she calls again let her know that I- wait" You say. "Rematch for what?"
"Sparring" She says. "I almost had you last time, and I've been practicing that move you showed me"

You raise an eyebrow at that, as you struggle to remember 'last time'.

Okay, don't panic. Just because your memory is a jumbled mess doesn't mean you can't recall one simple thing... let's start with what you had for breakfast this morning.

Or maybe that's too non-specific. Let's try remembering what you were doing before god-you took over from mortal-you...

You were coming back from... something... you think...

"Are you okay?" Sarah asks.
"Yeah, I'm good" You say. "Anyway, I'll take you on later. Right now I need to go force Dwight to make me a Coffee, or I may just go crazy"

"Alright" She says. "Maybe tomorrow then, if you aren't busy"
"Sure thing" You say, giving her hair a little tussle as you step back.

Sarah smiles and waves as she closes the door. So you've been teaching her the fine art of beating people up, have you? You wish you could remember doing that.

Well you do, kind of. But this is not the first time you've done this. The issue is not so much in remembering events, but telling them apart. You've done everything so many times that it's all one big mess of the same things happening at different times or in different ways...

For all you know, the you from this timeline could be a mass-murdering sexual deviant and you would never be able to tell.

But you can deal with that later. Right now you want coffee.

>[1/2]

>>45705930
He's not baby Hitler. This isn't going back to his birth or something. He's already a shitlord and we had instances to speak with the fuck before.

This isn't baby or art student Hitler. This is I've established the party and I'm starting to vie for election.

He's an egotistical maniac and thinks he deserves power over all those people. This is not the type of person you sit down to reason with.

"That way lies homucifer" What the fuck is this? Anime trope lol!

I'm not 100% sure what the set up looks like right now because things are decidedly different, however trying to 'redeem' Harvey is just lawful stupid. Being prepared to gank someone like him doesn't suddenly make you an immoral monster.

Your half-assed attempts at philosophy should be kept to yourself.

>>45705957
So basically he treated 99% of real life slave owners then? Because basically the entire point of my point went over your head.
He had every opportunity to go into full blown monsterhood, but he didnt, and people with far less resources and control over others have and do. SO I think there might be something redeemable there, should we choose to try.And it could save us a lot of trouble in the end too.

>>45706123
*treated them better than

>>45706152
What the fuck? You're like one of those slavery revisionists. The fact that they're slaves in and of itself is abusive in this context.

>Naw the blacks loved being enslaved! They had jobs and family!

>>45706152
Four bed bunkers, crammed into a small space.

All utilitarian. No substance, or even posters, for god's sake.

>>45706220
The sad thing is, like Safi, all of them must of thought that they had 'family' that they were far away from; they thought that this was a 'job', and they were picked because they were 'the best'.

>>45706210
>>45706220
I didnt say he was a good person, or that it was even good or right, just that he had reason, and even incentive in some cases to be far more abusive then he was and he still didnt. We could probably do better then just killing him outright, it neither fixes the problem or relly gains us anything, other then maybe satisfying egos.

>>45706341
He forced Safi to take her own purity by making her stuff an oversized dildo up her snatch, all while he watched.

He also whiplashed her, and then forced her to not sleep.

He was horrifying.

>>45706039
I see you don't have any sort of reading comprehension.

You're a moron.

>>45706123
Let's not forget that it's quite possible nobody ever actually told him he was wrong. If anything, given how traumatic shit going down after the gods got kicked out, it's entirely possible that it was framed as him doing it for the safety of everyone involved. Mutant Registration Act yeah?

>>45706341
Sadly Anon are stuck on what Harvey did last game. Which personally I don't see as being much different from our "we just have to win and then we can fix everything and save our horrible Fuck ups". I mean, you don't think it was even a little traumatizing for Harvey to be alienated with only his slaves and then to have even them get killed off?

Like I said, I'm okay of we go the villain route and slaughter people. But let's not pretend we are anything but a murderer if we do that.

>>45706424
It was so that we would stop killing his other slaves, and not kill him. I mean, did you forget the part where we were a monster as well? Killing for power? We could have negotiated a surrender and fucked off with everyone safe but we chose to sacrifice them for our ideals.

And this Harvey hasn't done any of that yet.

Oh well. We didn't save ANYONE last time despite trying to be all murder boner, I'm prepared for that to happen again.

And now you're at the Cafe.

Well, the front doors to be more exact.

You quickly check around to make sure no one saw that. You'll take the lack of screaming normies to mean that your blatant disregard for reality has gone unnoticed.

Seems like you can get away with this stuff to a certain degree. But... let's try to keep things physically normal for the time being.

So, you walk up to the door like a normal person, open it like a normal person, and step in like a normal person.

"Welcome~" A familiar, feminine voice calls out.
"Yo, how's it-" You stop. This is new... you think.

You look around at the sight before you, for it is a sweet sight.

Yui, Kyla, Abigail and Safi are all here. But instead of the usual uniforms, they're all dressed up like maids.

"What do you think?" Yui asks. "Cute, right?"

You open your mouth to answer, but find yourself choking up. You remember quite vividly how your last contact with both Yui and Kyla went.

To see them all here is... it feels good.

"Whoa dude, they're just maid outfits" Safi says. "No need for the waterworks"
"He's clearly dumbstruck" Abigail says, as she flicks her long hair back.

You clear your throat and wipe your face, returning to the moment before you embarass yourself. "Sorry, I was uhhh... distracted" You say.

Yui steps over and leans into you. "Soooooo...?" She asks.

>What's with the maid outfits?

>I like it

>Is Dwight here?

>Other

Also, for the sake of getting the inevitable romance stuff out of the way early on. A vote like this one will continue popping up until someone wins.

>Kiss the Yui? [Y/N]

>>45706519
It's been established, clearly, that he will do it, if Saif gives the right push.

Telling him that he has no friends. Only slaves.

>>45706535
>I like it
N
What a weird way to do romance. I'm still sticking with Abigail though.

>>45706535
>I like it
N

>>45706535
>What's with the maid outfits?
>N

>>45706341
I'm not going to discuss this with you further. Slave owners had a compelling interest to keep people enslaved, and they could have been worse!

We've seen how Harvey acts. Are you forgetting his nasty little, Hah! Now you or Safi has to die!

That shows what kind of horrible little shit he is when push comes to shove. The risks afforded by working with that monster are far too great.

You're begging for outright stupidity for a perceived advantage of having Harvey as an ally. We go back in time with great knowledge and you want to piss it away by trying to give this dick a second chance.

He had it when he surrendered last time. The short events of the blood moon tested his character and we saw what he was... what you're suggesting is just asinine.

>>45706470
>I see you don't have any sort of reading comprehension.

>You're a moron.

This isn't a fucking villian route you moron. This is being totally aware of what kind of person he is...

You're insufferable... you're literally advocating an alliance with a snake. He's not going to have a sudden revelation that everything he's doing is wrong.

If anything blood moon has established "good guys" are not entirely a thing.

>>45706519
You're either an irredemable idiot or a troll.

"You guys have murderboner! Don't you see Harvey is actually just needing philosophy and good guy words!" Yeah we'll hand him a fucking bible. Ass.

>>45706535
>>What's with the maid outfits?
>>I like it
>>Is Dwight here?

Please tell me he isn't wearing a maid outfit.

>>45706580
>not Kyla
pleb

>>45706535
>>What's with the maid outfits?
>>I like it
>>Is Dwight here?

>writing

>>45706594
> assassination with no attempt to communicate or bargain with the other person

> Because of what someone similar to them did in another time line that is now obliterated

> not the villain route after we pretty much killed everyone who existed in the previous time line, so that we could have a similar one with similar people.l we personally knew because we're a little birch.

It sure is first year philosophy and ethics in here. We should probably go back in time and kill the founding fathers because they kept slaves. And all the other cultures that kept slaves, wiping out all of human history because surely there were never any different points of view or morality other than yours with their own justifications and contexts that people would be socialized to accept as normal versus your own enlightened self.

Even if you aren't, I hear by grant you the title of spiritual nigger and niggard.

>>45706594
It's cool, we're just going to go chill with our Russian Mafia dad now. Pretty sure he's never done anything bad that we should randomly kill him for.

>>45706594
People do horrible things in horrible situations, thats not surprising nor an accurate gauge of character, but whatever.
Im not even interested in having Harvey as an ally, or a friend, I just want to give him the opportunity to be a better person, or at least get him out of the way, and out of the slave business without killing him.

>>45706877
Sad to say that I can almost guarantee that his slaves will rip him apart when they're free.

I don't think we'd be able to talk them out of that.

>>45706860
The Malikovs are mercenaries, not mafia.

It's just a term that gets thrown around.

>>45706860
Russian Mafia dad also drowned two Hart goons trying to kidnap Saif and Yui, then took them in, when he didn't have to.

>>45706860
We have a level of understanding with him to ensure he won't dick us over. Harvey has proven to be untrustworthy and vindictive.

>>45706829
The whole situation is morally grey with our victory in the last blood moon. I'm aware of the prevalence of slavery throughout history.

I wouldn't have even entirely minded.

The argument that slavery isn't that bad because he could have done worse! Is idiotic.

My main point wasn't the slavery issue. It's that anon is advocating working with an untrustworthy broker and using the, "Well he could have been WORSE! To his slaves," as the redeeming option.

He literally can't be dealt with in good faith.


>>45707019
Clearly we should let them know that he could have been worse!

>>45707152
Let's not forget that Harvey tried to kill Saif when he was 12, and Saif was 8. When he realized that Saif couldn't be mind controlled by his orb, he figured that Saif was awakened, and , thus, expendable. He then preceded to try and beat him to death.

"I like it" You say. "But why?"
"Because the ratio of cute girls here has gotten to the point where we get shifts with nothing but" Yui says. "So I decided that Sundays would be maid days"

"I take it Dwight's not here then?" You ask.
"He stepped out with Boss for a bit" Safi says.

"Dang" You say. "And here I was going to make him make me a coffee"
"Dwight's not the only one who knows how t make coffee, you know" Yui says.

"Yeah, but he's the only one that can do it ri-hwuh!" You say, as Yui's fist collides with your stomach.

That didn't really hurt, but you still reacted like a normal human. You'll chalk that up as a win.

You look back up and take stock of the room. There aren't any customers here, currently. But it is sort of a downtime for the cafe right now. The business usually picks back up after people have eaten dinner.

Safi and Kyla are at the counter reading a magazine of some sort. Probably a fashion thing, knowing Safi.

Come to think of it, why the hell is Kyla working here? Is there something you're missing?

And she's taken on her "adult" self. Which could mean that she's already been through her little disappearing act...

As you ponder, Abigail walks up and hands you a cup.

"Here" She says.
You take it from her. "Thanks" You say.

>Try and find out what's up with Kyla

>Ask everyone what their plans for tonight are

>Ask if there's a butler uniform for you

>Other

Also

>Kiss the Abby? [Y/N]

>>45707246
>Ask if there's a butler uniform for you
Y

>>45707246
>Try and find out what's up with Kyla
>Kiss the Abby? [Y/N]
N

>>45707238
See? I don't really have an argument against this except "we can choose to be better."

Or we can get the mask and pull the same trick as last time.

>>45707246
>Try and find out what's up with Kyla
N

Not just yet. Or not at all.

>>45707246
>>Ask everyone what their plans for tonight are

No butler uniform.
We're picking our own outfit this time.

>>45707246
>Ask if there's a butler uniform for you

> Y

Just saying, Smiley probably has a "you don't get off that easy" plan for when we gank Harvey, saving him might be the better meta gaming choice :)

>>45707278
>Don't want shonen trope
>choose to be better! Reason with the monster!

Do you even know what you're suggesting? What makes you think Harvey will accept any of this?

We should be figuring out what's going on/different and getting our allies in a row to discuss the problems we may have.

Kyla, Boss, Jessica, Abby.

Claire is a maybe at first and I wouldn't trust Yui or Safi if they're still under his control.

>>45707152
Thats NOT my Argument, and NOT what im advocating, thats simply how youre choosing to interpret it in order to give yourself the perceived moral high ground.
My Entire point was that was that given the level of power he had over people, the level of abuse was disproportionately less severe, given other example,s and that maybe that meant he has some degree of better nature that could be appealed to, given the opportunity. Obviously Slavery itself is an abhorrent practice, I didnt say it, because I shouldnt have to say it.
But yeah, lets keep going down this road. im sure this'll go somewhere good.

>>45707246

>Try and find out what's up with Kyla

DISCRETELY.

> Y

>>45707246
>>Try and find out what's up with Kyla
>>45707303
Agreed.

>>45707340
I don't want the moral high ground. I don't think there is a fucking moral high ground. It's why I'm fine with murdering him.

Fine I should have worded it as, "Him having slaves, or his slavery." And actually... is entering all of your slaves in a fight to the death proportionately better treatment?

Harvey isn't a good guy. My biggest issue isn't even how he had slaves, or why. It's that whenever we had any interaction with him. He was a monster. Think of all our social interactions and the deal we made with him.

>writing

>>45707437
>And actually... is entering all of your slaves in a fight to the death proportionately better treatment?

This.
He tried to rig the game by throwing people at the other contestants.

>>45707437
Fine. Thats a logical stance I can see taking. And I dunno, maybe im just coming at it from a different view that only makes sense to me because reasons.
Im still for putting the cards on the table and giving him ONE chance to get out of it with his life. Just one. After that, i'll vote for doing whatever needs to be done.

>>45707661
And after seeing how he acts I'm convinced that if we put the cards on the table for him we're literally just giving him a heads up to prepare for fucking us over.

>>45707743
It's kinda like Handsome Jack from Borderlands. He will ALWAYS fuck you over. Even if he's bonding with someone, and puts on his 'humane side' hat, it doesn't last.

Coffee in one hand, which means your other hand is free. So you put it on the back of Abigail's neck and pull her in for a smooch.

"How's it goin'?" You ask, as you slip your arm the rest of the way over her shoulder.

Like many versions of you have before, this you is currently dating Abigail.

Abigail smiles. "Same old" She says.
"What are you guys up to?" You ask.
"Kyla desperately needs a new winter jacket" Abigail says. "We're helping her pick one out"

"And how is the jacket hunt going?" You ask, as you and Abby join the rest of the group.
"Horribly" Safi says.
"It is not" Kyla says.

Safi gives Kyla an incredulous look, and then she points to something in the magazine. "This one is cute" She says.
"I don't like it" Kyla says.
"You didn't even look" Safi says.
"I did so" Kyla says.
"You did not" Safi says. "Because I was pointing to a refrigerator"

She's right. It's a refrigerator.

"It is a cute refrigerator though" Abigail says.
"I don't see it" Kyla says.
"Look at it this way" Abigail says, as she turns the magazine. "It looks like it has a little happy face"

"Oh, I see it" Yui says. "That is cute. Maybe we should get one of those, Ky"
"Refused" Kyla says. "The fridge we have is fine"
"The fridge we have is broken" Yui says.

>[1/2]

>>45707903
Looks like Kyla put on the "roommate" hat.

So... Yui and Kyla live together?

That's new. Not entirely surprising, but certainly new.

She probably showed up back in May, when the Blood Moon was supposed to start. But then it didn't and she still lacked the mana to leave her physical form, so Yui put her up, and Boss gave her a job.

You would have loved to have been there for that conversation. Making Kyla work must have been a hard sell...

And if Kyla is living with Yui, then that means that Tasha is her landlord. Now THERE's an interaction that you wouldn't want to miss.

"What's so funny?" Kyla asks.
"You guys" You say. "I don't think I've ever heard anyone argue so spiritedly about a fridge"
"I keep telling her it's fine" Kyla says.
"And I'm getting tired of all of my yogurt going bad" Yui says.

You chuckle. "You guys argue like an old married couple" You say.
"We do no-" They both say at once.

You laugh even harder. This is too much.

As you laugh, the front door opens.

"We're ba-" Dwight says, as he stops dead in his tracks.
Boss steps in behind him. "New uniforms are not bad" He says. "Might change theme to this. Bring in more customers"

"I could get behind that" You say.
"Oh, hey man" Dwight says. "I didn't think you were on shift today"
"I'm not" You say.

"So what brings you here?" Dwight asks.

>I sensed that something cute was happening

>Blood Moon's tonight

>Coffee

>Other

>>45708391
>>Coffee

Although the Blood Moon reveal would be hilarious.

>>45708446
Might wanna wait a bit, since we don't actually know if we're officially in the tournament yet.

>>45708391
>Other

Can I talk to you and Yui in private?

> Blood moon tonight

We gotta kill Harvey before it happens.

>>45708391
>Blood Moon's tonight

Let's get straight to the point.

>taking a short break to eat. Will be back in a bit.

>>45708537
Remember: Dwight and Safi will HAVE to tell Harv that Saif's involved, if he does this; they're not free yet.

>>45708537
Blood Moon's already started. The Champions are chosen, and can't be killed by other Champions, even if the actual fighting hasn't started.

>>45708391
>>Coffee

If we're going with the reveal...

>"Honestly, you guys kinda suck at keeping supernatural shit secret."

>>45708391
>Coffee
I'd wait on the blood moon thing guys.

At least have us talk to boss in private. Talking to Yui and Dwight would be unbelievably bad.

>>45708681
>As he sips his coffee, nonchalantly.

>>45708391
>>45708838
Agreed.

Maybe not Boss, though.

In character, he doesn't know if he's involved, or has to pick a champion.

>>45708914
*Saif doesn't know

>>45708391
>Coffee
Not yet.

>writing

>>45708537
>>45708391
Cancel this, I was thinking of Boss. We gotta talk to him and Yui.

>>45709339
Too late you doomed us all.

"Coffee" You say, as you take a sip. "How about you?"
"Oh, I was just helping Boss with something" Dwight says, before turning to Boss. "But something's come up, and I gotta head. Is that cool?"

"Is fine" Boss says. "Tell your mother I said hello"
"Will do" Dwight says. "See you guys!"

"See you later" You say.

Dwight ducks out, and heads in the direction of Harvey's manor...

"So if we're changing the Cafe's theme, does that mean that I get a maid outfit too?" You ask.

...

"No, we'll probably put you up in a butler's uniform" Safi says, as she picks up her phone
"Hmm, I think that would look pretty good" Kyla says. "The butler outfit... not the maid's dress"

"You don't think I could cut it in a dress?" You ask.
"I'm not even curious about how that might look" Kyla says. "Don't include us in your fetishes, pretty boy"
"You're a little too buff to pull off the 'cute maid' look" Abigail says.
"What about muscle maid?" You ask.

"This conversation got weird, fast" Safi says, as she puts her phone away.
"What's up?" You ask her.
"Text from my neighbour" She says. "I think I need to get home, like... now. Could you cover the rest of my shift, Saif?"

>Sure

>Tell Harvey I said hi

>You don't have neighbours

>Other

>>45709484
>You don't have neighbours

>>45709484
>>Sure
>But, hmmm... I thought you didn't have any neighbors?

>>45709484
>You don't have neighbours

>>45709484
>>You don't have neighbours

>>45709484
As much as I want to discuss things here, maybe we should join safi and pay Harvey a visit.

>writing

>>45709712
I think this option is more for making her sweat, as we caught her in a lie.

"You don't have neighbours" You say.
Safi's eyes narrow. "Yes I do" She says.

"Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever been to your house" You say.
"It's a little small for having company" She says.
"And my apartment isn't?" You ask. "But anyway, if you have to go then I can cover your shift"

"Oh, uhhh... thanks man" Safi says. "I'll go get changed then"

Safi heads off into the back, and you take another sip. "This is pretty good" You say.
"So what's with you today?" Abigail asks.
"Nothing, why?" You ask.
"You seem... off" Abigail says.
"Oh" You say, as you take another sip. "There's a reason for that. I'll tell you later"

"Come to think of it, I don't think I've been to Safi's either" Yui says. "How about you, Abby?"
Abigail scowls. "I've seen it. She's not kidding about not having much space" She says.

"Well, I know where it is. I'll probably swing by later and make sure she's alright" You say.
"That's... probably not a good idea" Abigail says.
"Few things are" You say, as you take another sip.

After a minute or so, Safi comes out of the back dressed casually and heads off in the same direction Dwight went.

That leaves You, Abigail, Boss, Yui and Kyla...

>So what's everybody doing tonight?

>Have you heard the word of the Fool, our lord and saviour?

>Head somewhere else (specify)

>Other

>>45710163
>>Head somewhere else (specify)

Back to apartment. We have to get ready to rock the casbah.

>>45710163
Wait.. in this one is Kyla Yui's contractor?

>Head somewhere else
Go find Jessica and hash this shit out. She's an adult and reasonably intelligent.

>>45710163
>So what's everybody doing tonight?
It is time to have the blood moon chat.

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>>45710163
>>45710209

We'll talk after the first night.

>>45710318
A vote for heading back to apt., btw

I can get behind the idea of talking things out AFTER we save Dwight and Safi.

>>45710243
>Wait.. in this one is Kyla Yui's contractor?
That's actually how it was supposed to be, before Tasha hijacked her.

>writing

>>45710450
Huh. So we can die now? Or.. are we a god and can't die at all...? Can we contract someone? Should we go get ourselves a participant?

>>45710475
From my understanding, a god can fight in the Blood Moon, it's just that they aren't omni-present, and invincible.

Also, they can be killed. It's why they make humans fight, instead of them.

>>45710542
Bingo

>>45710475
>>45710542
They're still incredibly badass, but they're too paranoid about their own safety.

>>45710559
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMRo5XCKddQ

"Is it cool with you guys if I duck out for a bit as well?" You ask. "I haven't eaten dinner yet, and I need to feed the cat as well"
"Is fine. I was probably going to close shop early tonight anyway" Boss says. "Will text to let you know"

Woah, Boss is into text messaging now? How the times they do change.

"Well, I'll see you guys later" You say, giving Abigail a quick peck on the cheek.
"See you" She says.

You wave as you methodically turn and walk to the door, step through, walk out of view, and...

Bam. You're home.

You could get used to this kind of travel.

"I'm back, fuzzball" You call out.
"Meeeeeeeeeeer" Moriarty calls back.

You go to your fridge and pop it open, quickly pulling out some leftovers and giving them a sniff. You don't usually keep things in here for too long, but it's better to be safe than to be sorry.

Come to think of it, do you even need to eat? Kyla and Tasha both did when they took on human forms, but you're not sure if this counts as something like that...

Then your stomach growls, and answers your question for you.

You pop those leftovers into the microwave, and pour some food out for the cat.

>[1/2]

Food is probably a thing that they have to have, but we know that they can CHOOSE to not get drunk.

tfw we port in front of Harv, scaring him pissless.

>"Ah! JUST the asshole I was looking for!"

"Ahh... nothing like day old pasta to fill the stomach" You say. "At least I hope that was just a day old. I'm pretty sure I can't get sick, but it's still kinda gross to be eating something that's gone bad"

"Mew" Moriarty says.

"Things at the cafe went well" You say. "Abigail is my girlfriend apparently"
"Mee" Moriarty says.
"Not complaining" You say. "I've always found her to be pretty fun"

You fold your arms over the table, and rest your chin on them.

Abigail should be an easy sell. She only joined the Blood Moon because of Miles and Mila. Those two are going to be the hard part.

From what you remember of them, they're both incredibly devoted to their cause. Convincing them to give it up may not be te easiest thing in the world...

But you can worry about that after dealing with some more pressing issues. The text from Boss came in while you were eating. He's closing shop early, which means the Cafe is likely where he is going to meet with The Smith to hammer the details about tonight.

So you've got people everywhere, and you need to meet with... all of them.

You sigh. It's not even 8 o'clock yet and you're already tired... not physically tired, of course. But mentally, just looking at all the shit you have to do is making you want to destroy the moon entirely.

But that would probably do more harm than good, so you-

>Make yourself a contestant

>Go to the Hart Manor

>Go back to the Cafe

>Go to Jessica's warehouse

>Other

>>45711202
>>Make yourself a contestant

Hell. Yes.

>>45711202
>Make yourself a contestant

>>45711245
Can't really help them all if we're not part of this, yeah?

>>45711202
>Make yourself a contestant
Our watch is totally going to be our Artifact isnt it?

>>45711202
Can we deal with harvey before we make ourselves a contestant?

>>45711202
>Make yourself a contestant

>>45711202
>>Go to the Hart Manor

>>45711202
>It's not even 8 o'clock yet and you're already tired...

Wait... does he know the time on instinct, now? Smiley didn't say that he looked at his watch, or the clock...

>>45711202
>>Go to the Hart Manor

>>45711323
Here's the issue: a fellow god killing another gods' champion, before Blood Moon starts, and doing something like that on The Guardian's turf?

The other gods wouldn't be happy.

Naw, we gotta play by the rules, a little bit.

>writing

>>45711335
>>45711305
>>45711266
>>45711245
Don't you want to like.. gank harvey... before becoming mortal?

For the record guys we may want to talk to people early to find out who is what.

If Yui has a different benefactor the rest might as well.

>>45711495
Yui is most likely The Guardian, this time.

I think the only major change is who The Traitor is.

>>45711495
Yeah, dont want to start operating on too much meta knowledge because we dont know how things are going to start diverging.
Also, worst case scenario, couldnt we just break into the mansion with our new teleporty stuff and destroy the mind control crystal? Or steal it to use a leverage or something?

>>45711462
We don't have to kill him but we could have freed the slaves/our sister before gimping ourselves

>>45711609
I don't know.. It might be god teleport proof

>>45711202

>Go to the Hart Manor

>>45711638
Killing him is the only way. The crystal is only a tool that he can use as an implement.

>>45711644
How?

>>45711696
What? He cant do tht kind of long range or long term control without the crystal, and its not replaceable. what are you even on about?

>>45711644
We also have our time and body magic, we could just slow shit down.

>>45711698
I don't know, magic?

>>45711734
The crystal is FOR brainwashing, not for keeping his slaves in control.

>>45711833
Why don't we just, I dunno, kill him? What are the other gods going to do, bitch?


It's personal.

Alternatively we could try to awaken our twin to her portion of godly power.

>>45711890
We should have killed him before hand. We just became a contestant now we're mortal.

If we give her god power.. would he still be able to control her?

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> MFW Harvey has a different patron this time.

>>45711921
We haven't made ourselves a contestant yet.

You clear your plate and clean your stuff up. You feel like there should be some kind of magic thing that you can do to make this easier, but you can't think of one.

Then you go back to the window. The Moon is lower in the sky now, and it's turned a lovely shade of red.

There isn't much sense in going through all this preparation when you don't even know how to become a contestant, or if that's even possible at this point.

You can feel the massive amount of Mana currently being stored in the Arena. Seems like the other gods just take a piece of that and use it, along with their own mana, to make their item.

So you guess that you just... take a piece?

Yo draw it towards you and into... something... shit. What do you have on you that can serve as a proper item?

As the mana draws nearer and nearer, you run down the list of possibilities. You need something that fits with the name, and isn't incredibly cliche.

The rules out the sword and the watch, as magic swords and watches have been done to death. There's already at least one other god who has a gun as their object... a grenade, maybe?

Nah. You can't even think of what sort of cool thing that a grenade might do... other than explode. But if you're going to imbue a grenade with the power to explode, you might as well just use a normal grenade.

There's gotta be something that fits the Fool that changed the past, something tha-

Hang on. That's it.

>[1/2]

>>45711964
Wait no I was wrong. Still, we should be able to make a pretty solid Murder Alliance to Fuck up Harvey.

You hold the glass ball from your brother's will in your palm, feeling the strange warmth that it now carries.

It's your object now. The Fool's Chance.

"Only a Fool can undo can undo what was..." You say, reading the new inscription. It's a simple change. Just one word out of nine, but it makes all the difference.

"Meow" Moriarty says, as he sniffs the object in your hand.
"I'm not sure what it does" You say. "Maybe it's in the App... if I have it. Let's see..."

You pull out your phone and look at where the Blood Moon app was before. It's there once more, so you open it up.

"No info... huh?" You say.

It has all the same tabs as it did before, but where names and descriptions were the last time, there is only a bunch of '?'s.

"Well, whatever" You say. "I don't think I'll be needing this for anything other than entry"
"Meew" Moriarty says.
"Yeah, that probably alerted the gods to the presence of an unknown" You say. "They don't seem to be onto me, though"

Chances are they ignored you as you created your item, because you aren't the only one doing that. But now there's an interloper registered in their precious little tournament. That ought to throw them for a loop for a bit.

Now that you know that you're a contestant...

>What do?

>>45712305
Costume. We need to look the part.

>>45712305
Go get our sister

>>45712373
oh, and get a disguise

>>45712373
She's under Harv's control, right now.

Calm yourself.

>>45712373
Another option, we could maybe stop Claire from murdering all those people.
Because you know...murder.

>>45712373
If we mess with champions, then that alerts the gods.

We have the element of surprise, here.

>>45712373
>>45712456
I'll back this but not straight up Claire! Wait! Murder is Wrongest! But more in the Claire let's dick over Harvey, hard. We go after him they're all free.

Also maybe warn her that Julia is a total cunt.

>>45712405
That can be rectified.

>>45712482
"Hey maybe watch out for killing Jessica's friends that are in this that'll cause a real mess">>45712485

>>45712305
>>45712352
>>45712400

Gotta enter in something.

I don't think we should just rush over there. Smiley has said, clearly: he HAS to die to free them. Breaking the crystal won't do it.

Okay... now I remember why I don't really have 'what do's' very often.

New vote.

>Go to the Hart Manor

>Contact Claire

>Visit Jess

>Other

>>45712677
>>Go to the Hart Manor
I'm down for appearing in his vault, and smashing his precious crystal.

>>45712677
>Go to the Hart Manor

>>45712677
>>Contact Claire
>>Visit Jess
They're buddies, Safi's her sister in law, hopefully claire won't kill Jess's friends this time around.

>>45712677
>Visit Jess
>Contact Claire
Can we do both? Heart Manor I think is retarded because we can't kill him now and have become Mortal. Killing him disqualifies us.

>>45712705
Saif's been in there, so he can zap inside it.

>>45712705
I'm just for going in, smashing his crystal, and leaving, if we're going to do something.

Sister first guys!

>>45712814
Yeah the time for sister first was BEFORE we made it so freeing her would disqualify us. Now we need to operate within the blood moon framework because of you idiots.

>>45712705
Could be at least a great way to troll him, before the fighting starts.

>writing

>RIP in pieces Jess's friends

Time to screw with ol' Harvey.

Now that you're officially a part of this, you can't kill him outside the arena. But that doesn't mean you can't let him know how much you dislike the fact that he has your sister.

So, 1 step, 2 steps, aaaand you're in his vaults.

You can feel the barrier around this place. Normally a good barrier would be able to keep you from teleporting in. But this place's barrier does no such thing.

It only erases the memories of those who try to exit without permission, which won't work on you, and it alerts the owner to any intrusions...

Which means that someone will likely be joining you down here soon. Which is bad. Maybe.

Unless you're hoping for company...

>Smash the crystal and leave

>Stick around and wait for whoever shows up

>Wait until someone shows up, then smash the crystal and leave

>Other

>>45713242
>Smash the crystal and leave

>>45713242
>Smash the crystal and leave

>>45713242
>>Smash the crystal and leave

Leave a little note:

>Generations of Mind Magic can kiss my ass

Then a smiley face.

>>45713316
Still a little upset that we never did end up pointing out "generations of mind mages" already had learned from it, and the result was the Hart family.

>>45713242
>>Smash the crystal and leave

No notes. They can probably scry that shit or something. Magic man.

>>45713373
Yeah, but now other mind mages in the future can learn anything from it.

>>45713443
*Can't

>>45713443
No Hart family 2.0? Great!

>>45713427
Saif can already screw normal magic with divine magic.

Could work.

>writing

You search around the back, where Safi went off to when she found the crystal. It isn't exactly hard to find, as its energy sticks out like a neon, glowing sore thumb in the dead of night.

"Welp" You say, hefting it momentarily before shattering it into a million pieces. "Sayonara"

You admire your work for a moment, before heading out. Safi was right. That was pretty damn satisfying.

But you really should get out of here. You getting caught could have some pretty bad consequences for your sister.

So, where to now?

>Cafe

>Warehouse

>Clairehouse

>Other

>>45713875
>Apt.

Honestly? I feel like we should approach jessica's team once we've shown our stuff as a Champion.

Hell, approaching AS the Fool might be better.

>>45713934
As it stands, it'll be pretty hard to talk them into ANYTHING, until we've shown that we should be taken seriously.

>>45713875
So wait, are we our own chmpion, or are we a sponsor, and we can pick another champion, and fight for someone else?

>>45714026
We are a champion, just to clear that up for ya

>>45713875
>>45713934
Yeah, when he's shown his power, they'll be more willing to talk.

>>45714079
That includes Boss/Claire/etc.

>>45713934
"I'm magic, time travel bullshit, claire killed your friends last time around lets make sure that doesn't happen."

Oh man, I just realized this should mean his mortal slaves are free for as long as he's in the arena.

>>45714141
It's a toughie, since it would be a lot to swallow, on just his word alone.

Remember: Jessica is kind of paranoid, considering that she rigged her warehouse to blow.

>>45714194
Knowing all about being her brother in law the identity of a bunch of other contestants should be a good convincing deal I think.

Had to step away for a minute, but now I'm back and
>writing

>>45713875
>Clairehouse

>>45714335
>>45714322
Fuck.
Even more RIP in pieces Jess's friends.

>>45714364
I'm probably going to end this thread soon, but I will let you guys know in advance that you need to start making some progress.

Going into the Arena without any real prep or discussion with the other champs can and will hurt your chances of ensuring your friends make it out the other end.
We're shooting for the good end here, guys. Make it work.

>>45713875
>>Clairehouse

>>45714586
I see. Hmmm...

Claire first, in my opinion.

>>45714586
What did I say guys, we need to have the blood moon talk, but no, lets be all mysterious.

I honestly think this whole god mode new game+ is a pretty mediocre idea but I'm willing to see how it turns out

>>45714900
I like it.

>>45713875
>Clairehouse

>>45714586
> Cafe

One step, aaaand you're back in your apartment.

And to think, you used to walk or take the bus like a chump. Flickering wherever you please due to your strange new physics defying abilities is much easier.

"Fuuuzzball" You call out. "I'm back"

Moriarty is sleeping on the couch, and makes no note of your presence.

"Right, I sometimes forget that cats sleep like... all the time" You say.

...

"See, this sort of behaviour is at least normal when I have you to talk to" You say. "When you aren't listening, I'm just talking to myself like a crazy person"

...

"Maybe I am a bit crazy..." You say, as you walk over to the couch and sit down.

You feel good right now. After seeing all those people you lost, and hearing their voices which you never thought you'd hear again... it's left a warm feeling within you...

Unless that's the spaghetti. You really do wish you could remember how old that was...

"A brand new world, huh" You say.

As good as you feel though, the time for testing your wings has passed. Now it's time to get to work. You were given this chance through impossible circumstance, and you aren't about to squander it.

First, you'll need to sort out where this timeline's you stands with everyone. And that means sifting through your messy head for this timeline's memories.

"Well, let's get started..." You say.

Ending the thread here, because my connection is getting wonky. To the point where I'm posting this from my phone because Captcha doesn't want to work on my home network.

Next thread will be sometime during the week. I'll put up a notice on Twitter 1-2 hours before its starts.

For the next thread, don't be afraid to be open with the other characters about Saif's experience/new form. His goal is to save everyone, not keep his identity a secret.

Glad to see we haven't changed, and instead of making allies or bringing Yui and Boss up to speed and forming a super alliance or something we just dicked around.

> assuming Harveys place doesn't have shit like video cameras.

Hope we were in fast time.

>>45714900
I think anons are too dumb for it to work. All they're pretty much doing is the same thing they did the first time around i.e. going to the arena alone. Why on earth haven't we told Boss and Yui that it'd be a good idea to team up? Are we just going to let Claire kill everyone? I'm salty already.

>>45715180
I tried to vote for that. Or to gank Harvey before becoming a participant. Instead we ended up with this which really seems the worst of both worlds.

>>45715178
Great thread, Smiley!

Out of curiosity, just how butthurt is Harv, right now?

>>45715180
>>45715187
I think anons will come out of their shells next thread, if only partially.

I actually think it's a pretty good segue, having Saif check his memories first.

If I'd just posted instead of arguing THEN posting >>45714335 would've been before smiley started writing, so sorry guys my bad there.

>>45715095
Since there was a lot of "actually let's check in with clair" I don't suppose that can be the default assumption of what we do after the memory checkup next thread?

>>45715339
No worries, man. We'll get things sorted next time.

>>45715224
Ironically, I was the one who wanted to redeem Harvey if possible because I like a challenge.

But once everybody wanted to kill him I tried to vote for that.

And then fucktards voted to join the Blood moon early, ruining both our assassination AND possible negotiation.

We could have fucking had Harvey enter under US and controlled him that way to create a mega union against the Silent House dickbags.

And I don't think there are any rules against a god killing their own champion, no?

>>45715451
Yeah I was the guy arguing with you the whole time. I'm aware of the problem.

I have no idea about the god killing their own champion thing that's smiley's territory.

>>45715451
Congrats on a surprise finish on not being the DUMBEST person in this quest, but sorry you're still pretty damn dumb.

>>45715451
Yeah, there was more then one person arguing in that vein, nice try. Anyway, im super tired of every quest turning into an argumentative slog filled with combative assholes like>>45715564
who contribute nothing.
Im here to roleplay, not engage in a s shouting matches