>>2770968
Can this shit quest die already?

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>>2770968
You're not sure whether that's blame for the generalised insanity that's taken hold of your house since last night. It's not as if anyone here is a paragon of sanity on their best days.

And the most brutal fight happened before Ellie even showed up. The one that took down satellites as collateral damage.

Even the phone call you just had with Sachio and John (not of Patmos), your brothers in law, might have been the result of the usual shenanigans gone awry. You'd thought John was the most reasonable of the three (you'd had the third one, Haru, thrown in a bed with Ellie last night when they'd scored a mutual KO on each other, and that appears to have worked out better than anyone expected), but the card-sharp seems to have tried resolving Sachio's love triangle problems by getting his brother, and probably some other people blackout drunk, and Sachio's still mad.

Understandably.

The last two times you saw Sachio roaring drunk, he tried to kill you, and succeeded in killing his father, respectively. Anyone would have to be insane to try getting him drunk.

You walk over toward Kelly and Rick, who are casually smoking and swapping stories against the back wall of your house. A magical assassin and a demon chief of police are a dangerous combination, but that's almost par for the course now.

"...stuffed him back into his uniform," you hear Kelly say as you close in, obviously finishing a tale, "and his buddies got a rather explosive surprise when they recovered the body."

Rick laughs, and then notices you, "get some new intel on that call?" he asks.

"Nothing helpful," you say, "but we're not the only ones that had a crazy night. Wanted to talk strategy - first off, how accurate is Butler's map? I don't trust the guy."

"Looks reasonable," Rick tells you, and shrugs, "I haven't been back to Hell in years, and the place sort of... shifts?"

"What?"

"The lord's dominions change around them," he says, "takes a while, but they'll eventually reflect whoever holds them."

It sounds oddly like what you know of land gods.

"So we can't fight Gusion on his own turf," Kelly says, adding another puff of smoke to the gathering cloud, "he'd have a huge advantage. From what this guy tells me," he continues, prodding Rick with his elbow, "if we're doing this in Hell, we need somewhere on the border between two demon lord's domains."

>And if we're not doing it in Hell?
>Any good spots?
>Seems like you two have been getting along
>Is that going to pull in more third parties?
>WRITE IN

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>>2770989
When not enough people play, or if the mods ban me.

>>2771020
>And if we're not doing it in Hell?
>Any good spots?

>>2771020
>>Any good spots?

>>2771020
>>And if we're not doing it in Hell? it begins to sound like a bad idea.
>>Any other good spots? Perhaps a deserted island?

>>2771020
>>Any good spots?
>>And if we're not doing it in Hell?

>>2771033
Maybe the city that was razed by ellie

>>2771020
>And if we're not doing it in Hell?
>Any good spots?

>>2771020
>>And if we're not doing it in Hell?
>>Any good spots?

>>2770968
> But I'm watching ShoujoKageki Revue Starlight now, because it seems like a plot concept someone thought up on an acid trip, even though I'm not into idol-ish cute girls shows with lesbian overtones.
Yeah, you have fun with that, QM. I'm just gonna stay away from anything that can be described with that last sentence.
> later.jpg
> What the fuck is this show?
Consider me /entirely/ unsurprised.

But seriously, how ya doin', QM?
You get over your abusive relationship with the cold, hard floor yet?

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>>2771020
"Any good spots?" you ask.

"Focalor's domain bordered Gusion's," Rick tells you, "on a plain and a mountain range. Gusion's got a border with Beleth too, but I don't know it as well. Hell's all plains, mountains, and crevasses, anyway. We could get something in another lord's area, but we'd have to negotiate."

That sounds like playing politics.

"This is beginning to sound like a worse and worse idea," you say, "and would Gusion know that's a border with my sister now?"

"Not sure," Rick says, "I doubt anyone on that side knows about the leadership change. I think most of the big players would take the spectacle of a fight between a mortal and a duke as compensation, if we wanted to pull that one. We'd also get a built-in referee, in case he tries pulling his legions in."

"And if we're not doing it in Hell?" you ask, "not sure I want putting my life on the line to be a spectator sport."

"There's deserts," Kelly starts, "and some deserted islands, but they're all jungles. I'm a little leery about holding it anywhere on earth outside our control - although I might get someone to knock out the eyes in the sky, we're running a risk of tangling with the local supernatural folks. If something's deserted, there's usually a reason. We've also got some... assets here I can't deploy that far."

"And inhospitable environments are going to take it out of our forces," you say.

There aren't any good options.

Just ones that are bad for different reasons.

"We might be able to negotiate with the local supernatural forces," Rick says, and starts grinning, "I've got a legion of demons at your beck and call. Good ol' fashioned gunboat diplomacy, American-style," and then he takes a drag on his cigarette.

"I don't think you've ever seen a nature deity defending its turf," Kelly says, "as long at there's one tree left... and this duel," he continues, looking you in the eye, "is going to have a lot of collateral damage."

"Fair," Rick says, a little calmer.

At least you've got a decent mix of offensive capabilities. Both a flat plain and rough terrain give you some good options.

>Let's negotiate for a venue with a larger player in Hell
>Find me a deserted island, preferably one with a dead god
>If Gusion doesn't know he's bordering with Ellie and not Focalor, that could give us an advantage
>I hate deserts, but it might be our best option
>WRITE IN

>>2771091
>>If Gusion doesn't know he's bordering with Ellie and not Focalor, that could give us an advantage.

>>2771091
>>I hate deserts, but it might be our best option

>There aren't any good options.
This is very true. Deserts shouldn't have much in the way of life, supernatural or otherwise. And while it may be hot, I'm sure our crew can stand it for the relatively short time we're fighting. And we've got some experience in them, unpleasant as those times were.

>>2771091
>>If Gusion doesn't know he's bordering with Ellie and not Focalor, that could give us an advantage
>>Lets also bring Ellie into this chat. she might have some information that can help us.

This also gives us the excuse to get her clothed again.

>>2771100
Deserts shouldn't have much in the way of life, supernatural or otherwise.
Pretty certain there's a number of Arabic / other desert nomad superstitions about what powers dwell in deserts. Knowing our luck, we'd probably run into a djinn or some sort of supernatural sand fox.

(Full disclosure, my knowledge of Arabic superstition comes from a handful of half-baked references to Disney movies and a really weird novel I remember reading a small fragment of, about 10 years ago.)

>>2771020
>>Any good spots?
>>Seems like you two have been getting along

>>2771097
11:25 - 11:40ish voting period.

>>2771084
I will be resuming my relationship with my rug eventually, I'm sure.

If that last part lost you, we think the same. (Are you MadAboutGirlTalkAnon?) Still trying to decide whether the shoujou-ai aspect of the show is worth suffering through for the actually good parts. It's got one of the BEST transformation sequences I've seen, and the fights are really fun, particularly with the (literal) theatre that's employed.

>>2771106
>Full disclosure, my knowledge of Arabic superstition comes from a handful of half-baked references to Disney movies and a really weird novel I remember reading a small fragment of, about 10 years ago.
Full disclosure, my interpretation of every mythology I'm using is very little better. I know the sources, but fuck it, I just want to use what I think is most fun.

guys, could it be possible to call in a favor with our mother in law?
We fight on her domain and she helps us beat gusion, or at least make things fair. The only problem is that i don't know if there is something she could win from this or something we could offer her. Maybe demonic forces to help her repopulate, keep the shrines nice and stuff?

>>2771119
Her domain is a valley in the middle of Japan, near to the castle and at least one village. We like those people, let's not go wreck their home.

>>2771091
>Find me a deserted island, preferably one with a dead god
>If Gusion doesn't know he's bordering with Ellie and not Focalor, that could give us an advantage

>>2771091
>>If Gusion doesn't know he's bordering with Ellie and not Focalor, that could give us an advantage
>>2771119
The people are still rebuilding and I doubt she'd be open to the idea.

>>2771116
Yup, that's me. New thread, new computer, new ID. Still the same psychological issues.

> but fuck it, I just want to use what I think is most fun.
That sounds just fine by me.
I figure if we take this into a desert, we'll probably find a djinn manifesting in the form of a sandstorm, which will be quite /fun/, as most of our heavy hitters aren't good against large dispersed targets. Sorta the grey-goo scenario, even without the self-replicating aspect.

>>2771091
>If Gusion doesn't know he's bordering with Ellie and not Focalor, that could give us an advantage.

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>>2771091
"If Gusion doesn't know who that border's with," you say, "that could be an advantage."

"If he reneges," Kelly says, realizing what that means, "and bring his legions in, then he gets crushed. I like it."

"She might know something that could help, too," you say.

Rick and Kelly both start laughing.

"Those idiots still think they're following Focalor," Rick says, "and Butler hasn't had time to inform them yet - he was playing poker with me all night. With luck, Gusion won't realize he's not on neutral ground until it's too late."

"I don't want to scratch this duel too," you tell him, " so I don't want outside interference. But she might be able to give some insight on this, so let's get her in on this."

"She just took over last night," Rick says, with a grimace, "she wouldn't know anything about Focalor's domains yet."

"And Butler's the brains behind her operation," Kelly mutters, "at least from my conversation with him. We've got one hell of a setup on this - Gusion thinks it's a neutral border."

"And I really don't want to go back in that room," the assassin mutters, with an odd look on his face.

"So we're looking at the mountains or the plains?" you ask, "I'm trying to figure out where we have the most advantage."

"If," Kelly says, "if someone sets up a decent Hell portal, I can get the drones and their controls, and a generator in there. With the magical girls who can fly, we might have air superiority right there. Close air support covereth a multitude of sins, maxim four."

And Hell means they don't kill any more satellites if they go off-target.

"I think - don't quote me on this," Rick says, "but I think Gusion's honor guard is mostly ground-pounders. Mountains might bog them down. But my info might be bad."

>Mountains
>Plains
>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.
>I'm calling a general meeting, and I hope everyone's dressed.
>WRITE IN

>>2771179
>>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.

>>2771179
>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.
Gotta strategize fast!

>>2771179
>>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.
They know their people's capabilities better than anyone.

>>2771179
>>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.

>>2771179
>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.

QM WHEN DO WE TAKE JAPAN

>>2771219
Why HAVEN"T we done that yet?

>>2771212
Probably when we raise the Yamoto from it's watery tomb. But that's just my guess.
4chan pls stap fucking with my posts

>>2771219
>Probably when we raise the Yamoto from it's watery tomb.
i don't know why, but it sounds like a bad idea.

>>2771231
Anon, a fair amount of our choices were built off of seemingly bad ideas. Knowing us, it would be the least of our sins before the year is out.

>>2771179
>I think we need to talk this over with our other leaders, Mary, Madison, and the rest.
>I'm calling a general meeting, and I hope everyone's dressed.

>>2771202
While I’m thinking about we should also get the thousand year sword’s opinions on battle plans. It’s politics might be antiquated but battles are kind of it’s specialty.

>>2771242
Can we do like a conference call thing with it so everyone can hear and talk to it?

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>>2771179
"I think we need to talk this one over with the rest of our leadership," you say, and turn to go back inside.

"So you're not just going to make a decision," Rick says, and you look back at him as he stubs his cigarette out, "and tell everyone else to deal?"

"I'm no demon lord," you say marching along, "they know their people's capabilities. And that's a shit management strategy."

You catch a look from him.

"I have sworn loyalty to you," Rick says, "and I have a legion at my back."

"So I'll have a cheer squad," you mutter, "wonderful," you say, pushing open the back door.

It's the scene you've begun to expect from your living room - people everywhere, playing (and yelling about) videogames, conversations rin odd languages between wizards, magical girls lounging on couches while reading through your library, and all that jazz.

"Leadership meeting," you tell them, as you step inside, "NOW. In the dining room," and you keep walking. You can't waste any time - there's a duke of Hell about to knock on your door.

By the time you're in your chair at the head of the table, they're all here. Mary, with Harriet standing behind her chair, Liska, seated at your right hand, Madison, with her pet wizard (James, wasn't it?) behind hers, W, Kelly, and Rick. Freebles jumps onto the table and curls up.

Butler slides into a seat as if he doesn't want anyone to notice him.

"We all like this city," you begin, "so I'm giving some weight to taking this duel into Hell. Y'all been thinking about it?"

"You saw Myrna kill satellites," Madison says, "and there's no collateral damage I care about in Hell. We're down."

"Let's take the fight to him," Mary says, grinning, "let's show him what happens when he fucks with us."

Then a voice speaks from behind you, "he told me to give him to you for this," Sue says, and the Thousand Year Blade lands in your lap.

"A COUNCIL OF WAR?" thunders into your mind, "ARE WE FINALLY MARCHING ON EDO?"

"I think my brother's got that covered," you think at it, "but I think your advice might be good for this one."

"I WILL ADVISE, LORD!" you hear in your head, as you realize that most of the wakeful occupants of your house are filing into the room.

Soon you'll start charging rent.

>Mountains or plains, where do we have the advantage?
>Where are Ellie and Haru?
>Has anybody been unsatisfied with a party at my place?
>I trust my showers were hot enough for y'all.
>Butler, all dissimulations aside, is this a good idea? You drew the damn map.
>WRITE IN [write ins are super appreciated for this scene]

>>2771257
>Where are Ellie and Haru?
>Butler, all dissimulations aside, is this a good idea? You drew the damn map.
>Mountains or plains, where do we have the advantage?

>>2771257
>>Butler, all dissimulations aside, is this a good idea? You drew the damn map.

>>2771259
Supporting.

>>2771257
>Where are Ellie and Haru?
>Butler, all dissimulations aside, is this a good idea? You drew the damn map.
>Mountains or plains, where do we have the advantage?
>Girls, you have been fighting demons for awhile, any input. Supposedly we are up against a lot of ground pounders.

>>2771257
>>2771271
Rick, know of any good places slap down a hell portal to move the predators, operators and any other materials into focalor’s old domain. Logistics wins battles

>>2771257
>>Mountains or plains, where do we have the advantage?
We know where Ellie and Haru are; they haven't left the bedroom. And butler is here in lieu of Ellie, and the foxes aren't actually involved in this.

>>2771257
>>Mountains or plains, where do we have the advantage?
>Girls, you have been fighting demons for awhile, any input. Supposedly we are up against a lot of ground pounders.

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>>2771257
"Butler," you say, spearing the demon with what you hope is the force of a thousand Dad Glares, "all dissimulations aside, is this a good idea?"

You barely see everyone press into their seats. Or the knees on the standers buckle.

"The best I could come up with," the demon says, his monocle shining, "for a bunch of mortals challenging a duke of Hell."

"We're not 'a bunch of mortals'!" Mary yells at him, rising from her chair, "we're magical girls!"

"And I've been babysit-" Butler begins, then catches your eye again, and looks back at Mary, "er, prime minister to a fallen magical girl for thirty years. You know the rats put power limiters on you girls?"

That's like putting Little Boy on the table as a centerpiece. The room goes nuts before you can do anything.

"I broke them," Mary says, in an extremely calm voice that cuts across the chaos, staring the demon down as she pets Freebles like a white cat, "Melon got around them. Don't make assumptions."

"I was just talking about the map," Butler wheezes, slumping into his chair as a wave of supernatural pressure bear down on the table.

"And you're going to tell us if the map is good," Madison says, rising from her seat with an effort, "or you're going to die."

"They're the best ones I could draw!" Butler yells, "I'm not an artist. But I am a demon," he continues, grinning, "I can see who's a virgin... and who ISN'T!"

"Not sure anyone cares," Liska says, cutting the red wire on that bomb, then she leans toward him, and you see those teeth and the claws that have scored your back more than once, "one more attempt to divide us, and I won't give a shit if you're the grand poobah for my sister-in-law. We have a circle down - you can't run. We'll know if you try to port out. Ellie's rather busy right now. Tell the truth, or you die."

It's going to take a lot of sanding to get those scratches out on this table.

"The map's accurate," Butler says, his eyes flickering around the table, "you didn't have to pull bad cop and worse cop on me!"

Rick grins.

"Mountains or plains," you ask, "where do we have the advantage?"

"Mountains," several voices say at once, and Mary continues, "Gusion's got some fliers who will come over them. We lay in wait, shoot them down, get air superiority, and fuck their ground forces to death."

>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy
>W, negotiate that
>No, we did have to pull that on you. Trust, but verify, and all that.
>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up
>WRITE IN

>>2771345
> Everyone release it, air's getting heavy
> Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up

>>2771345
>>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up
>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy

>>2771345
>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy
>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up
I don't care if we have to drag her out on the damned mattress for her to hear this.

>>2771345
>>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy
>No, we did have to pull that on you. Trust, but verify, and all that.
>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up

>You know the rats put power limiters on you girls?"
>"I broke them," Mary says
>"Melon got around them
Right, add that to the pile of things we need to go over more thoroughly later.

>>2771345
>>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy
>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up

It is her territory. Don't want anything pinging in her head without her consent.

Also, did he just threaten to reveal if Mary was a virgin or not?I feel like the power gap would mean she is since she doesn't feel like she can be human enough for it.

>>2771345
>"I broke them," Mary says, in an extremely calm voice that cuts across the chaos, staring the demon down as she pets Freebles like a white cat, "Melon got around them. Don't make assumptions."
wait, what? that's why mary's aura is so crushing? Also on that line of thought, why didn't freebles off the girl? wouldn't a limiter-less MG be bad for business?

Also:
>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up
>W, Rick and Kelly, coordinate between yourselves to see if you can come up with some stratagems or something.
>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy

>>2771360
I feel Freebles would have thought one none limited girl would give him a leg up on the competition.

>>2771345
>Everyone release it, air's getting heavy.
>Ellie needs to know what we're planning, so she doesn't fuck it up.
>W, Rick and Kelly, coordinate between yourselves to see if you can come up with some stratagems or something.

>>2771363
This just brings a shitload of questions.
then why didn't he break the limiters of the other girls? or why didn't the other rats do so? Could the limiter be increased so the MG's become less destructive? Could the same thing happen to Ellie? We know she defaulted her contract, but she still kept her powers, or some semblance of it. could the same limiter be broken on her current state? could we apply a new limiter to her abilities?

>>2771377
As far as why he didn't do it to all of them I can only guess that it would draw too much attention. You can get away with bullshit as long as you moderate it. Hell, his boss might even know he let that happen as long as his numbers improve in a way that doesn't get him in trouble, or he's had to explain what's going on to the higher ups and they approved because the cost vs earnings looked good to them.

As far as what Ellie has going on I couldn't guess.

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>>2771350
14:12 - 14:35ish Voting period.

>>2771360
>wait, what? that's why mary's aura is so crushing?
Per an earlier thread, some girls (of which Mary is one) REALLY gel with the transformation. The rats' magic isn't built to deal with those outliers, so it breaks.
>why didn't freebles off the girl?
Maybe the MC got to him before he had to decide between goddess-level magical girl and goddess-level apocalypse monster. According to Harriet, other timelines have been apocalypses because Mary got cut off, or because she couldn't bleed off the energy.
>>2771363
>Freebles would have thought one non limited girl would give him a leg up on the competition.
Also this. It's a 'competitive advantage' for a businessman.
>>2771357
>did he just threaten to reveal if Mary was a virgin or not?
That was basically a 'last ace in a lost hand' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaIo82uT0qs bluff against every magical girl in the room, and Liska shut him the fuck down.

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>>2771345
"Everyone," you say, "release it. Air's getting heavy."

And you take a deep breath as the pressure drains from the room. If you're just flaring out part of Ellie's power, how much does your sister have?

"That was a bit intense," Madison says, visibly sweating as some of the magical girls pick themselves up off the floor.

"W," you barely hear James whisper to the wizard, "is it always like this?"

"Sometimes," W says, leaning back and taking another sip from his apparently eternal wineglass, "you don't like it? Then get in or get out."

"Fuck it," the trenchcoat wizard says, looking at you, "deal me in."

"I'll think about it," you say, not sure if James realizes what he's saying, or if you really want him in the yarnball.

"Ellie needs to know," you say, looking around the table, "she need to know what we're planning," you say, and then fix Butler with your best glare, "so she doesn't fuck it up."

"She's fucked up better plans," the demon mumbles, and stares deep into his coffee.

"BUTLER!" you hear from over your shoulder, "I wasn't going to negotiate with those jackasses!"

It's Ellie. And Haru. At least they're both dressed,

"We've got a plan," you say, and detail it out to your sister, "and please don't fuck it up."

Ellie gives a demonic rant of a laugh.

"I won't scratch your duel," she says, displacing Sue for a place at the table, "I kind of want to see this. And Focalor's fuckbags don't know who their leader is now?" she yells at Butler.

"I got caught up in a card game," Butler says, looking very innocent, "your grace."

"You should be glad I'm in a decent mood," Ellie says, as she slides into a seat, "or I'd... ah, you've earned your place several times over, Butler."

"Why thank you, your grace," the demon says, bowing as ar as he can in his chair.

>W, get word to Focalor about the venue.
>Haru, I need to talk to you about what you brothers have been up to.
>Ellie, aren't you afraid he'll betray you?
>Freebles, can you rewrite contracts to take off those limiters?
>WRITE IN

>>2771516
>W, get word to Focalor about the venue.
>Haru, I need to talk to you about what you brothers have been up to.
>Freebles, We'll talk about the limiters later when we have the time.

>>2771516
>>W, get word to Focalor about the venue.
Stay focused. Time is short, let's get this duel behind us before we go opening another dozen cans of worms, though they will need opening sooner or later.

>>2771516
>Haru, I need to talk to you about what you brothers have been up to.
>Freebles, We'll talk about the limiters later when we have the time.

>W, get word to Focalor about the venue.
i...don't get this option. isn't folcalor dead?

>>2771516
>>W, get word to Focalor about the venue.
Fuck me, that should have been getting word to Gusion about the venue for the duel. Focalor's dead.

>>2771541
You're right, op made a derp and meant Guison.

>>2771526
15:13 - 15:30ish voting period.

And yes, the first option should be getting word to Gusion. FUCK keeping track of goetic demons. Actually, I just fucked up.

>>2771556
It's okay OP, you get headpats too.

>>2771560
>you get headpats too.
Only if you're paying for the plane ticket to come give them to me.

I screwed that option up. And this is the third time I've admitted it.

I don't want anyone to get boned over my typos.

>>2771573
OP Breathe, it's not the end of the world (As we know it), we get the actual meaning.
Also you're going to have to deal with psychic/astral projected headpats since I'm too lazy to live but too active to die.

>>2771573
Considering your tendency to drink while writing, I'm impressed at how few mistakes you make, honestly.

And this one is minor screw up anyway.

>>2771516
>apparently eternal wineglass
He enchanted it, didn't he. Probably an anti-spill spell on it too.

>>2771526
Supporting.

>>2770989
Kek, one of the liveliest quests on the board (((shit))). Did you ever think that maybe your taste is shit anon?

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>>2771516
"W," you say, looking at the wizard, "negotiate with Gusion about the change of venue to the mountain range between his domain and Focalor's."

"I'll summon one of his lower-level idiots in the back," W says, rising from the table, then he looks around and yells, "DON'T come out there!" and then he stalks out toward the backyard.

Well, you've got the venue settled.

"Freebles," you say, looking at your ferret, "we're going to have to talk about those limiters later."

"Bro," the ferret says, getting up on his hind feet, "I went over those with the wizards. Full disclosure: There's only two ways to break them - OVERPOWER them. Like ripping a Chinese Finger Toy in half. Or burning it. Well, they," he says, looking around the room, "could break the contract, but I really wouldn't recommend it."

"I wouldn't either," you say, looking over the room, and thinking about Ellie, "Haru," you say, "I need to talk about what what your brothers have been up to."

He looks at you like this is news, and follows you into your bedroom. As does Liska.

"Sachio destroyed his phone," you say, "partway through talking with me. And John picked it up, panicking."

"Did John get Sachio wasted?" Haru asks in the hallway, "stealing a march on me for that bet!"

"As far as I know," you tell him, and the damn fox still smells like sex, "he got him blackout drunk. And he woke up with your pick."

"God," Haru says, "no wonder Sachio's mad. I think he's the only idiot that thought continuing the bloodline was worth shit."

"You didn't?" Liska asks, and Haru turns toward her, pinning your wife against the wall.

"You saw what that sort of arranged fuckery leads to!" he yells, and you're pretty sure the entire house heard him, "DO YOU WANT A REPEAT!?" he asks Liska, as she finds he feet and slams him against the other side of the hallway.

"I want him to be happy," your wife says, "AND YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GO FOR PRESERVING THE BLOODLINE!" she screams, pinning Haru to the wall as he bares his teeth.

>I think we're all on the same side here
>Just fight it out - it's what your family does. Just please do it outside.
>Haru, I believe this means you have the money to repair my guest bedroom
>I think he had some other reason. Stow it.
>WRITE IN

>>2771787
>I think we're all on the same side here

Also quick question, who was it that he woke up with. If it wasn't the one he would personally have chosen how do we help fix it and or run damage control so he doesn't go batshit because he wanted things to be a bit more romantic than blacking out and waking up with them.

>>2771787
>I think we're all on the same side here
>Haru, Liska, Ratchet it down to a 5, you're at a 8.

>>2771787
>>Just fight it out - it's what your family does. Just please do it outside.
>*Mumble* *Grumble* ...radiator effect....(lets go for popcorn)

>>2771787
>Just fight it out - it's what your family does. Just please do it outside.

>>2771787
>Can we please go two fucking minutes in this house without a fight or shouting match? Behave like the goddamn adults you're supposed to be

....guys, we can't let them go outside. W is making his mumbo jumbo.

>>2771787
>I think we're all on the same side here
>Haru, Liska, Ratchet it down to a 5, you're at a 8.
Because while this is "fun" and all to watch siblings fight, we still gotta unfuck the Gusion situation.

>>2771787
>Haru, I believe this means you have the money to repair my guest bedroom
I've got no clue what's even going on here, and I'm gonna be popping in and out for a while. Just leaving this here - it really fits our 'dad' style of conversational martial arts.
E'rrybody was kung-fu fighting! / The barbs were fast as lightning!

>>2771800
>who was it that he woke up with
According to 'our' best guess, the shrine maiden, the ice-based yuki-onna who played clay-thrower, and a third woman who I don't remember.

>>2771821
Also this.

>>2771800
16:30 - 16:45ish Voting period.

I'm honestly amazed by the amount of hatred everyone in that household has for their father. I shouldn't be, considering they were all totally cool with him biting it.

>>2771787
>>I think he had some other reason. Stow it.
Or, ya know, he wanted someone of the same race as himself or personal reasons. Seem pretty reasonable to not want to marry someone of a different species if you prefer your own kind.

>>2771787
Haru, I believe this means you have the money to repair my guest bedroom

>>2771787
See, my original post about preserving the bloodline wasn't about the family lineage, it was about the foxes as a species surviving. Melon is a halfblood, which means Foxes don't breed true with humans at least.


Personally, I'd be ok with Sachio actually murdering whoever set him up like that. He is more or less being forced to marry someone he didn't pick, as the head of house, because someone "though he needed to get laid".

>>2771787
>I think we're all on the same side here
>Haru, Liska, Ratchet it down to a 5, you're at an 8.
>Now's not the time to lose our shit, we need to save that for later, as hard as it is.

>>2771787
>>I think we're all on the same side here
>>Haru, Liska, Ratchet it down to a 5, you're at an 8.
>>Now's not the time to lose our shit, we need to save that for later, as hard as it is.

>>2771787
>I think we're all on the same side here
>Haru, Liska, Ratchet it down to a 5, you're at an 8.
>Now's not the time to lose our shit, we need to save that for later, as hard as it is.
>We all need something to unwind... like a punching ball or a squeeze toy.

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>>2771787
"I think you're saying the same thing," you tell them, and they glance at you, "and if you're not, please ratchet it down to a five. You're both at least at an eight."

Haru gasps in a deep breath, which is rather hard to do with Liska's clawed hand wrapped around his throat.

"I don't care about the bloodline," he says, "I'm actually glad he ended up with a human. Not just because I had a bet on it!" he yells, and her hold loosens.

"I'd think you would care the most," Liska says, and you get the awful feeling you've been pulled into some sort of family struggle.

"Father rampaged through the," Haru says, and gasps for breath, "the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' in revenge for me," he finishes, staring up at his sister, "WHO WANTS TO KNOW THAT WAS DONE IN HIS NAME?"

John did tell you that he'd bet on Haru killing your father in law.

"Not me," Haru says, and sags, held up only by Liska's claws, "go ahead, take my head off."

"He's dead," you hear Liska breathe, "his crimes aren't yours," and she throws Haru to the ground, in your hallway.

"God," the kitsune says, gasping for breath in your hallway, kneeling on the floor, "just give me a clean death."

>Live a clean life
>The crimes of the fathers aren't visited on their children like that
>You'd better follow through on the hope you gave my sister
>Give him a clean death
>WRITE IN

>>2771980
>>Live a clean life
>Also I am pretty sure you're my sister's boyfriend now, and she'd be pretty pissed for me clam jamming her again. Right sis?

>>2771980
>>The crimes of the fathers aren't visited on their children like that


>Give him a clean death
This option is weirdly attractive. I'm game if he is, though it'll cause a whole new set of issues.

>>2771980
>You want to atone for that? Fine, live a good life.

>>2771980
>>You want to atone for that? Fine, live a good life.

>>2771980
>You want to atone for that? Fine, live a good life.
>You're family now, twice as much, so there's no way we're letting you go like a bitch

>>2771980
>You want to atone for that? Fine, live a good life. Do good things.
No real way around that, 'cause there's somethings not even Death can cure. (And it can cure a lot)

>>2771990
17:30-17:45 Voting period or so.

>>2771997
I think Haru's in a worse place than his siblings, because he's struggling with the fact that what his father did might have been driven by taking revenge for him.
There's a reason John bet on him as the one to kill their father.

>>2771980
>Live a clean life
>You'd better follow through on the hope you gave my sister
>Hey if I kill you right now my sister would kill me...I mean we have a weakness in....fluffy things. *blush like a school girl*

>>2771980
>>Live a clean life
>>The crimes of the fathers aren't visited on their children like that
>>You'd better follow through on the hope you gave my sister

>>2772002
>>2772007
>>2772017
>>2772022
Really? You want to tell him he's responsible for his father's actions, and that he needs to atone for them? Is that really the message you want to send?

>>2771858
Next time we talk to Kelly, we should mention we might know a guy that might need a job done, and pass along his contact info.

>>2771980
Live a clean life

>>2772038
the man feels responsible, and we(read: me) really don't want to kill him for something he isn't responsible for. The best solution is to "punish" him by making him live a good life until we can really deal with the issue.

>>2771980
> Live a clean life
> You'd better follow through on the hope you gave my sister
> "You'll never be able to undo the things your father did. Instead, you should be a better man than him. And, in danger of sounding like some kind of cliche, you should work to make the world a safer, kinder place that we can pass on to our children."

>>2771980
If we think he'd buy it, then >>2772034
Else, >>2772022

I appear to be fading out, sorry about that.

Next rutime on twitter, and all that: https://twitter.com/HaikuDeluge

>>2772143
It's fine, I know how that feels. Catch ya sometime later this week (I hope).

>>2772143
>ROUND WINNER: BED

>>2771980
>Live a clean life
>The crimes of the fathers aren't visited on their children like that
>Also I am pretty sure you're my sister's boyfriend now, and she'd be pretty pissed for me clam jamming her again. Right sis?

>>2772175
Im thankful it wasn't the floor

>>2772187
>Also I am pretty sure you're my sister's boyfriend now
With her track record, a day of fucking do not a couple make. She could certainly do worse than him, and vice versa, but lets not push them into something they're not ready for.

>>2772201
True. I mean, its a great way to tease the shit out of him, but I don't think either one of them are ready for a steady relationship. Him, obviously because he's gotta get past dad's awful 'legacy', and her because she's gotta deal with demonic shit fucking with her head.

Though, having a happy ending for everyone is our ultimate goal, is it not? Everyone gets to live and laugh and love and have a fucking future that doesn't abruptly end in a bloody and violent demise. Like, Karen and Angus might have jumped the gun a little, but they do have the right idea.

>>2772238
>Though, having a happy ending for everyone is our ultimate goal, is it not?
It is.

Though I take minor issue with needing romance or a partner to be happy. Many people want it, to be sure, but it isn't a requirement.

>>2771980
Live a clean life

If I killed you, my wife might be the next target for my sister affectionsand i need a meat shield

>>2771980
>You'd better follow through on the hope you gave my sister

Death is the easy way out, second only to floors.

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>>2771137
>>2771858
>>2772245

>>2771980
Don't you dare. No dropping out is allowed in the contest to become the favorite uncle.

>>2771980
>WRITE IN
>I don’t think that’s necessary
>why does everything have to be so overdramatic?

>>2771980
>live a clean life
No point in wasting ammo at someone innocent.

>>2771980
>>Live a clean life

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>>2771980
"Just live a clean life," you say, "no dropping out allowed in the contest to be favorite uncle."

"Ok," Haru says from the floor, looking up at you, "you really do remind me of him."

"Who?" you ask, hoping you're not getting baited into a dumb joke.

"Nevermind," the fox says, sitting up in something like a meditating pose, his back against the wall of the hall, "I usually don't go off like that. Not sure what happened there."

You're beginning to understand why John bet on him to kill the old fox. The guy looks like he should be surrounded by blowing cherry blossoms as a stone Buddha in a zen garden, and he was begging for death a few seconds ago?

Yeah, 'tightly-wound' doesn't begin to describe it.

And you can guess why he's spent so much time meditating. Anyone would, if they were an inch from going off like that.

"Conversation through combat?" Liska asks, looking down at him, "that's your thing, isn't it?" she finishes, and then gets on the floor herself, hugging her brother.

Haru laughs.

You sigh, and look toward the living room end of the hallway, as several heads pull back around the corners.

The whole house heard that exchange, didn't they?

"Can we please take this somewhere with a little privacy?" you ask, loudly enough that you're sure the eavesdroppers heard it, and extend your hands to Liska and her brother.

She gives him a last squeeze, and then you help the two of them off the floor. As the three of you walk back to the bedroom together, you whisper "besides, I think Ellie would actually kill me if I clam-jammed her again. Or she'd go after Liska," you finish, squeezing your wife's arm.

Well, that gets you a barking laugh from both of the foxes.

You enter your bedroom and sit on your bed, only to be near-tackled by Liska. Haru slumps into a chair, and raises an eyebrow at her lying on top of you on the bed.

Like he has ANY room to look superior about it!

>Do I need to send you home to stabilize things?
>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.
>I hear you've made enough money to pay for my sheets.
>I don't think you have enough moral high ground to be giving me that look.
>WRITE IN

>>2773494
>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.

>>2773494
>I don't think you have enough moral high ground to be giving me that look.
>>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.
How they react to the idea that they're channeling demon mojo will help inform us if that's a thing or not.

>>2773494
>>Do I need to send you home to stabilize things?
>>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.

>Let her stay there for a second, then gently remove her.
We don't need to be acting like a demon, talking to people with someone draped over us.

>>2773494
>>I hear you've made enough money to pay for my sheets and the room.
>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.

>>2773494
>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.

>>2773498
If there's anyone we can lay in front of with the hottest woman in the world draped over us its the guy who just spent 12 hours banging our sister on our bed.

>>2773494
>Do I need to send you home to stabilize things?
>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.

>>2773494
>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.
>I don't think you have enough moral high ground to be giving me that look.
>Besides she's my wife and this is my house.

>>2773494
>>Are you two doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect is hitting you guys the hardest.

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>>2773494
"Are you two," you ask, looking up at Liska and over at Haru, who's somehow managed to contort himself into a lotus pose in the chair, "doing ok? I think the Radiator Effect might be hitting you guys the hardest."

"Radiator Effect?" Liska asks, her breath warm on your ear, "is that some new hilarity the wizards came up with?"

Oh, right, she doesn't know yet.

So you give a precis of what W was talking about earlier.

"Hmm," she says, rolling off of you and propping herself up on her elbow, still lying against you, "I don't feel any different."

"And you're forgetting something important," Haru says, staring at the two of you from the chair, "all jokes aside, I'm not your sworn brother. I'm not in that thing, so I can't use it as an excuse."

"Ashamed you let the mask slip for a bit?" Liska asks, from over your shoulder, and you see the shadows of her tails dance across your bed, caught in the soft light from the window behind you.

"He's dead, you know," she continues, "you don't have to keep it on all the time. And you're already a better man than he ever was."

"That's not saying much," Haru says, his eyebrows clenching down, and Liska laughs.

"Melon loves you," you tell him, "we love you, man, even if you're a bit prickly sometimes. Ellie... well, I've got no clue what's going through her head, but the two of you wrecked a bed. And you're paying."

That turned out a little more ramblingly awkward than you'd intended. But it's the thought that counts, right?

"If John pays up," Haru says, smiling, "I'm going to able to stuff a mattress with Yukichis. I'm not surprised Sachio's mad, though. That puts him in a pretty bad put-up-or-shut-up."

"Wait," Liska says, "who was your pick for that? Don't tell me he actually ended up with Yuki."

"Oh," Haru says, once he stops laughing, "it's worse. That would have been a one-time thing. Someone ended up mediating between the human and the supernatural a bit... personally," he finishes, with a grin.

"Christ," Liska says, "that's like Gorbachev fucking Reagan during glasnost. And I think I owe you money."

Wait, they were ALL betting on this?

You're beginning to think you've really gone among mad people here.

And you might be the maddest of all - since you were the one that gathered them.

>If we're all a bit calmer, let's go back out.
>Haru, you want to join up for the honor guard fight?
>Wait, one of your brothers is going to cut another's ears off, and you don't care?
>We can have Freebles port you back if that's going to be necessary.
>WRITE IN

>>2773569
>>We can have Freebles port you back if that's going to be necessary.

>>2773569
>>We can have Freebles port you back if that's going to be necessary.

>>2773569
>We can have Freebles port you back if that's going to be necessary.

>>2773569
>>We can have Freebles port you back if that's going to be necessary.
If we are good.
>If we're all a bit calmer, let's go back out.

>>2773569
>>We can have Freebles port you back if that's going to be necessary.

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>>2773569
"I get the feeling it's been a long month for everyone," you say, as both the foxes laugh, "we can have Freebles take you back," you continue, looking at Haru, "if you think that's going to be necessary."

"I'm staying here," Haru says, "Sachio and John can sort it out without me. If John ends up getting all four of his ears cut off in the castle square, I'll hear about it afterward."

"And they'll grow back," Liska mutters from behind you.

"Besides," Haru says, spreading his arms wide, "where else am I going to find this amount of magical knowledge under one roof? And a demon lords' duel later? You can't watch that on television."

"Magical," Liska says, and you can hear the grin in her voice, "carnal knowledge?"

"Uh," Haru says, giving you a very guarded look, "I was talking about the wizards."

If the wizards are the main reason he's sticking around, you'll eat several of your hats. But it's probably best not to press the issue.

"If we're all a bit calmer," you say, levering yourself off the bed, and giving a hand to Liska to help her up, "let's go back out."

"I'm just glad to hear our brothers are having some fun in that old castle," Liska says, and slaps Haru on the back.

"Was the castle ever not fun?" Haru asks her, as she opens the door, and you hear the unmistakable sound of eavesdroppers running away down the hall.

The three of you look at each other.

"It feels like home," Liska says.

"At least the walls themselves don't have ears," Haru tells her with a grin.

Is that a real thing in Japanese folklore?

Liska starts walking down the hall as Haru grabs your arm.

"Deal me in," he whispers, "I know I was kind of a dick to you back in Japan, but if you're fighting a duke of Hell, you're going to want me, brother in law."

>Yes
>No
>I've got at least one more guy who wants in, and it's rather a production with the banners and all, so we might as well do it in bulk
>Why did you bet on her, anyway?
>WRITE IN

>>2773637
>Yes

>>2773637
>If you can find me the remains of Jimmy Hoffa, then I'll accept.
>I'm just kidding, you're already in.

>>2773637
>If you want in on this, I won't stop you. We're going to need all the firepower we can get.
>Yes
>I've got at least one more guy who wants in, and it's rather a production with the banners and all, so we might as well do it in bulk

>>2773637
>>Yes
Sure, I guess. He made a poor first impression, but has since made up for it.

>>2773637
Yes

>>2773637
>>I've got at least one more guy who wants in, and it's rather a production with the banners and all, so we might as well do it in bulk

>>2773646
>Jimmy Hoffa
My dad was working at a truck terminal in Detroit during that time period, saw the "Where's Jimmy Hoffa? Call this number" bumper sticker on a trailer, and apparently had a conversation with the FBI where he managed to convince them he'd just called for fun after seeing the number and he didn't know anything.

Weird coincidence that's the unsolved mystery you picked.

>>2773685
I figured it would be a good mystery to pull up since we got magicians, demons, and fluffy tails to help figure this shit out.

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>>2773637
"If you can find me the remains of Jimmy Hoffa," you tell him, "then I'll accept."

"What do you mean, 'the remains'?" Haru asks you, "the guy's still alive."

"You've got to be joking," you say, walking down the hall, "next you're going to be telling me he's chilling with Elvis, Charlemagne, Merlin, and King-fucking-Arthur."

"I was, actually," he says, "look, Avalon's a big place."

You can't tell whether the fox is fucking with you.

"We need all the firepower we can get," you tell him, "and you made an awful first impression, but," you nod at Melon as you walk into the living room, then whisper to Haru, "you've made up for it."

"We've got some other idiots who want to sign up!" Freebles says, gesturing at James and Rob.

Oh god, the ferret's already strung up the drunkenly-brushed banners, and there are dishes of sake on the coffee table.

"Are you fucking sure?" you ask, raking your eyes across James and Rob.

"It's not the stupidest thing I've ever done," the wizard says, "probably not even in the top ten. And," he continues with a smile, "I WILL weasel out if it becomes a problem."

"My sister's in," Rob says, then glances around the room, "I might as well be. I want to fight alongside her. And WE want to kill a shitload of demons. Yeah," he says, looking at his hand, "you got a vote this time. Happy?"

Ellie gives you a sharklike grin.

>Fuck it, add three idiots to your roster.
>Tell them all why this is a terrible idea (and relent when they give their reasons)
>Reject the half-demon. You don't need more of that in your yarnball.
>Are you ready to follow me into Hell itself?
>WRITE IN

>>2773765
>Fuck it, add three idiots to your roster.
Time to Katamari Damancy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMH49ieL4es

>>2773765
>Fuck it, add three idiots to your roster.

>>2773765
>Are you ready to follow me into Hell itself?
>Tell them all why this is a terrible idea (and relent when they give their reasons)

>>2773765
>>Tell them all why this is a terrible idea (and relent when they give their reasons)
I've got a bad feeling about adding a half demon, but it doesn't seem to have affected his personality like it has Ellie's, and I'm not sure how to gracefully reject him.

>>2773765
>add the three idiots.
If anything, they'll be more radiators for our sister

>>2773765
>Tell them all why this is a terrible idea (and relent when they give their reasons)
>Fuck it, add three idiots to your roster.

>>2773765
>Tell them all why this is a terrible idea (and relent when they give their reasons)
>Fuck it, add three idiots to your roster.

Good to catch this semi-live again.
You looking at crashing out early again QM, or are you gonna abuse those 14 hours for all they've got?

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>>2773765
"You realize this is an awful idea," you say, staring down the wizard and the surgical half-demon.

They stumble half a step back, and you realize you're unleashing supernatural pressure.

Fuck it, let them take it.

"My life's been one long awful idea," James says, cracking his knuckles behind his head, then taking a step forward, "and if I'm your brother, I get to smoke in the house, right?" he asks, glancing quickly at Madison.

Rob's breathing hard and deep, but still on his feet.

"I can definitely say," he tells you, and looks at his hand, "this isn't the worst thing that's happened to me. And your rat," he says, glancing at Freebles, "already dealt her in."

"Are you idiots ready to go into Hell itself?" Freebles asks, perched on the back of your couch.

"This is my sword," Rob says, "there are many like it, but this one is mine."

"My magic is my best friend," James says, "it IS my life."

"I must master it as I must master my life," Haru says, "without me, my magic is useless. Without it, I am useless."

Are they actually doing this?

"Fuck it," you say, walking over to the coffee table, "under the gaze of two gods and the current emperor, swear to be my younger brothers. And DON'T go Full Metal Jacket on me."

You realize all the dishes are just dinner plates, flooded with sake.

You take a sip from one dish, and Haru finishes it.

You take a sip from another, and James finishes it.

You take a sip from the last, and Rob gulps it down.

"A second," he says, "swear my demon to you."

>Fine.
>It's your demon. Bring him to heel.
>I thought you ate him, or gestalted him?
>WRITE IN

>>2773851
>I thought you ate him, or gestalted him?
>[x] Concern

>>2773851
>>I thought you ate him, or gestalted him?
>[x] Concern

>>2773851
>>I thought you ate him, or gestalted him?
>Fine.

>>2773851
>I thought you ate him, or gestalted him?
>Fine.

So is this where we find out, Our final big end game quest boss is Sister who thinks we want to take over and its just like ' nah we adopted these tards'

>>2773890
That is a good question. Why does our sister wants to conquer all of hell? I doubt the answer is as simple as "just because she can".

>>2773909
Probably a large chunk of it is just demonic instincts - a lust for power, a predisposition to 'might makes right', and literally feeding on strong emotions.
It's not really helped by the fact that fighting and fucking are (at least, as much as I've seen) pretty much the same for demons - the line between the mental responses is not anywhere near as distinct as it is for bog-standard humans.
If you really need more evidence regarding that last point, just look at 'our' guest bedroom.

Now, that's not to say that she doesn't have ulterior motives - she probably does, they just align well with the pre-existing mental state.

>>2773909
in addition to
>>2773943
I suspect 'conquer Hell' was one of Ellie's earliest goals, after 'get away from people I could hurt' and 'survive'. She's never had a reason to change it, and the demonic warping gelled well with it. I suspect it may have been originally intended as something along the lines of removing demons at the source, to prevent the need for magical girls, or removing the rats source of energy, but its been muddied and lost over time.

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>>2773851
"I thought you ate him?" you ask your sworn brother, "or the two of you gestalted?"

"If I ate him," Rob says, "I'm still digesting. Gestalting takes a while. You ever see Dr. Strangelove?"

Oh. So that's what's going on with his hand. And why it's giving the Nazi salute.

To you.

"I admit," you say, "I'm a bit concerned."

"We're on the bleeding edge of magic," James says, "if you weren't concerned, we're doing something wrong."

"I'll swear your demon to me," you say, "IF you want to admit it's a separate entity from yourself," you say, looking into Rob's eyes.

"At most," the white-haired guy says, "it's a parasite. Or a symbiote. Don't legitimize it like that. I WILL eat it. Gimme a few years, brother."

"Fine," you say, and then look up to address the room, "we have added three brothers! I trust you'll make them welcome."

And you see a few of the magical girls look at James' grizzled mug. A few look at Haru, but they catch Ellie's glare.

"Not like that," you finish.

"I think we can kill anyone Gusion brings in as his honor guard," Mary says.

"And I've never played ref before," Ellie says, "it should be fun."

"He agreed to it!" W yells, bursting in from the back doors, "we got that mountain range as our battlefield - honor guard rules!"

>We need to move those drones into Hell
>Alright, let's go
>Ellie, you sure you can serve as referee?
>WRITE IN

>>2773987
>We need to move those drones into Hell
>Ellie, you sure you can serve as referee?

>>2773971
As a side note, I've been wondering how Ellie got corrupted/converted in the first place. Dissolving the Magical Girl contract is only supposed to cut off the MG's payment to the rats, and the rat's distilled energy back to the MGs. How did she find/make a replacement for the rat's distilled energy?

>>2773987
>>Alright, let's go
We've delayed long enough, let's get this done with.

>>2773987
>>Alright, let's go

>>2773987
>We need to move those drones into Hell
>Alright, let's go

>>2773987
>We need to move those drones into Hell
>Ellie, you sure you can serve as referee?
>Alright, let's go

>>2774001
Op explained it. Since the mg stops getting her "fix", she enters in whitdrawal mode and begins consuming everything that could satiate her, which means she will try to consume enough demonic energy until she becomes a demon due to the sheer ammounts she consumed.

There's a voting period, I guess, but I'm going to start writing now. Later write-ins incorporated as they make sense, as usual.

>>2774001
>I've been wondering how Ellie got corrupted/converted in the first place.
Magical girls are like jet fighters - designed to be unstable. And they need the rats' magic to stay even moderately stable. Like getting their 'fix'.

If they don't get that, things turn out badly. "Wiped out a whole city" badly.

>How did she find/make a replacement?
She didn't find a replacement. She just ate demons. With what the rats made her, and a broken limiter, that wasn't too hard.

And you are what you eat, magically.

Something like >>2774078 said.

Ellie 'went out'/'defaulted' in Hell, killing everything that got near her. They were all demons, so who gives a shit? Butler managed to fight the tornado to a standstill, five years after she arrived, and directed her at a decent target (for his purposes). She's gotten better over time, but 'EAT RAPE KILL REPEAT!' is basically how demons operate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gi0OEOl84Y

>>2774098
So the butler managed to fight for five years ellie? Or did he fought with her 5 years later after her arrival? Either way, holy shit.

>>2773987
Alright, let's go

>>2774098
>And you are what you eat, magically.
...so in theory, Since ellie should still have her cravings, could Mary could unleash her excess energies into Ellie?

>>2774078
I must have missed that, good to know.
Sounds vaguely like putting kerosene in a diesel engine. it'll kinda run, but not very well, with potentially long term damage.

That does suggest that not only is she corrupted, she's going to get worse over time, thus making her "happy the way she is" statement worthless. This needs to be one of our serious long-term projects; if she doesn't get fixed, we're going to lose her. And she's tied pretty strongly into the yarnball, so everyone will be feeling it if she goes round the bend.

>>2774098
>She didn't find a replacement. She just ate demons.
Sounds like she did find a replacement, it just wasn't a very good one. Without any substitute at all, they go absolutely crazy, then die (or something like), right? That's worth knowing, even though I hope it never becomes relevant.

>>2774117
It's worth asking, but all energy isn't created equal. The stuff the rats provide is a special type. Though I wonder if we could piggyback some of that energy off one of the girls contracts, feed a line to Ellie, or store it somewhere if case of contract cutoff or to get the real Ellie back or a brief moment.

>>2774117
It's possible, because Mary is pure handwavium at this point.
However, I'd expect the rats keyed the energy requirements so that the rats have to process it (uniquely to each contract) before it's useful to (ex-)MGs
Also, at this point, she's spent 10-20 years in Hell at this point - it'd likely take another 10-20 years of not consuming anything but Mary-filtered energy to effect any kind of meaningful change.
And that's even if she'd be willing to do it in the first place - our sister or no, she's a Duke of hell, and I don't think she'd give up her (hard-won) title and independence easily.

TL;DR: It's not that easy. It's never that easy. Though, it could be a part of the solution.

>2774125
>2774135
>That does suggest that not only is she corrupted, she's going to get worse over time, thus making her "happy the way she is" statement worthless. This needs to be one of our serious long-term projects; if she doesn't get fixed, we're going to lose her.
>It's not that easy. It's never that easy. Though, it could be a part of the solution.

So what you've both saying is... We pull a black snake moan and chain Ellie to something she cannot easily break free of or simply pick up to use as a weapon? Because let's face it, she's not really going to go that quietly through that process without putting up a fight. And people going through rehab are not going to be happy fuzzy care bears.

>>2774135
>I'd expect the rats keyed the energy requirements so that the rats have to process it (uniquely to each contract)
Depends on how security conscious the rats are. They could have all sort of crazy protections in place, but such things would be complex to setup and maintain, costing them energy one way or another. Each energy conversion should cost them a little energy in the conversion process, and loss from imperfections in that process.


I suspect they have light concrete protections (unique energy to each MG, etc), and instead rely on the local rat to provide security.

This is all entirely guesswork, in case that wasn't clear.

>>2774135
>Also, at this point, she's spent 10-20 years in Hell at this point - it'd likely take another 10-20 years of not consuming anything but Mary-filtered energy to effect any kind of meaningful change.
Probably, but i'm not sure. Supposing this could work, we might see immediate(relatively speaking) changes because Ellie would be using the correct fuel instead of something that works but not really.

>And that's even if she'd be willing to do it in the first place - our sister or no, she's a Duke of hell, and I don't think she'd give up her (hard-won) title and independence easily.

she won't stop being a duchess. Consider that technically after we win this fight we will become a duke too. These titles seem to be based more on who you kill rather than what you are. And on the independence side, i don't think we might need a new contract; the energy transfer might work in the same way that her influence is into everyone.

>>2774151
Potentially. It depends on what sorts of things we want to try, and how far gone she is at the point.

>>2774166
>energy transfer might work in the same way that her influence is into everyone.
There is all sort of untapped potential in the yarnball, but it's completely new ground, and we've only got a few proper scholarly types, and they've been busy.
I wonder if we could find a proper wizard research group or something to get serious progress on the yarnball done?

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>>2773987
"We need to move those drones into Hell," you say, looking at Kelly and Freebles.

"I'll need a wizard," Freebles says, and then notices people looking at Kelly, "no, a REAL wizard."

The assassin doesn't even bat an eye.

"I'll go," James says, "get me a copy of that map. And I want someone securing the landing site."

"Oh," you say, eyes raking the room, "we're all going. I trust you don't mind us raiding your warehouse, Kelly?"

"That's what it's there for," Kelly says, "to make sure our daughters don't bite it before we do."

"Boss," Rick says, "permission to grab the 'cheer squad'?"

"Granted," you tell him, "but don't port them into my house, please."

He nods, and disappears.

"This is going to work better the closer we all are," Freebles says, "so GROUP HUG! ON ME!"

You're swept into a crush of bodies around the ferret, and feel your spine jerked ahead of your body toward some - and then you're standing in the warehouse.

"I'm never going to get used to that," you say, and get nods from the rest of your crew.

"Any 'real wizards' who can set up a Hell portal," Kelly says, looking around, "let me show you what I need to put through it," and then he stalks off toward the end of the warehouse.

"The rest of you," he yells over his shoulder, "grab anything you want! I recommend the stab vests and kevlar."

"Does that include us?" Butler asks, very innocently, from Ellie's elbow.

"Do you two need it?" you ask.

"Look," Ellie says, swaying her hips in that succubus chic dress, "do you think I'd wear this if I needed armor? Besides, I'm just there as a ref."

"Are you sure you can do that?" you ask, as a gust of hot air blasts in from behind you.

You turn to look, and see people pushing drones, control consoles, crates, and a generator into the Hellish landscape beyond the portal.

"I'll stay out until your duel is over," Ellie says, "no promises after that."

>You should enter separately, make it look legit.
>And what are you planning for afterward?
>What do you think of Haru?
>Excuse me, miss referee, but I've got to have a huddle with my team.
>WRITE IN

>>2774161
I was thinking more along the lines of of encryption / checksums 'attached' to the energy stream - a 'handshake' protocol, if you will, between the energy source and the (perhaps metaphorical) magical organ that's part of the transformation. Less of a full conversion, and more of an authentication protocol.
Obviously, this is speculation and it's all up to the QM what's actually going on - just my $0.02.

>>2774166
>she won't stop being a duchess
I was more talking about no longer being a demon and becoming dependent upon transfusions from Mary - something I don't think she'd go for. She went that way once before, and look what it got her.

>>2774179
>all sort of untapped potential in the yarnball
The whole yarnball deal sort-of lends credence to my theory - swearing brotherhood is one (of many) magical equivalents of exchanging encryption keys.

>>2774198
>You should enter separately, make it look legit.
>Excuse me, miss referee, but I've got to have a huddle with my team.

x And what are you planning for afterward?
We already know what she's doing afterward - taking advantage of the power vacuum.

>>2774198
>And what are you planning for afterward?
>You should enter separately, make it look legit.
>Excuse me, miss referee, but I've got to have a huddle with my team.
As tempting as it is to ask her about Haru, I think it will do wonders for our health to not ask this until after the whole "Gunsion Debacle"

>>2774198
>>You should enter separately, make it look legit.
>>And what are you planning for afterward?
I have a sneaking suspicion she's going to jump Gaston after the official proceedings are over. If we don't take the duchy from him, there's going to be a weak duke nearby, just begging to be eaten.

>>2774198
>And what are you planning for afterward?
>You should enter separately, make it look legit.
>Excuse me, miss referee, but I've got to have a huddle with my team.

We really need to know what the hell she will do after the fight.
>>2774205
>becoming dependent upon transfusions from Mary
oh yeah, that.Honestly, i'm just saying whatever pops up in my mind regardless if it would make sense for the characters.

>>2774209
17:07 - 17: 20ish voting period, shorter if things seem unanimous, write ins considered as I'm writing, as usual.

>>2774205
>encryption / checksums 'attached' to the energy stream - a 'handshake' protocol
I think I used alcohol vs. gasoline as an analogy earlier. They both burn, they're both hydrocarbons, they can both power a car, but only one gets you drunk.

Or puts off the shakes. You really don't want the shakes - trust me.

'Alcohol' in this analogy being whatever the rats give the girls.

The checksums/encryption is an interesting idea, though.

>>2774198

>You should enter separately, make it look legit.

>Excuse me, miss referee, but I've got to have a huddle with my team.

>>2774198
>>You should enter separately, make it look legit.
>Excuse me, miss referee, but I've got to have a huddle with my team.

>>2774205
>lines of of encryption / checksums 'attached' to the energy stream
Sure, but you still have to 'encrypt' the stream, and 'decrypt' it at the end, which are both conversions, and thus susceptible to loss in the energy need to encrypt and decrypt, and the imperfection loss.

Unlike data, which can be broken down into discrete chunks (usually bits), and thus can be confidently converted both ways losslessly with the right systems, energy is more... nebulous.

First is the process cost. The energy invested into the conversion. The energy invested into converting crude oil into gas, for instance.
Second is imperfection loss. No conversion from one energy type to another is perfect. The energy lost as heat when gas is burned in a combustion engine, for instance.


Whether any of these costs are significant enough to matter to the rats if a different question entirely, but these potential processes won't be free,
which will cut into the rat's margin.

>>2774284
Or perhaps instead of considering it as crude to gasoline, think of it as an additive process. For example, a two-cycle engine needs oil mixed in the gasoline to function properly. Will the engine work without the oil? Maybe for a limited time, but then it tears itself apart.

>Whether any of these costs are significant enough to matter to the rats if a different question entirely
Exactly, which is where this strays into 'word of QM' territory.

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>>2774198
"You two should enter separately," you say, looking at Ellie and her butler, "make it look legit."

"I like it," Ellie says, smiling, "devious as a devil."

"You really are her grace's brother," Butler says with a sigh, then looks at Ellie and says, "your grace, I can port us out whenever you wish."

"And what are you planning afterward?" you ask, dividing your stare between your sister and her demonic butler.

"Obviously," Ellie says, smiling at you, "I'm going to kill Gusion, if you don't, and take all his shit. Or we're going to have to fight over anything you take from him."

"I just want him to stay out of my city - no, off of earth," you say, "that's going to be my bet. His legions, his territory in Hell, and his titles - I don't really care."

"Then that makes things easy," Butler says, opening another door into Hell, with a wave of his hand, "your grace?" he asks Ellie, "let's get set up. We need to let Focalor's fuckbags know who they answer to now."

"Well," you say, making a half-bow toward your sister, "miss referee, I need to huddle with my team."

"Kill the superb owl," Ellie says, before walking back into Hell with her butler.

"And break a leg," you hear her say over her shoulder as the damn portal shuts.

You were in theatre before she left, weren't you?

"Are you all outfitted?" you ask, turning back toward your motley crew.

"We've kickstarted our hearts," Mary says, as your eyes glance over a group that looks more like a militia than a magical girl group.

And GOD, does that bulletproof vest show off Liska.

"If you want to turn around now," you say, "I won't blame you. I won't court martial you. I won't send him," you say, jerking your head at Kelly, who's yelling at people shoving crates through a Hell portal, "to get you. We're about to march into Hell, so, uh, honestly, I'd understand if you decided not to do it."

They scream a thousand things at you.

But the upshot is that they'll follow you into Hell itself.

That's what you should have expected, from this group.

"You think we could do something better with our lives?" someone yells, and you can't tell who it is.

"I signed my life away the day I signed up with the rats!" another yells, "might as well burn it on this!"

>I like that spirit - let's go!
>Realize you're leading a bunch of teenagers to their (probable) deaths
>We might all burn our lives on this - let's go!
>WRITE IN

>>2774392
>Realize you're leading a bunch of teenagers(and your only daughter) to their (probable) deaths
>Fucking bury those emotions deeper than the Mariana Trench and soldier on.
>I like that spirit - let's go!

>>2774392
is it time for war flashbacks?

>>2774392
Imagine how mad our sister will be if we end up killing guison instead of her. at this point, anime rules demand it

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>>2774417
It's always time for war flashbacks comrade.

>>2774392
>>Realize you're leading a bunch of teenagers to their (probable) deaths
>>We might all burn our lives on this - let's go!

Let's finally do this.


I take a slight relief in the fact that if Harriet in particular dies, she's good for another go around, even if it won't matter anymore from our perspective.

>>2774429
Huh. Then we should try to keep harriet alive, dont you think?

>>2774427
*Fortunate son intensifies*

>>2774462
"Gooks in the wire!"
[M79 Grenade Launcher Intensifies]

>>2774481

[killroy was here intesfies]

>>2774392
Come on you aps, dont you want to live forever

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>>2774392
You're about to be leading a bunch of teenagers to their deaths. Yeah, you might have been one of those teenagers in the desert all those years ago, and your life's on the line, too, but that doesn't make things any better.

Sand filling everything you'd call an orifice. NO, NO NO!

Dead heat beating down on you. FUCK!

Screams.

YOU ARE NOT GOING BACK TO THE DESERT IN YOUR HEAD.

That's probably the reason you only have one kid.

And you're about to plunge a bunch of teenagers into something even worse.

You fight it down, condemning everyone here to Hell itself.

"We might burn all our lives on this altar," you say, raising your fist, "I like that spirit! Let's go!"

And you get a roar of approval, as your little army surges through the hellgate.

"AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR CITY!" you yell.

You just hope it's accurate, as you stumble into the mountains of Hell. A landscape you've seen a thousand time in your dreams.

"Ten minutes," Kelly says, suddenly at your elbow, "and I'll have the drones in the air. Not sure their engines will take this grit for too long, but we can at least get a last kamikaze strike out of them."

Everyone is dead, and you condemned them to it. Under the unsetting sun of Hell.

The one you've seen too many times in your dreams.

But none of you are dead yet.

You climb the mountain, and come face to face with Gusion, hovering above the plains on six wings,

"MORTAL," he bellows, "I CHALLENGE YOU AGAIN. NAME YOUR WEAPON."

"MY HONOR GUARD," you yell back at him, "AND MY TERMS ARE THAT YOU DO NOT BOTHER MY CITY OR THE EARTH AGAIN!"

"THEN LET'S FUCKING GO!" the fallen angel screams, falling upon you with a flaming sword of shattered friendships.

>Light him up, unless you want to die!
>You're a fallen angel? Try a goddess on for size!
>Suck my cock! And my shotgun!
>Can't we talk this out? I guess not. Anyone who thinks they can, PARRY HIM!
>WRITE IN

>>2774512
>>You're a fallen angel? Try a goddess on for size!

>>2774512
>Can't we talk this out? I guess not. Anyone who thinks they can, PARRY HIS DUMB ASS!
>OH AND GUSION! THE REMAINS OF YOUR KNEE SEND THEIR REGARDS!

>>2774517

THIS

>>2774512
>>Can't we talk this out? I guess not. Anyone who thinks they can, PARRY HIS DUMB ASS!
>>OH AND DUKE PEG-LEG! THE REMAINS OF YOUR KNEE SEND THEIR REGARDS!

>>2774512
>>Light him up, unless you want to die!
>You're a fallen angel? Try a goddess on for size!
I want to see Mary really cut loose.

Is there a difference between demons and fallen angels?

>>2774527
yeah, kind of. Fallen angels(if i recall correctly) tend to just "lose their wings" and their powers get corrupted but their power level stays more or less the same.

>>2774512
>falling upon you with a flaming sword of shattered friendships.
If that's a literal flaming sword, then he's fucking cheating. Again.

Unless somehow his flaming sword is somehow part of his honor guard.

>>2774540
he is not. we didn't ask about his weapon.

>>2774540
If it's a part of his honor guard then it means that it's literally sentient with the minds of countless friendships. Which is oddly the least strangest thing we've witnessed so far in this quest.

>>2774545
The entire reason that the duel was invalid last time was that we named shotguns as weapon of choice and he attacked us with claws, wasn't it?

>>2774553
wasn't it because he dragged us into hell?

>>2774515
18:59 - 19:15ish voting period, and write ins considered until I stop writing.
>>2774527
>Is there a difference between demons and fallen angels?
In Abrahamic religions (and all of the gnostic/hermetic/etc. stuff that derives from them), many demons are fallen angels. They're usually the most hilariously powerful ones.
>>2774540
>he's fucking cheating. Again.
It's more a "me and my gang, you and your gang" thing. Gusion using a flaming sword made of broken friendships is like the MC using his shotgun. Or Sue using the 1k Sword.
Except he's a demon, so he has cooler toys.

>>2774512
>Can't we talk this out? I guess not. Anyone who thinks they can, PARRY HIM!
>Don't forget to dodge with your own fucking legs too.

>>2774572
Ah, so it's not so much just MY HONOR GUARD as MY HONOR GUARD AND ALSO WHATEVER OTHER JUNK I HAPPEN TO HAVE ON ME. I was assuming that only the honor guard were allowed to do battle, as the designated weapons.

Guess that means we won't be able to escape with a 'but you used that thing you weren't allowed to use' excuse this time.

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>>2774512
"Can't we talk this out?" you ask as more of taunt than a real question.

Gusion screams down from the sky, wings folded, carrying that flaming sword.

"I guess not," you say, then yell, "ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY CAN, PARRY HIS DUMB ASS!"

You really hope you never have to see THAT happen again.

Sue darts in from one side, bracing the Thousand Year Blade, and Roxy comes in from the other, holding up a sword made from shadows.

They catch the duke of Hell's sword in an 'X' with their blades, and you yell "DUKE PEG-LEG! THE REMAINS OF YOUR KNEE SEND THEIR REGARDS!"

Gusion tries forcing his sword down to you, but he can't quite manage it.

So you yell, confident someone will get it, "but wait! There's more! Try a goddess on for size!"

And then you duck and cover behind a rock, as pink arrows stream out of the sky.

"MORTAL," Gusion yells, rearing up, "DO YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME?"

You barely hear Mary's "yes."

[1/2]

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>>2774636
"I CAN DESTROY YOU!" the magical girl yells, and you can barely see what happened from behind your rock, and you probably don't want to see, and a very unlucky (and rather spikey) demon from Gusion's honor guard came around the corner, so you lit him up.

'Lit him up' might have been a euphemism. You blew him the fuck apart with your shotgun.

It took several pumps.

"IN YOUR DREAMS!" Gusion yells at Mary, soaring at her, and you realize you're totally out of your depth here.

"THERE IS ONLY ONE DREAM, AND IT'S BEEN RIPPED AT THE SEAM!" you hear Mary yell, and you look up, and suddenly wish you hadn't.

That is a duke of Hell, ripped in half by whatever the hell Mary's firing from her bow, falling down onto the mountains in two pieces, and you and the rest of your forces are cleaning up his honor guard.

It's rough terrain, but the long-range magical girls are killing anything that tries to fly, the short-range ones are destroying anything on the ground, and eventually Kelly gets his drones up, and that seals it.

>Let's get a treaty out of this
>Let's force them to swear fealty
>We're done here
>WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
>WRITE IN

>>2774677
>>Let's force them to swear fealty
(because i still want to see if we can make guison's property our girl's hunting grounds)

>>2774677
>We're done here
>Let's get a treaty out of this
>Ask Mary later if that was an greater example of her godlike powers.
> See if they sell Dr. Pepper in hell.
Thank goodness we have Mary on our side for now.

>>2774690
wouldn't they be forever on our side? Seems like the brotherhood oath is some deep shit and considering the feebles could have died after unknowingly "lying" to us, i really don't think they can betray us before exploding into some chunky salsa of the meaty kind".

>>2774677
That was fast. After all that buildup, I was expecting more of a fight. Looks like Mary could have done this by herself. Ah well.
There can't be that many fallen angels in total, right? Good job permanently removing one of them. Mary just stomped one of the most powerful types of demonic celestial beings there is like it was nothing.

>We're done here
There's no one to have do the swearing, unless he had an heir for some reason. And sister already wanted this territory. Though it would be nice to hold onto the territory for hunting grounds.
>WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
>HELL

>>2774709
Freebles has a history of being a Yakuza fanboy to the nth degree.
As for the magic yarnball, anything goes. Heck we might end up nullifying the yarnball's effect on someone by accident and thus allow them to betray us or go against us because we voided it on our end and thus end up releasing them from it.
TLDR: I'm not saying you're wrong, it's that anything can go when it comes to the Yarnball.

That might have been anticlimactic, but the MC has some people on his side that are actually over 9000 on the goddamn scouter.
>>2774709
>freebles could have died after unknowingly "lying" to us
That's got a lot more to do with the way he conceptualizes it. He's thinking in Movie Yakuza terms.
Obviously, if somebody really wants out, they just have to kill the MC. If they can get past all the people that don't want him dead.
>>2774719
Yeah, that was anticlimactic as Hell, but it seemed to fit. The MC has a bunch of very powerful folks with him, and they could have taken Gusion in the first fight, if he's let them. After a month of fighting demons on a daily basis, they've all leveled up a bit.

>>2774761
>Obviously, if somebody really wants out, they just have to kill the MC. If they can get past all the people that don't want him dead.

Lets be honest. its not that hard to accomplish.

>>2774761
>over 9000

>Retro memes

my nigger.

>>2774771
Yeah since all it takes is for that dude is to not show any real intent on murdering us and wanting to talk to us in private.

>>2774797
Or an mg nuking the house

>>2774808
Eh, I'll bet that our group has some form of magical detection system in place. So the MG might be caught out before she can get into proper deployment range for her to launch her Magical Davy Crockett into our humble abode.

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>>2774677
"We're done here," you say, and you swing your shotgun like you're slinging blood off a sword.

"I don't think we are," Ellie says, alighting next to you, "your young goddess just took a dukedom by conquest. And I want it."

"Fuck," you mutter, "can you guys please settle this with something nonviolent?"

"I'm going to duel her," Ellie says, a red light in her eyes, "unless she gives it up to me."

>Maty, please give it up
>Fine, you fuckers fight for it
>Could you guys play chess for it? Or poker?
>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.
>WRITE IN

>>2774817
>>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.

>>2774817
When did Ellie walk into hell, again?
I really wanna set 'play deathmatch Doom' as the condition, just because it's really fucking thematically appropriate. Just not sure if it's a thing that Ellie'd even know about.
I'm sure the drone control computers can run Doom. Hell, a chainsaw can run Doom.
Eh, fuckit.
>Beat her in a Doom (1, not '16) deathmatch, and it's yours (Mary approving, of course).

>>2774817
>>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.

No dueling. We were just in a 'duel', where the loser got torn in half. No one would win this fight.

>>2774817
>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.
>Beat her in a Doom (1, not '16) deathmatch, and it's yours (Mary approving, of course).

We're only delaying the inevitable concerning our sister. Sooner or later we're eventually going to come to a disagreement that's gonna end with her thinking that she's going to have to murder one of our people and won't take no for an answer.
If it does happen it's not going to be a surprise to me since she's been a demonic crack addict for a long ass time

>>2774817
>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.
BUT
>>WRITE IN
It's mary's dukedom. If you really want it, ask her.

>>2774817
>>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.
>Beat her in a Doom (1, not '16) deathmatch, and it's yours (Mary approving, of course).
i'd have suggested beer pong, but this is a lot better

>>2774840
>>2774858
Heck supporting

>>2774840
yeah. considering sue with the 1k blade could sandstill her, and we in theory can remove the limiters of the rest of the girls, this will end up really poorly for our sister.

>>2774845
While amusing, when DOOM came out video games were still very much nerd games. Sister won't likely know or care (she's been out of cultural touch for a while) anything about it.

And DOOM is old enough, and Mary is young enough, she won't have played it either.

>>2774878
wouldn't that be the idea? we could easily beat her on that game.

>>2774886
We'd have 2 incompetents playing against each other. And sister likely won't have any computer experience, nevermind video games. She invaded some 30 years ago, which put it in the late 80's; PCs were only just becoming a thing.

Mary should at least be familiar enough with computers to pick up the idea sooner, even if she's never played an FPS. Though it might still take a while.

>>2774886
Technically, the idea is that Ellie beats Mary, to get a non-lethal (but still trial-by-combat) handover. Trial by combat appeases various demonic sensibilities involved, and non-lethal appeases ours.

>>2774878
>Sister won't likely know or care (she's been out of cultural touch for a while) anything about it.
There was a bit of fluff about how the MC and Ellie used to sit around and play video games - might have been a write-in rather than word of QM, but I'm calling it under rule of 'close enough'.
Besides, even if she walked into hell 20 years ago, Doom was out for 1-2 years by then. Plenty of time.

>>2774896
>30 years
I could have sworn it was less. Oh well.
Anybody got an old NES sitting around?

>>2774817
>Could you guys play chess for it? Or poker?
>I'm not sure I'm down with this 'Empress of Hell' schtick, even if you are my sister.