>>18270249
Fuck Yeah!

Anyway, what about a briefing on what our objective is?

>>18270249
Holy shit it's MSQ!
Awesome we were paired with Hina, randomly.

>>18270332
We need to team up with Hna and Vita.

Coat their weapons with rebounder and play tennis with our enemies

>>18270288
I honestly think Mike didn't do this randomly. He set us up with Hina, then randomed everyone else. It all looks random enough, but Mike is a sly one like that.

>>18270332
We don't even know if it's a combat situation yet.

rolled 58 = 58

I blame you ruining what little productivity I have at work this past week, by generating enough interest in SWQ that I spent too much time reading the backlog of threads.

>>18270340
That's just an excellent idea.
Especially if we were facing a smaller opponent.

The gym desintegrates, you and Hina find yourselves standing in an immense sea of darkness.
You hear Mike in your head.
"Here's the situation. A rouge magos has captured 24 children and plans to use them as human sacrifices in a forest."
"Your mission is to rescue the children and if possible, apprehend or defeat the magos."
He explains to the two of you.
"You will be inserted at the edge of the treeline, scanning equipment and other majaikal means of detection does not work within the trees for reason yet unknown."
"Your opponent is a summoner type, but not much more other than that is known about him."
"If you are unable to save all the children, it will result in failure. If you are 'killed', it also means failure."
"Keep your guard up and good luck to the two of you."

The darkness melts away to reveal a forest at night.

>>18270371
#1 priority is to, as soon as we see the children, get them out of there using tea cups. Let's bring out Jakob and tiny-Ted to have them start scouting. We have a lot of ground to cover, and some tiny spies could be very useful.

>>18270371
So I assume invisibility is the order of the day?
Then when we get near the kids have Hina hold his attention as much as possible while we time stop bunnymode and leg it with the kids.

Then once the kids are safe go back to see if we can support Hina and win the fight or just gtfo

>>18270371
>someone predicted the scenario in last night's after-game discussion

>>18270371
Light recon, first priority would be the kids.

>>18270371
Congratulations to whoever else called Gilles de Rais.

>>18270383
>>18270384
We can combine these two.

Perhaps we can also to aerial recon with our saucer? Or is there too high of a chance that we could be seen by the target?

>>18270397
LG did drop some very big hints to be fair

>>18270383
Tiny Ted? HELL NO! We have a dapper T-Rex friend. We need him at full size, so we can ride him while sipping tea and shooting our explosive paintballs.
Basically, Ted needs to become this. We're up against a tentacledickrapest wizard, we need to bring out the big guns.

>>18270449
A bit late to try doing that when we are in the match.
Keep it in mind for future combat though

>>18270449
Just tiny for the scouting part. We can bring him to full size later. He's been tiny when he and Jakob have been adventuring around the school. Their ability to shift sizes is really good for work like this.

>>18270449
>OH SHIT IT'S A DRAGON. Better sacrifice all these children to Cthulhu now when I have the chance.

And before anyone says anything, anyone from Gilles de Rais' time would have no idea what a T-Rex is, and would likely assume it's a dragon.

>>18270460
I don't think it's to late to bring Ted to full size, but I could be wrong. Either way, we need the big guns for this one, and the Cigar Smokescreen to escape anal violation.

>>18270482
Not too late to size change him, that's basically instant.
I meant the armour and guns idea. Good plan for later

>>18270482
>>18270449
You are an idiot.
Did you not read the briefing? If any of the kids die, then the mission is a failure.
And you want to tromp through the forest with a full-size T-Rex?

A full moon shines down on a sea of naked trees.
Dry leaves crunch under your feet as you carefully walk in with Hina at your side.

You consider your options.
With rescuing the children a priority, you will have to be stealthy to avoid as much combat as possible.
You can let your familiars aid you in the search, but are unsure if you would risk them, and if the added numbers would alert the enemy mage to your position.

You and Hina can split up, but with the opponent being a summoner, you dont know if going solo would be the best resort.

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18270523
Definitely use the familiars. They can get small, and they're both animals, so they should be able to blend into the underbrush quite well.

>>18270523
We could ask Hina for input, but sending out scouts is a must.
We need to know the land at least, otherwise an effective strategy cannot be made.

>>18270523
Scout with Hina, stay within easy reach of her via teleport and go invis at the first sign of the target.

Plan with Hina for her to keep the enemy tied up while we evacuate the hostages then swing back to help her in the fight / extraction

>>18270523
Stay together, because the summoner might have monster patrols.

Can we draw Hina into our invisibility?

Use the familiars to help us in our search. Tell Jakob and Ted that our priority is the rescue of the children, and being undetected.

>>18270523
Scout with Jakob and Tiny Ted. Keep Hina close buy, don't want to get separated.

clarification, we're not required to actually defeat the summoner, yes, just rescue the children?

>>18270555
Objective 1: Rescue all children.
Objective 2 (Optional): Apprehend or kill the Summoner.

>>18270555
Victory conditions are beat the summoner or extract the children.

We may have to escape ourselves once that is done but we can use Jakob and Ted to move the kids out once they are clear of imminent danger

>>18270502
It's if ALL the kids die. So we can afford to accidentally lose a few to a rampaging T-Rex. We don't want to, but if it comes down to it, we can afford to lose a kid or two.

>>18270570
Wrong.
>"If you are unable to save all the children, it will result in failure.
We come out with 24 alive kids, or we fail. It's a black or white thing.

>>18270570
No, it isn't.

>"If you are unable to save all the children, it will result in failure. If you are 'killed', it also means failure."

Learn to reading comprehension, tripfag.

'Hina, mental communication only'

>>18270570
As this guy pointed out
>>18270479
the children are prepped for sacrifice. We spook the magos, and he could sacrifice all of them at once.

Your plan is still terrible.

>>18270570
Yeah but that's just not classy enough.
And we have a bit with Erica that we will beat her at this exercise and if we win she has to wear what we decide for 3 school days.

The consensus was something frilly like Sakura would wear mainly

>>18270587
This. Mental contact, familiar scouting, try to get the children away from the summoner with tea cups, and only then do we fight the summoner.

>>18270583
Ok, scrap the T-Rex riding, then. We don't want to spook this guy either. Stealthy as possible then?

>>18270600
Yes. That is the consensus already.

>>18270596
have Ted and Jakob scouting, but we don't want them getting so far from us that we can't get to them quickly if they find some children. Keep them at most 20 feet out to our sides.
I guess my worry is that the hostages won't all be in the same place. we need to not get separated.

Erica and shirou find themselves in some sort of old style office.
Shirou is sitting behind the large desk wearing a white kimono.
Erica is on the couch in a red China-dress.
Mike briefs them mentally.
"You will have to infiltrate an underground facility and assassinate the head of its operations."
"You must blend in with the natives, and go in without getting too much attention."
"Use of majaik will be severely limited."
He then shows them a mental image of a man.
"Your target is Housen, the Night King of Yoshiwara."

>This thread
>Just got ME3
>Trying to play both.

This will be interesting. Feel free to ignore me if get the two mixed up.

>>18270622
>Shirou
>stealth mission.
Why do I get the feeling our bet is off to a good start?

>>18270622
I think we've won this bet already. Shirou is going to fuck up big time.

>>18270622
ERICA NEEDS TO TAKE PICTURES.

>>18270633
Well nothing is certain but we have a better chance

>>18270622
>The one with brains doesn't know shit about blending into Japan
>The one without brains has to be stealthy
Have we decided what we're making her wear yet?

>>18270641
Pants. Lets make her wear pants.

>>18270641
Don't be so hasty.
We still have to win our scenario, and with it being to save all 24 kids, that's not going to be easy.

>>18270635
No we just need to go clothes shopping with the twins next time we take them into town

>>18270645
Nah her wearing a frilly pink card captor Sakura dress is much more embarrassing for her

question: how much area can our smoke screen cover? If it can cover a large area, and last for a while, then I've got an idea. We keep our somkescreen up to cover all the area we've gone through and a large patch of forest around it. Jakob, I'll bet he has a pretty good sense of direction, and can move quietly enough through a forest on his own. If the children aren't all grouped together, as we come across and free them we can have Jakob escort them back to the edge of the forest.

"Hina, any plans?" you ask her as you move through the trees.
"I was hoping you had some." she tells you as she readies her wooden sword.
"Hmnnn okay, first we're gonna need some information on the land. We'll send my familiars as scouts."
You take out J and Ted. Both in their smaller forms.
"Okay guys, we're gonna need you to scout the surroundings for us. Keep in mental contact, and report to us if you find anyone. Children will be our priority." you tell them.
"Leave it to us good bean."
"I shall do my best sir."
And the two of them quietly disappear into the trees.
"I can do some scouting too." Hina tells you.
"No." you answer her firmly. "I want you here with me."
Your words bring a blush to her cheeks that you failed to notice in the moonlight.

The two of you walk on.

>>18270658
Let's not. We don't want the summoner to even know people are coming for as long as it can be avoided. A smoke screen may conceal our locations, but it will reveal our presence.

>>18270658
Ready for a ritual, I dare say in one group or a few smaller groups we can use the familliars to get them out once we have them clear of imminent danger but we still need to do the first part ourselves

>>18270658
This is a good plan, if it's possible.

>>18270627
>>18270633
>>18270635
>>18270640
>>18270641
>>18270645
>'If one of us fails to complete the simulation, they lose. Loser has to wear an outfit picked by the winner for 3 days. Deal?'
those are the terms of the bet. We do have to win.

>>18270668
In a forest, its called "Fog"
>>18270667
Mentilation only I said!

After about a quarter of an hour Ted contacts you.
"My good man, I have found two young lads in a clearing. What should I do with them?"
"Sir, I see a little girl just ahead of me. Should I approach her?"

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18270667
We should switch to mental communication so that we can't be overheard.

>>18270682
Maybe, but we don't know if he'll be fooled. I think using the Walls right now is too risky.

>>18270691
Observe, if anything seems to coming at them then intervene. Were dealing with a slippery snake.

>>18270691
Wait, are they in two different locations?

Crap, did the magos spread the kids out? That'll make this a lot more difficult.

>>18270691
no approach yet, wait for us to arrive. Might be a trap.

>>18270691
Do not approach. Stay out of sight, Give me your location

>>18270682
Smoke is clearly smoke. You can't mistake smoke for fog.

>>18270691
Do NOT approach. Avoid detection and keep scouting.

Guys, we're gonna have to find the mage first. If the kids are spread out, saving any of them will alert him to our presence. They're probably located in specific places for a circle.

>>18270691
Wait. It could be a trap, make sure they are ok for now and keep searching. If they are prepared for a sacrifice there should be some sort of pattern to how they are laid out see if you can find it

>>18270691
Can they stream us visuals/audio live?

>>18270691
In my opinon, Caster is the Primary target. We find him, and kill him, we get auto win. We try to rescue the kids, we alert him, we have to wear a frilly dress for three days.

>>18270718
they can send you mental images.
Like an idea in your head.

>>18270720
He is probably much more powerful than us and is a summoner to boot.

If we had more than a two man team we would be ok but we need to rescue the kids to at least disrupt his sacrifice plans before we even consider attacking

>>18270716
>>18270714
if he has them placed in a specific pattern for a ritual, we might consider having Jakob and Ted move some of them once we're ready to fight the summoner, that ought to ruin his ritual (if how this magic works is anything like Dresdenverse magic, then screwing up the pattern for a ritual is dangerous but a surefire way to make it fail)

"OOOOOOOOOOH! COOL KATANAS!"
Shirou says as he runs down the crowded street, Erica trying to chase him down while dealing with the skirt.

>>18270742
We walk up while invisible, stop time and shoot him with our explosive paintballs or stab him to death. We have an auto win button in the Timestop if we plan it right.

>>18270742
rescuing the kids before we have the summoner under heavy fire is going to be very risky, it would mean splitting our forces. One of us would have to fight the summoner while the other protects the children.

>>18270723
Okay, have the two search for the others.
Have Kraus begin constructing a map of the area using input from Jakob, Ted, and our own movements. Mark the locations of the kids we've seen so far.

>>18270757
The fight against Nanoha showed us time stop is far from an I Win button.

This guy was dangerous enough that he evaded IDPKB long enough to set up a ritual that could have very dire consequences hence the kids all having to be saved.

We go in balls out all we get is failure 3 more days in a skirt

>>18270743
That's a safe assumption. The main problem is what happens if the spell fails. If the kids that aren't moved out of the circle are still harmed, we're boned.

>>18270757
Nanoha cracked our time stop just fine. This guy is at least as powerful. It's not a guaranteed win button.

>>18270691
No,make a mental note of where you are and continue scouting

Also we should be on our saucers about 3 meters in the air, instead of stepping on crunchy leaves at ground level...

>>18270763
That's why we get Hina to engage him we pop bunnymode and timestop move them to a safe distance and get J and Ted to keep them moving while we go back to help Hina

>>18270770
Got a better plan? At least we have a chance if we completely blindside him, and he goes into shock from having about 12 tons of cutlery in his vital organs.

"Do not approach them." you order your familiars as they show you the children just standing around looking scared under some trees.
"Move and look for more children, note their locations, and try to find a pattern if possible. Keep hidden." you order them.

Moments later you and Hina spot a boy and a girl in a small clearing.
The girl is crying and the boy, while trying to look brave, also seems to be on the verge of tears.

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18270778
That's a good usage of the saucers. Seconding that for both us and Hina.

>>18270790
Sneak around, notify Ted and Jakob about them, continue on.

>>18270782
that sounds feasible, since we can use a teleport to hop back to Hina, but we'll have a hard time pulling 24 kids into timestop with us.

>>18270790
Mentilate to Hina to keep back, we need a clear idea of what the situation is before we rush in. We might need her to keep the summoner occupied for a short time while we evacuate the kids under time stop + bunnymode

>>18270777
>This guy is at least as powerful
Oh god the only reason we were able to stop her from destroying the entire town was by using our Swag. I don't this that that would.. work.... on Caster.

Holy shit, we can win this by Cross Dressing.
Kraus, can you edit my butler uniform into a maid one? This will work. We walk through the woods crying about how we can't find grandma's house, naturally Blue Beard will be attracted to us.

>>18270790
Mentalate to Hina.
'This is obviously a trap. Do you see anything?'
Don't approach. Mentally mark the position on Kraus' map, and see if a pattern begins to emerge of the kids' placements.

>>18270789
I think we should find the Magos, explain who we are and why we're here, and then ask him nicely to stop...

>>18270790


>>18270806
seconding. if Hina trys to go in to rescue them, hold her back, explain, with mentilation, why she shouldn't.

>>18270782
>>18270808
We may not have to draw the kids into our Time Stop to be active, so much as scoop them up in our tea cup and carry them from one location to the next.

>>18270790
Don't approach, note their position to the scouts, keep Hina back, and see what Kraus senses. A barrier might be what's keeping the Bureau sensors jammed, but Kraus might be able to detect shit in LOS like he did with the fudge dungeon.

>>18270822
Funny, nice one.
Seriously, I think my plan is/could be the back-up one. If all else fails, 12 tons of cutlery or fudge should do the job.

>>18270833
Yeah no need to draw them in fully but we need to move them under time stop to avoid any contingent "FUCK YOU" spells

>>18270842
Yeah backup plan definitely, we want to have this planned out so we can flit from kid to kid and throw them all to our familliars before we try the befriending method

>>18270855
And by befriend you mean kill, right?

>>18270866
Yeah, it's the Nanoha befriending plan. We shoot lasers that will level a 12 mile radius and hope for the best

So our plan is:
1. Locate the summoner
2. Identify and neutralize any immediate threats to the children
3. Figure out a safe way to foul up the ritual without harming the children (2 and 3 go together)
4. Once we know we can get the kids to safety, have Hina engage the summoner, while we escort the kids part way, then have Ted and Jakob escort them the rest of the way and teleport to Hina and help her defeat the summoner.

Am I missing anything so far?

>>18270877
Not that I can see

>>18270873
I love the smell of death-rays in the morning.

>>18270877
That's pretty much it.

"This stinks of a trap." you tell Hina. "I don't like it."
"But they look scared." she tells you.
"No. Something's wrong." you say as you hold her arm. "Lets note their location for now and come back later when we have a bigger picture."

You add the kids to the map you are building in your mind and move on, making little to no noise among the leaves.

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

***All conversations between you and your team are mental.
<mental map

>>18270877
We should find out why these kids aren't getting up and leaving on their own....

>>18270887
Hmm... Looks like its arranged in a pentagram. Should we go towards the center?

>>18270899
>Should we go towards the center?
We should...

>>18270887
Our plan is:
>>18270877
We should have T&J keep scouting.

They are in a pentagram dispersion. Kids at each 5 points in the outside, probably all 5 points on the inside with one in the center being the summoner or the greatest sacrifice

Tell Hina we want to help them but if we rush in we might get them hurt or killed and that would be worse than leaving them in fear for another couple of minutes

>>18270887
Keep scouting.

>>18270902
More specifically, we should be having them scout the perimeter to complete the circle. We'll go in a bit more and start circling the next ring in.

>>18270887
Shed a manly tear that we don't think Hina can see (she can) and grimly continue the search, our hearts steeled against the summoner because it kills us to be unable to comfort those kids.

>>18270887
the Dapper Duo keep scouting for children, we look for the summoner. Gotta make sure we've seen all 24 before we engage the summoner.

'Okay Sousuke, NOW!' Keima tells Sousuke as the soldier hides in the arms of a tree.
Sousuke presses the detonator for the C4 he has rigged on the bridge and blows it up.
The steam locomotive on the rails plummeting into the ravine below.

Keima and Sousuke pull of their sabotage mission in record time.

>>18270887
Looks like a pentagram dispersion.

We go towards the center, Jakob to the northern point of the pentagram, and Ted to the left-upper point.

>>18270904
We get close enough for visual, timestop and bunny mode, and either stab Caster or take all of the kiddies and make a beeline for the edge of the forest.

>>18270923
For now we stick with the consensus, scout out the area using that plan and see if it is right

By the way, waiting too long might result in an auto-fail.

Keep that in mind, guys.

>>18270931
I know, just posting ahead of the curb for when we reach the center (If our hunch is correct.)

>>18270935
Yes but rushing in is also likely a bad situation.

We have enough time to confirm the locations of the summoner and the majority of the kids I think and once we have that we strike

So move to the center?

We take out the caster fast enough, we win.

>>18270940
>ahead of the curb
Ahead of the curve. You mean ahead of the curve.

>>18270935
>>18270923
waiting to long might auto-fail, but we NEED TO MAKE SURE that we have an eye on all 24 kids before we attempt anything.

>>18270923
We don't even need to get the kids all the way out of the forest. Just far enough to get them out of the circle will do. The edge of the circle shouldn't be much farther out than the outermost children spots.

>>18270935
Noted. If Jacob isn't au naturale, we should tell him to strip and play mundane bunny. He can haul balls around the forest without causing any raised eyebrows.

"Guys, keep walking the perimeter and look for kids." you tell J and Ted. "We will head deeper."
"Righty-o"
"I hear you sir."

The two of you head off into what you think should be the center of the circle.
'Why did we just leave them there?' Hina asks you. 'Theyre just kids.'
'I know,' you tell her with a heavy heart 'But with them dispersed this way, we cant alert the mage if we take away any of them. We might lose more than we save that way.'
'Oh...'

Something falls on you from above.

>>18270945
Yep.
To sum up the plans so far:
Plan A: Evac Kids with Jakob and Ted, Hina covers us.
Plan B: We put more steel in Casters body than a battleship during a timestop. Or blow him up, either works
Plan C: Crazy Ivan.

>>18270949

If we can take the guy BEFORE he tries anything though, we can take our time collecting the kids.

So a quick assassination mission might be the best way to end this.

>>18270958

>Something falls on you.

FUUUUUUUUUU

>>18270958
TIME STOP. KNIFE POSITIONING BELOW THIS INTRUDER. PREPARE TEA AND CHAIR. SIP TEA AS FOE IMPALES SELF ON OUR SILVERWARE.

>>18270963
agreed, but we're worried he might have a backup plan and have something set to kill some of the kids in case someone comes for him, a dead-man's switch.

Something else we can do instead of Time-Stop Bunny, we have a fucking T-Rex.

Just have him eat the fucker. Time Stop, sure. But just eat him.

>>18270958
Time stop. I expect that it's a kid jumping on us. So everyone suggesting we kill it? Let's see what it is first.

A thought occurs:

A lot of demons, fairies, and monsters from myths and stories take the form of lost children to lure unsuspecting people in.

Those might not be kids.

Those might be his SENTRIES.

>>18270967
>>18270958
"FUCKING SHIROU!"
I actually think that that scenario is plausible. We broke one simulation with swag, whose to say he can't do the same with stupid?

A screeching monstrocity is on your shoulders, clawing, biting and flailing.
Hina quickly bats it away with her sword.

You see the creature bounce off the trunk of a tree and get back up.
It looked like the horrible offspring of a koala and an octopus.
Its mouth full of sharp teeth, wicked talons at the ends of its limbs.
Tentacles springing out of the matted coarse fur in random places on its body.

And then more of the demonic bears begin to drop from the trees.

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18270958
Crap, there goes our plan.
We need to see what dropped on us before we do anything.
Get a few seconds of Time Stop to see what dropped on us.

>>18270945
Or we fail and trigger the ritual because he isn't weak enough for us to simply barbarian rush in.

We aren't as strong as someone like Nanoha and this guy would be even more powerful than her, even disregarding meta knowledge.

If we follow our plan to the point of timestop to move kids point then we can do whatever

>>18270995
Kill them as quickly and quietly as possible. Not even the slightest modicum of mercy. Brutal efficiency.

>>18270995
Fuuuuuuuu DROP BEARS!!!!!!

>>18270995
>TELEPORT 4x left
>TIME STOP 80secs left
.Bunnymode 70secs left
>INVISIBILITY 30mins left
>3 full canisters of MOLOTOVballs
>Flask of holding with 1 liter molotov, 1 liter healing and 1 liter rebounder
>J and Ted scouting.

Our current inventory, right?

I saw we open fire with MOLOTOVballs.

>>18270995
Cutlery, kill them fast as possible. We can't let them get an alert off, and we'll need all the Time Stop we have for getting the kids to safety.

>>18270995

SET THAT FUCKER ON FIRE.

BY FIRE BE PURGED, YOU FUCKING DROP BEAR.

>>18271020
Molotov flask, the balls are not needed yet and they canbe grenades

>>18271020
>>18271024
No, bad. We're still on stealth mode.

>>18271020
>>18271024
No, the explosions will give away our presence and position!

>>18271032
>>18271030
Good point giant knives seem to be a good idea

Stabby Stabby. Let's make a cloak out of the,

>>18271032
>>18271037
and how about not setting the forest on fire

>>18271024
DIE MONSTROSITIES! DIE!!!

NO FIRE YET

Go with the knives

>>18271056
Only we can prevent forest fires

>>18271056
You guys are thinking too combat related...
drop cups on these things, saucer up and fly away all quiet like... they won't hurt the kids, the magos needs them still

no muss no fuss

Stabby stabby it is then.

>>18271080
and also, no noise

>>18271080
They have probably alerted the summoner already.

And dropbear cloak sounds sort of badass

>>18271080
Fuck subtlty, at his point, he already knows were here. He wants to throw down, so lets throw down!

Yeah, sorry about the panic attack.

I saw koala, I had PTSD attack, I wanted to burn.

I'll be quiet now.

>>18271080
Your're right.
Seconding this. Let's try to keep Solid Snaking our way through this.

>>18271090
>>18271088
That's assuming these are summoned creatures and not just native to this horrifying jungle environment.

You and Hina quickly get to dispatching the fuzzy, slimy monstrosities with your swords.
They are agile as hell, but your and your partner are quicker.
In mere moments a dozen of the vile creatures are melting into ooze by your feet.

'Sir, Ive met back with Ted in a circle. We think we have found all of the children on the outer perimeter.' Jakob reports to you as you put away your knives.

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18271090
>>18271088
Says who? We can't assume that the dropbears have some kind of telepathic link to the summoner. That wasn't one of his abilities presented in the briefing. We need to deal with them fast, not noisily.

>>18271093
>>18271090
>>18271088
>>18271079
>>18271060
>>18271056


We create huge fuss, draw asshole to us. Blow him up too. Good. Work for Soviets, will work for us.

>>18271093
We really need a koala related PTSD for Hayate if we ever go to the zoo

>>18271103
Head to the center
We invis up Hina moves carefully and draws him out, once we are sure there are all the kids accounted for put our timestop sweep plan into effect

>>18271103
Start heading to the center. Have Jakob and Ted move in ahead of us to scout it out. It looks like a seven-pointed star, so expect children at the inner seven points too.

>>18271103
We need to go to the center. The remaining 12 kids are probably there.

Have Ted stay where he is, and Jakob move to the exact opposite side of the circle. That way, we can shave some time by using teleports when we get to rescuing the kids.

>>18271111
Like we slip into the PTSD and wake up surrounded by corpses? I like this idea.

>>18271103
that's only half the kids. time to start heading inwards. have the Dapper Duo scout inward as well.

>>18271131
More like we freak out and run away from them but furry corpses works too

Why don't we have Jacob ask the solitary hostage some questions.

He's a bunny, right? Kids love bunnies.

Why is the hostage where he is, what's the consequence for moving, and what the hostage-taker is planning on doing.

Ted will remain on lookout for Jacob.

>>18271147
There's a chance those aren't even real kids. Also, there's likely some sort of magic keeping them where they're at. Besides, kids may love bunnies, but they'd still freak out if one started talking all of a sudden.

>>18271147
That works.

So do we have PTSD killing spree as our plan, or are we still thinking?

>>18271147
Scared kids, surrounded by scary monsters and all of a sudden up comes a talking rabbit?

I think I would shit myself in such a situation

>>18271180
Hoping for PTSD Kill Spree, but thats just me, and I'd say we should stick to the plan.

>>18271180
We already killed the dropbears.
We're agreed to recon the center of the circle.

>>18271180
>>18271189
Stick to the plan.
PTSD is for when we go to the Zoo

>>18271103
Slowly advance to the circle, Jack and Ted will circle around aswell, see if any more kids in the inner area.

>head to center
You and Hina approach the center of the circle.
Slowly and carefully making your way through the trees.
The two of you remain on guard for any other creatures that may attack you.
Both now fully aware of some sort of thick fog rolling in.

>DO YOU SEND THE FAMILIARS IN TOO?
>OR DO THEY EXTRACT THE KIDS?

>>18271240
have familiars wait on the outer circle, but not extract the kids yet.

>>18271240
Ted on extracting outer circle, Jakob on looking for an inner circle of kids and extracting once he finds them

>>18271240
Extract the kids. Switch Jakob to Laplace mode once he is close enough to help the kids and Ted to big mode so kids can ride on him send them together or a t Rex might scare the kids off

Send familiars in, but also send out some saucers for standby, leavitate them into trees near the kids known positions.

>>18271253
>>18271254
This.

>>18271240
Have Ted start scouting the inner circle while the comforting rabbit man escorts the outer circle to safety.

>>18271240
Have the familiars wait to extract the kids, be ready to do so on our signal.
Jakob to be ready to go into Laplace Mode and Theodore to go Full Rex mode in case more of those dropbears appear.

Hina and Hayate proceed inwards.

>>18271261
And extract the kids in the center using time stop and saucers

>>18271267
This, but send a saucer or 2 to T&B. There's too many kids to simply carry. They can load up the saucer with kids cause that's less scary than riding a TRex.

>>18271272
Yea, we can extract the inner circle ourselves. It's a shorter distance, and we should have a good idea where they might be by now.

>>18271288
Most kids think riding a T Rex would be awesome but under the circumstances you are right

"Ted, J. Get ready to extract the kids." you tell your familiars.
"J, use laplace mode to help the kids out. Ted prepare to go full-rex if the need arises."
"I will be sending half a dozen saucers to assist you."

"Jolly good."
"Will do, sir."

You send your familiars the six saucers, and you and Hina head to the inner circle you expect to find the kids in.

Once you arrive at the estimated location, the kids aren't there.

WHAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18271330
Frown and proceed to the actual centre.

>>18271330
kraus scan the area. Something feels wrong here

>>18271330
PANIC.jpg

start sweeping out in a circle.

>>18271330
Fuck. Well we could start a fire and try hiding.

pic is unrelated, but is my angry face.

>>18271350
what? how is that productive?

rolled 6 = 6

Go to the center.
If its also clear, extract the kids youve found and go airborne.

>>18271330
Do a sweep of the general area.

If nothing turns up, head for the center. Slowly and ready to stop time/bunnymodo/go invisible

Or maybe just go invisible now and take the lead because we have half an hour's worth.

>>18271330
Have Kraus check to see if he can see any nearby. We may just be a few meters away from them. If no hits on the scans, then head to the dead center of the circle. The rest may be all together.

>Scan, Kraus
>head deeper

"Kraus." you tell your Device. "I don't like this. Can you scan the area?"
"FUCKING FOG BLOCKING MY SENSORS. ITS LIKE TRYING TO SWIM THROUGH CHOCOLATE MILK. FUCK."
"Damn. Let's head deeper."
And you and Hina proceed to the center.

There, you see them

>>18271383
>There, you see them
Get ready to signal J and T, and to activate Time Stop and Bunny Mode.

>>18271392
Also count heads. We need to be SURE there's 12 kids there.

>>18271383
Get ready to start doing a lot of things quickly.

The rest of the missing kids are standing around a man in a huge, weird cloak.

As you look at him, he suddenly locks eyes with you.
"Visitors? I don't remember inviting you to my feast."

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18271405
>yfw 13 kids

>>18271408
Timestop, knife in his back. No messing around when kids, even virtual ones, are at risk.

>>18271408

what the fuck is that thing!

>>18271408
Greet him cordially, as a butler is wont to do.

Get his dumb ass monologuing and stab his shit in a time stop.

>>18271408
Stop time, pull Hina into the time stop, rush up, cut his throat. Decapitate him if possible. Child-killers are given no mercy. Teleport to him to make the time stop time not be wasted on a dash. Leave a corpse that will be unidentifiable.

>>18271408
'Jakob, Theodore, now!'

'Hinagiku, you distract him, I'll get the kids to safety.'

Follow the plan. Time Stop, Za Warudo, teacup the kids, saucer them out of there.

>>18271408
Timestop, unfreeze Hina, collect kids in a large cup or two, then send them off on saucers.

>>18271408
too drunk to think of witticisms. count heads instead. Does he have 12 kids around him?

>>18271408
Kids first. Saucers and teacups to get them to safety, or at least out of the line of fire.

Timestop and bunnymode to do so quickly.

>>18271408
Look at this walleyed motherfucker thinks hes hot shit.

We gonna ice dis bitch.

First thing of all, ask for his surrender.

This guy's probably going to break time stop. Bunny mode and teleports instead. Pull the kids away first, while Hina goes head on.

timestop and for just in case he pulls a nanoha bunny mode then stab him in the face chest and groin 37 times with seperate knives

>>18271459
And then he summons Cthulhu.

>>18271416
>>18271405
>>18271440
>The rest of the missing kids are standing around a man in a huge, weird cloak.
I think that covers it.

timestop and give the kids knives to stab him to death

Stick to the plan.
Timestop/bunnymode and saucer rescue the kids
Hina keeps him occupied, get the kids to J and Ted then we get back to the fight as they are on their way out

>>18271431
You're right. If we can get him to monologue, we can get Hina ready.

If we use Rebounder-coated teacups to immediately cover the kids, that should prevent them from being harmed until we can get to them while Hina keeps Caster busy.

>>18271478
assumptions help no one, and will come back to bite us in the balls. Count!

>>18271491
>Oh look a whole bunch of thralls that we aren't allowed to kill
>I know, let's give them weapons

Try and stick to the plan and avoid going Shirou level retard.

Get the kids safe then stab him in the dick

>>18271513
exactly its the last thing they'd expect

>>18271530
Because it's so incredibly stupid and won't end well regardless.

>>18271530
Possibly because it is massively retarded

We stick to the plan and get the kids to safety because if they it's game over we lose.then whatever stupid plans we decide to fight this guy with I will get behind

>>18271542
well then
>>18271466

"We are sorry to have come without notice." you tell him with a small bow. "But we are on urgent business to deliver justice."

"JAKOB, TED. NOW!" you order your familiars as you freeze time.

[80 secs]
You pull Hina with you into the time stop and run towards the kids.
[75 secs]
You begin piling the kids into saucers covered with cups. 4 to 5 in each.
At the same time you order Hina to begin wailing on the man with her swords.
You use your concentration to keep Hina unfrozen, even if you aren't touching her.
[45secs]
Hina has effectively stabbed, slashed, and diced the man. His remains only staying together by virtue of the stopped time.
You move to fill another saucer with kids.

As you grab a little boy with a cap on and put him into the saucer, it happened.

>>18271568

Well we either completely fucked up or we are making some progress.

>>18271568
'ere we go.

shit are we gonna have to roll cause im not feeling it tonight

oops forgot to ask you to roll for it.
**ROLL EM**
Averaging first 3 rolls

rolled 89 = 89

rollan

rolled 52 = 52

incoming terrible dice rolls

rolled 36 = 36

>>18271591
Natural 1 get!

rolled 66 = 66

>>18271591

Think I have some luck or favor stored up here.

rolled 55 = 55

>>18271591
Averaging rolls? Oh fuck, we're so fucked.

rolled 14 = 14

>>18271591

>>18271595
shit noko'd goddamn you vodka

>>18271595
>>18271599
>>18271601
59. Could be worse.

rolled 8 = 8

Ecid sdog liiw epar su

rolled 99 = 99

>>18271595
>>18271599
>>18271601

>59

Not horrible, particularly considering the averaging bit.

We got 59, not a very good number but not bad either. This could go either way.

>>18271618
Whoops left my swag on.

>>18271610
huzzah for drinking during MSQ! I'm a gin man myself.

>>18271618
Fuuuu why you so slow 99?

>>18271610
Noko high is ok.
Noko 1-10 is where we call bullshit

good news you competed the mission
bad news you didnt complete within time so you still fail

>>18271636
i know it still feels dirty

>>18271637
The only time limit I know of is us getting this shit done before he pulls off the spell. Mike never set a limit.

>>18271624
gins good too i just prefer the taste and drunk of vodka

>>18271637
Nah this dude ain't dead no matter what. He's too baller to let being diced into cubes slow him down.

He prob busts our timestop and we gotta kick his ass into last week while not blowing up any of our teacups fulla kids.

>>18271650
ayup im just spitballing here

The kid's chest erupts in an explosion of tentacles.
His mouth splits open to reveal sharp teeth.
The creature catches you by surprise and you panic, making you drop your hold on time.

You manage to dodge it just in time, and push the remaining two kids on the ground to safety.

'Sir! one of the kids are-' Jakob's frantic message gets cut.

You fend off the creature with a kick just in time to see Hina get snatched up by a huge tentacle that rose out of the ground.

"You are quite tricky lad." the man says as millions of tiny tentacles spring out of his cuts.

>>18271663
ive seen too mutch /d/ to not know where this is going

>>18271663
MOLOTOV TIEM!
Burn him to ash, no one gets their appendages on our women but us

>>18271671
Yep. We reduce this prick into hellfire.
Now if only we could hang him while we did it...

>>18271663
Gotta trap that kid in a cup. Can't kill them so have to contain.

Then focus on freeing Hina and laying the beatdown on this creepy sumbitch.

>>18271671
This. Also, accidentally yell that. She will blush so hard.

huehuehuehue

>>18271685
Wanna be careful with the explosives round the kids.

Even the monster ones.

>>18271671
Us learning these sorts of tricks could be handy... And fun though

rolled 30 = 30

Umm... what's to say that there aren't some real kids mixed in with the unspeakable horrors? And what's to say that said horrors aren't making snacks out of said children under our teacups right now?

>>18271687
Oh hells yes.
Make her know we do want her in the group but we stick to our word of she has to speak to the twins about it

>>18271686
That's assuming the demon thing is one of the kids. There might be two more we missed, somehow.

burn the forest.

>>18271697
mmmmmmmm snacks

>>18271663
Try to mentilate to J and T, get the other kids to safety.

Teacup and Saucer with Rebounder the one creature we're fighting.

And slice the tentacle holding Hina.

"I am a butler, sir. It is in my job description to be quite well prepared."

>>18271697
Thats what the roll was for I think.

Also shoot our teacups near us up into the sky and send them towards J and Ted, then start going nuts with fire.

Also I think the monster kids don't actually count towards our "kill and you lose" quota can you clarify that LG?

A huge creature bursts out of the ground.
Nothing more than a swirling pile of tentacles, flesh and teeth.
One of it's huge tentacles holding Hina tightly up off the ground.

You face the tentacle beast disguised as a kid.
It walks towards you menacingly.

The man laughs maniacally as he encroaches on the other kids left on the ground.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! SUCH DELICIOUS DESPAIR! LET ME TASTE MORE!"

[ ]man
[ ]mutant
[ ]Hina

>>18271697
>>18271703

The horrors are likely to be real kids. Given this possibility, killing them is incredibly ill-advised.

If they go after the other kids we are pretty much fucked, if all the kids turn into horrors we just avoid them and focus fire the wizard.

Hopefully he won't start killing them yet because he needs them for his ritual.

>>18271723
Hina
Man
Mutant

in that order.

>>18271653
word. I am also a fan of vodka, but i only like getting drunk off it when i have top shelf stuff available.
>>18271663
we have to consider that some, maybe most, of the children are basically fucked at this point.

>>18271723
Rebounder Teacup to protect the kids from the man, it only needs to last for a short while. Then [x] Hina. We'll need her combat ability.

[ ]man
hina can take care of herself

>>18271718
I don't think he will clarify that. We'll just have to teacup the monsters and hope.

>>18271723
[x]Man
We have to trust Hina to save her own ass right now.

>>18271732
If so, we lose.

Gotta hope this shit is reversible.

>>18271723
Throw a knife to try to sever the tentacle holding Hina, then deal with the man advancing on the kids.

>>18271723
Hina
Mutant
Man

Restart time stop and use our 45 seconds to clear Hina out then douse the mutant in molotov from our flask and get to work on the man

>>18271723

Hina
Man
Mutant

that's the order i'd reccomend.

>>18271744
>then douse the mutant in molotov from our flask

WHAT PART OF 'NOT ALLOWED TO KILL THE THRALLS' AREN'T YOU GETTING HERE?

what happens if both Erica and us fail

>>18271752
Maybe that 1 it probably won't die and 2 we don't know we aren't allowed to kill the thralls?
You are going off an assumption which will fuck us if we are wrong I am going off another one which could fuck us either way but will give us some leeway

With her hands pinned to her sides, you see that Hina has no way to free herself.

Acting quickly you stop time.
You douse the mutant in front of you with molotov and head off to help Hina.

**ROLL EM**
taking first 3 rolls

[x]man

Let him taste true despair. Our childhood - applied in the form of unlimited knives and the fires of hell.

>>18271742
i've actually been thinking about that. I think there's a possibility, given our incredible successes so far in training exercises, that Mike decided to throw the bureau's equivalent of the kobayashi-maru at us.
however there's no way to be sure of that 'til afterword.

rolled 68 = 68

>>18271764
"KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF MY WOMAN MOTHERFUCKER!"

Seriously sing it like the darkness while doing this

>>18271752
Clearly that beast isn't a kid anymore.

rolled 58 = 58

we must help her.

rolled 63 = 63

rollan

rolled 90 = 90

>>18271764
Gotta save our partner.

>>18271783
Fuuuuuuu
Why do our good rolls come in just too late tonight?

>>18271769
Seriously, WHY?

>>18271764
>You douse the mutant in front of you with molotov and head off to help Hina.
Why?

>>18271797
Hmmm probably because it wasn't a bad idea and it won't cause us to lose?

>>18271797
Because that's what LG decided that we're doing, and he's in charge

>>18271769
>>18271778
>>18271780
>Average 63
>>18271783
Oh, /tg/ dice.

>>18271808
And he can and will turn this car around if we piss him off

You hear his voice in your head.
'That petty trick won't work twice on me boy!'

You hear the creaking of metal and time moves again.
You dodge a tentacle in time to avoid it.
You take out a knife and saucer and slash at the appendages trying to keep you from flying up to Hina.

"THE CHILDREN!" she yells in an anguished scream as she watches the man snatch a kid up of the ground and squeeze his skull.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! DELICIOUS! TRULY DELICIOUS!" the madman says.

You jump up the few remaining meters to get to Hina.
"NOONE TOUCHES HER WHEN I'M AROUND!"
You yell as you slice the huge tentacle binding her.

You catch her in your arms, and land back on the saucer you were using earlier to ascend.

>GM ROLLING

rolled 40 = 40

You hear his voice in your head.
'That petty trick won't work twice on me boy!'

You hear the creaking of metal and time moves again.
You dodge a tentacle in time to avoid it.
You take out a knife and saucer and slash at the appendages trying to keep you from flying up to Hina.

"THE CHILDREN!" she yells in an anguished scream as she watches the man snatch a kid up of the ground and squeeze his skull.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! DELICIOUS! TRULY DELICIOUS!" the madman says.

You jump up the few remaining meters to get to Hina.
"NOONE TOUCHES HER WHEN I'M AROUND!"
You yell as you slice the huge tentacle binding her.

You catch her in your arms, and land back on the saucer you were using earlier to ascend.

>GM ROLLING.

rolled 88 = 88

>>18271831
>Squeezing kid's head
Welp, fission mailed.

>>18271831
I think we have reason to lose our shit. It'd be a great time to evolve some new rage power wouldn't it?

>>18271813
Trufax.
He might be letting us drive, but he is in charge of where the road goes. And I gotta be honest, I like where we're headed.

>>18271845
That's what people get for thinking with their penis. The best part is now she's pissed at us, the opposite of their intent.

>>18271845
again, i think this was a "doomed from the start" kind of mission.

>>18271831
>'That petty trick won't work twice on me boy!'

Heh, you're right... it'll work THREE TIMES!

>>18271845
Maybe not, he hasn't popped it yet

>>18271854
Except saving her was tactically the best option since it gives us two people to fight with instead of trying to SUE it up and win alone? We are a support fighter she is a main "I will rape you" fighter best we could do is hold them off

>>18271839
I don't like that roll

rolled 60 = 60

>>18271839
Comeon Assassin's Creed dive + hand removal

With Hina in your arms, you look down just in time to see the madman let the corpse fall to the ground and release a huge blast of purple flame up at you.

>>18271880
It could actually be for the summoner.

He has rolled for actions other than ours before remember

>>18271878
You're an idiot, and you're about to find out why.

>>18271893
Cup shield over ourselves

rolled 23 = 23

Focus, use raeg, despair, fear, and whatever emotions currently experiencing to focus and power the magic. Destroy him for what he's done.

>>18271878
Not really. We saw that Caster was going after the kids.
Instead of teacupping them to get them to safety, we tried to go help Hina.

>>18271893
And yup, MISSION FAILED.

>>18271893
Teacup the flame and drop on him?

>>18271916
I was under the impression that's what had happened already when we were throwing kids into teacups during the timestop LIKE WE HAD PLANNED

>>18271916
No longer about the mission, we out for blood now.
A no win situation is quite possible, not even in Zero did they save any of the children.

>>18271932
If you could reading comprehension, there were 2 left when we got ambushed by the trap kid.

>>18271932
If you had paid attention, you would've noticed one of them turned into tentacles and we didn't get them all

>>18271935
Which was why I thought this was a no win scenario from the outset

>>18271932
Nope.
>>18271663
>You manage to dodge it just in time, and push the remaining two kids on the ground to safety.

2 kids were not in the teacups, we pushed them out of the way. Those 2 were the ones that Caster was going after.

>>18271932
If you'd paid attention, Caster FUCKED OUR PLAN with his hidden mutant kid, and not all of the kids were safely in the teacups.

>>18271946
Operative word there "to safety" implying they are out of danger from the summoner and the monster

>>18271935
In Fate/Zero, Caster could basically snap his fingers and turn the kids into his demon starfish thingies, though.

Here, he seems to need to actually kill them.

>>18271961
Which implies the third to last child (and more) were killed from the get go.

You find yourself, back in the gym.
Ted and Jakob are also there.
Hina, is standing off to a side looking distraught.

Mike approaches you.
"You were unlucky enough to get the BlueBeard scenario. No one's ever completed that one." he tells you.
"In the original incident, a team of five only managed to save 6 kids and only managed to fend off the opponent after loosing 3 of their own."
"Don't be too hard on yourself over this. You got 20 out of the 22 real children. 2 of them were creatures in disguise.You did good." he tells you with a pat on your shoulder.
"Why don't you take a seat on the bleachers and maybe help Hina calm down?"

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18271974
Yep which is why this appears to be a Kobayashi-Maru, we don't know how many he turned before we even got there or if any were actually alive still and he is using them as mana batteries

>>18271980
Sit down, focus our hate. We will use it to become more powerful.

>>18271980
Calm Hina down. Conjure some tea etc and let her say whatever needs to be said

>>18271980
talk it out with Hina. this is a scenario we might have to face again in actual missions, ie not being able to save everyone.

>>18271980
Go over to Hina, have Kraus pour out some Darjeeling. Something soothing.
"Ms. Katsura, please drink this."

>>18271987
It wasn't no-win, just super maximum difficulty. If Nanoha was our partner, we probably would've won. That said, we could've done better. Saving Hina fucked us.

>>18271980
On the bright side.

Our deal with Erica specified that the WINNER would make the LOSER dress up however they wanted. If she loses too (I mean, she's teamed up with SHIROU in a STEALTH mission. It won't end well for her), then neither of us have to dress up.

I love loopholes like that.

>>18272001
Or we both have to dress up and Ursula wins.

>>18271987
It wasn't necessarily a Kobayashi-Maru, where the instructors cheat, and so the students have to cheat, in order to win.

This was just an extremely difficult scenario that had the possibility of extracting safely all children that had not been turned into mutants yet.
And we failed, because people went to save Hina instead of the kid.

>>18272001
On the other hand, if we both lose, she might try to push that we BOTH take the penalty.

Which would be much more amusing, and help cheer her up after having to deal with Shirou.

>>18271980
Share Mike's confirmation about it basically being a no-win scenario, and generally comfort her, or whatever.

Hope Shirou fucks up bad enough that they don't complete their scenario, either.

How did the other teams do?

>>18272001
This could still be a points based assessment, we may win or we may lose yet.

>>18271999
I'm sorry but expecting us to win where a five man team managed to only get 6 kids out and had 3 people die screams of SUE.
We are good but we are human,the team involved were probably more powerful, better equipped and better organized than us

It's funny because I can see Shirou winning just because Gin does some pretty stupid things at times as well and he might actually fit in to a degree.

>>18272020
We saw Keima and Sousuke breeze through theirs.

Erica was chasing Shirou through the streets, trying to rein him in.

We haven't seen anyone else, yet.

>>18272020
Sagara got paired with Keima.
Breezed their way through their mission.
Hopefully Shirou fucks up the assassination mission.

>>18272026
It's good to lose sometimes. Give's us something to think about when we really need to win.

>>18272026
Trying to fail on purpose because you're afraid of being a SUE is retarded. You go into this shit with the intent to win.

>>18272026
>I'm sorry but expecting us to win where a five man team managed to only get 6 kids out and had 3 people die screams of SUE.
Maybe. But given that there are real-life cases of just such things being pulled off, like some of Mad Jack Churchill's exploits or David Stirling's, I think that just because something seems impossible doesn't mean that the person who pulls it off is a SUE.

rolled 75 = 75

Try to console Hina. Tell her that we did better than the actual team who was sent on the mission the simulation was based on by a wide margin. Hug her if it helps.

>>18272057
Yes, this is most important.

You approach Hina.
You see her shaking where she stands.
Your two familiars following you silently.

"Hey Hina? You okay?" you ask her.
"I-I was so scared. I couldn't do anything. I-I'm sorry." she says as tears begin to form.

WAT DO OH MASTER BUTLERS?
[ ]calm her down there
[ ]take her outside

>>18272057
my gut feeling is she won't react well to a hug. she's still pretty adamant about not actually wanting to be in the harem, and forcing our affections on people isn't always going to work (even though it somehow did with nanoha.)
I say tea and talking.

>>18272054
>>18272053
Yes but look at our track record and look at our character.
We so far have valued friends and team mates over ourselves, we have done the nearly impossible many many times and have not failed yet.

This actually shows we are fallible and makes us more than a wank fantasy of how good we are

And honestly, consensus went towards our actions that's how it always has been that's how it has stayed. I would of preferred to win it but I am fine that we failed a near impossible mission

>>18272070
Behind the building is probably more private, so [x]outside.

>>18272054
Churchill wasn't fighting tentacle monsters and demon koalas though

>>18272070
[x] Take her outside
If she needs to cry, we should let her do it away from everyone else. Let her have some privacy.

>>18272070
Stay here I think.

Outside will just lead to MISUNDERSTANDINGS

>>18272070
Take her outside, calm her down with some drinks and a shoulder to cry on if she needs it

>>18272070
See
>>18272057

>>18272070
[x] take her outside

Congratulate Jakob and Ted on a good job as well. We wouldn't of gotten half as good a result if they hadn't saved the other kids

>>18272070
[x]Outside
Followed by tea.

[x]outside
She doesnt need anyone else see her in this, her moment of weakness

>>18272109
Oh yes. We don't appreciate our familiars enough. Make sure to thank them.

>>18272086
Consensus is as often full retard as it is brilliant. Besides, we are cops/soldiers now. Hina signed the dotted line. We left CHILDREN to DIE for her. Once she calms down and figures that out, I think we deserve to be in deep shit.

>>18272086
Oh, I accept the results as they were because of consensus. And yes, this is a good opportunity for character development.

I just disagree with the view that surmounting impossible odds automatically makes us a SUE.

>>18272088
Well, true. He was just fighting the Wermacht and the SS, some of the most battle-hardened soldiers of the time.

>>18272053
We weren't trying to fail on purpose.
We went in no holds barred.
We even used timestop and our full compliment of skills/familiars.
We went for Hina since we will value our teammates. It's in the character.
If we went after the man, we might have lost Hina.
If we had Hina we could'ave regrouped and taken him out.
But that roll by LG sealed our fate.
It's not just about boning her.

Wanting to win is good. But we must know we can't win everything.

>>18272155
Very much this.
Also, people seem to be forgetting that Hina getting killed is as much a failure as one of the kids getting killed.

>>18272137
It was a tactical decision. She kicked our ass in close combat the first time, no way we could've taken the guy without her.

>>18272137
I think you are full retard as you are accusing us of being. We aren't just cops and soldiers we are still people and more importantly we are a 16 year old kid thrown into a situation to save people he cares about vs people he doesn't know.

And in a combat situation unless the hostages are of extreme importance armed forces will prioritize their own people over hostages.

We lost 2 kids out of 22 we did better than probably anyone else has in that scenario to date anyway and we helped ensure we didn't lose a team member who has lots of skills that can help us carry out the objectives

>>18272070
[x] take her outside.

LG, you've created an emotional response with this quest, that is the sign of a good storyteller. I congratulate you, sir.

>>18272183
I'm sure your friends will be happy to know you'd sacrifice 2 children's lives to save them. They'll probably feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

>>18272070
[x]take her outside, IF she wants some privacy for it.

>>18272220
I'm sure I would rather have living friends pissed at me than dead friends proud of me

Anyway I am done talking about this. all you want to do now is troll because you are so assmad over your decision being opposite to everyone else

>>18272220
They certainly won't feel anything when they're dead.

>>18272220
We save those two kids, she goes down, dude walks all over our shit and gathers all the kids he could want.

We save her, kids die, we have a chance to win the fight and save the other twenty kids.

>outside
You hand her a handkerchief and take her outside.
The night air cold against your skin.
You take her under one of the trees around the gym and sit her down.
As she wipes her eyes, you turn to your familiars.
'You did great with the kids guys. We coudnt save s much of them without you.' you tell them mentally. 'Why don't you two go ahead and take a break, you deserved it. I'll take care of things here.'

'Of course sir.'
'We'll see you later ol' bean.' And the two of them trot off in the direction of the library.

You turn back to Hina.
Tears are still falling, but not as much as earlier.

You whip up a cup of tea and hand it to her.
"Are you okay now?" you ask.
"...." silence.
"Hey. Mike told me all about the mission." you begin to explin.
"He says that the original team only managed to save a couple of kids, we did much better that that. From the way he talked about it, it seems it was impossible to succeed."

"But the kids..." she tells you "he killed them."
"You should have saved the children..."

WAT SAY OH MASTER BUTLERS?

>>18271980
>Original team suffers 60% casualties and only saved 6 kids
>We did "good"
>mon visage
Also,
[x] Take her outside

>>18272215
He did that before too, I can't remember the situation though, but people were all up in arms.

He knows when to stir the pot for best results, and when to just let it boil

>>18272239

Explain that we wouldn't have had a chance in the fight without her and would have lost the rest of the kids too.

>>18272239
But then I would lose you. I can't let my friends get hurt if I have the ability to prevent it, anyway he was too much for me to handle alone so if I had lost you I wouldn't of been able to save any of them. As it is we lost two and I hate that I couldn't save them, but nowhere near as much as I would hate myself for not being able to save you

>>18272259
This, fundamentally.

>>18272239
"We would have had a better chance of beating him together. I couldn't have beaten him along, and If we had both died, he would have killed even more children. And I wasn't about to let him harm you."

>>18272239
>"But the kids..." she tells you "he killed them."
>"You should have saved the children..."

"It's hard to say this, but then I would have lost you. I'm nowhere near as good in single combat as you are, and my big ace in the hole was already gone. I probably would have gone down only a little bit after, and then he'd have all the kids back."

>>18272251
That was the time when he had us pick additional team members.

>>18272239
Hang our head, "You... You're right. It was a lapse of judgement, on my part, but I just- I couldn't stand that bastard having his hands on you. I'm sorry."

>>18272239
"No, because if I had, then all of the kids would have died, not just the two outside of my teacup.
"I'm not good at direct combat. That guy would have taken me out and then the teacups, Jakob, and Theodore would have disappeared. Then none of the other kids would have gotten out.
"Getting you out was the only way to save the others."

>>18272239
What chance did you think I had to stop him, properly extract the kids and prevent him from doing shit like this again alone.

Losing those two was miserable, but losing your partner in a situation like this means failing the current mission completely.

>>18272277
No. We made the appropriate decision for the situation. We will *not* apologise for our judgement.

>>18272259
THIS. Then add "You're my friend. And I couldn't just watch you get hurt."
Then maybe a hug.
MAYBE

>>18272239
"I'd say that we would have lost anyway if you were killed, or that I would have had a better chance to get the rest of them out with your help, but at that moment, none of that mattered."

"All that mattered was that you, a precious friend, were in danger, and I couldn't lose you."

>>18272284
No, we failed HER by putting her ahead of the kids. The mission goals are irrellevnt, because we failed to save the kids, we failed Hina's need to take care of the kids.

>>18272289
You are the worst field agent anon. You don't go telling people that shit.

>>18272292
No dude we saved the other 20 kids at the cost of those two kids. It was effectively unwinnable and we made sound tactical choices.

No apologies.

>>18272294
I know. That's just the kind of person I am at heart. Friends first, myself second, and everyone else can go fuck themselves.

I'd sage for off-topic, but we're so far past the bump limit it doesn't matter.

>>18272292
She needs to realize that self-sacrifice doesn't automatically make things better.

Stay alive. Keep moving.

>>18272279
This.

Than add "Never for a moment think that I like being placed in situations where I have to make a decision like that."

>>18272279
this

>>18272299
Irrelevant
We failed HER not the mission not the bureau HER
She believed we did wrong so we apologize, we explain but we still show her we are sorry for what we did

>>18272299
I agree, that we did the proper TACTICAL action, but this isn't about tactics. It's not even about the mission objectives, but failing to live up to Hina's expectations.

"I made a tactical decision." you tell her. "If I were to have lost you, I couldn't face that mage alone. He already broke through my ace in the hole, I had almost nothing left to throw at him."
"You are the better close combatant of the two of us. If we were together we could have defeated him and saved the remaining kids."
"Besides. You're my friend and I couldn't just let you get hurt."

She looks up at. Her lips begin quivering.
"B-but I couldn't do anything. I was so afraid. The monster held me up so high. I-I was worthless in the fight."

RESPONSE?
>INFO UNCOVERED:
>Hina is terrified of heights

>>18272279
>>18272305
I like this combo.

>>18272292
I was going to stay out of this one, but this is right. Mission aside, we did fail Hina.

It's nice to see that my suspicions about everyone else is right though.

>>18272307
>>18272312

This is betafaggotry. We apologize when we actually fuck up, not just because she thinks we fucked up.

>>18272312
>>18272307

Her expectation and whether we failed her is utterly irrelevant. Her life is not a cutsey, honey-sweet dating sim. Shit's hoping to happen, and her expectations need to change if she's going to be a Field Agent in these situations. And that's not going to happen by pandering to them.

>>18272315
"While I didn't know that at the time, I'd still have made the same choice, I would not have been able to fight him alone."

Maybe we can work on that sometime? Some 'face your fears' shit?

>>18272315

"Hina. What's your current Job Description? Superhero? Wonder Woman? No. Right now, it's "Trainee". If you could do anything, if you weren't afraid, you wouldn't need to be her learning. It's an important lesson, but now that you've been through it you can overcome it in the future. You haven't failed in the least, Hina."