>>18703755
Hmmmmmm, Elsie, or pancakes?
Or Elsie covered in maple syrup?

>>18703772

>As tempting as that might sound, you did just have someone use a lead pipe to play your cracked ribs like a xylophone.

>Not that you'll LISTEN to reason.....

>>18703802
Hopefully the self stone will also ward off serious aggravation of existing injuries.

Fortunately, our pelvis is fine. Let's do it.

>>18703755
Disregard ribs, acquire pancakes.

Give Elsie a hug and a kiss, nothing strenuous as we have not had a good chance to recover from our first set of injuries yet and then our ribs got broken. If we didn't have absurd toughness we'd be unable to do anything.

After the kiss follow our nose to the pancakes, coat them in a solid layer of butter/maple syrup/ whipped cream and strawberries and eat them.

>>18703827

Seconded.

Also, I finally got in at the start of the quest!

You look down at her and give her a little squeeze.

She wakes up, and a moment later it sinks in that you're awake and aware.

"Gh- Elsie, I'm made of bones. Broken bones." As much as you love her hugs, they aren't as much fun when you're really hurting.

She grins rather sheepishly and gives you a kiss instead. "I'm just glad you're alright."

"Yeah... Hey Elsie?"

She looks at you.

[ ] "Help me up. I never got my lunch yesterday, and that smells delicious."
[ ] "Lock the door."

>Leave your answer at the tone. I need to go deal with something, back in five.

>>18703851
"Lock the door"

>"My pelvis didn't get hurt"
>eyebrow wiggle

>>18703851

[ ] "Help me up. I never got my lunch yesterday, and that smells delicious."

>>18703851
[x] "Lock the door."

If we break something else, at least we can amuse others by telling the story.

>>18703851
>[x] "Help me up. I never got my lunch yesterday, and that smells delicious."
We can have sexy time later.
Skyrockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

>>18703851
[X] "Help me up. I never got my lunch yesterday, and that smells delicious."

Sex, with a giant pile of broken bones and having not eaten for 24 hours seems inadvisable. Especially with someone whose sex drive is permanently stuck to disintegrate your pelvis.

Get some food into us first and then contemplate how much damage we're willing to take for pleasure.

[X] "Lock the door."
don't be a pussy alex, it's just a few broken bones

[X] "Help me up. I never got my lunch yesterday, and that smells delicious."
We need food to heal.

>>18703851
[x] "Help me up. I never got my lunch yesterday, and that smells delicious."

Sex, while tempting, is not the best of ideas with broken bones and no soundproofing, with our mother and likely little sister right next door.

[X] "Lock the door."

>>18703960
You mean the little sister who mimed a blowjob at Elsie on the day of their first meeting as a way of getting under her skin and the mom who encouraged us to get her drunk and tap dat ass like a Prodigal Sorcerer?
Yeah, I don't think they'd care.

>>18703991
In fact, they would certainly joke about it with us later.

"Alex, I know grandchildren are important and all, but PLEASE leave some time for your bones to heal."

>>18703991
I'm not worried about them being scandalized.
I'm worried about getting trolled by them later.

>>18704046
"Oh, my bone is healing just fine."

>>18704057
Being worried about trolling is not an appropriate justification for sex avoidance.

>Leave for 20 minutes.
>No consensus.
>Vaguely surprised nobody said 'breakfast in bed', what with the literal first post involving covering Elsie with syrup.

>>18704317
AC Guy, you are a genius.
Let's get the "Breakfast in Bed" bandwagon rolling!

>>18704346
YES!
Breakfast in bed, for tomorrow we may die!

>>18704317
Have you ever tried to eat syrupy pancakes in bed, it ends in tears, a bed covered in maple syrum and jam, high likelihood of dropped pancakes which is sad for the bed and the pancake, and whipped cream on your pillow, but then again we get our hot lady to feed us pancakes in bed so that probably outweighs the disadvantages.

Go for it!

>>18704368
We may die today if we have to roll any dice.

Another vote for breakfast in bed here.

>>18704317
>No consensus
>Add more options!
GENIUS!

>>18704386
Not so much adding more options as adding
>[ ]All of the above.

>>18704317
^this so much this

"Bring me food."

"What?"

"I don't feel up to facing Mooch right now. I kinda already want to punch him in the face for reasons unrealated to him being a morning person. In my current condition, it might end with one of both of us dead."

"You just don't want to get up."

"I have broken ribs. I have an excuse."

"Yeah, yeah. I'll get some for us to share."

She leaves the room and comes back a moment later with a couple of plates.

On yours is some scrambled eggs and two pieces of bacon, arranged in a smiley face on top of a small stack of pancakes. Elsie helps you sit up, and the two of you eat in pleasant silence.

"You know, this is somewhat less sexy that I was hoping."

She seems confused for a moment and then starts laughing "You wanted to- Oh god, I'm kinda surprised I didn't think of that." After she wipes a tear from her eye she continues "It's probably for the best. Could you imagine what would happen if we crossed the wires for food and sex in our minds? We'd be morbidly obese or never get anything done. Maybe both."

You bitterly concede the point, and breakfast is finished with a side of giggles from your companion.

>>18704512
sex food giant mecha nothing wrong with this

>>18704562
Okay, so, we've got broken ribs. How long is that going to keep us from piloting?

>>18704562
Ask how Ari is.
Did the whole brother-almost-got-killed cancel out brother-is-an-asshole?

dam its dead to day, where is every body? its lonely here

>>18704770
I'm here. Just waiting for AC-guy.

>>18704562

After breakfast, you feel more ready to face the day.

Walking into the kitchen area with Elsie you see that your team has been joined by your mother and Zack.

"Hey." Laurie greets. "You look like shit."

"I feel like it."

Ari jumps like she's going to fly across the room for a full on tackle hug when Dave catches her shoulder. "Ribs." He reminds her, and when he lets go she walks across he room and is a bit more careful, unlike the last several times.

"Alex, I'm so sorry."

"Unless you've been hiding ninja minions from us, you have nothing to be sorry for."

"You went because you were mad at me. If I hadn't-"

"No. This ends now. Nobody gets to blame themselves for shit that isn't their fault, I'm sick of hearing about it."

You sit at the table. "Zack. Don't normally see you at the hanger."

"I normally check in on you guys through my brother. When I heard you got hurt, figured I'd pop in and check on you. Josh was here a couple hours ago, see if you were awake yet. Went out to clear some old mines to the south of here, should be back this evening."

"Anything else I miss out on?"

"Apparently there's some sort of freak-out in the local circuits because Nine-Ball up and vanished again Yesterday afternoon. Apparently at about the same time we found you he took off east in his Core, stating 'personal reasons'."

>>18704770
Got a lot on my plate right now, and there isn't a clear WAT DO set of choices yet.

>>18704813

"I thought he was known for that."

"He is, but their concerned that he'll miss some sort of tourny next week or something. Can't NOT have him there for that."

"I see... speaking of pilots," You turn to Dave. "How long is this going to keep me out of the seat?"

"Letting them heal normally? About two months. We take you to the doc? Tomorrow."

"I thought you were a doctor."

"I am, but I don't have the equipment or the training to weld your bones back together, or do carbon weave bracing to make sure they heal better."

"A.... what?"

"It's like a cast that goes on the inside of your body. We could also pay extra and make it permanent. Would make you a bit more durable."

"How much would that cost?"

"Temp? About 10 grand. Permanent? About 50."

[ ] Temp for now.
[ ] Permanent.
[ ] I'll think about it.

[ ] I'll think about it.

>>18704822
How much dosh we got after Ari's little shopping spree?

>>18704822
[X] Permanent.
Never know when have super ribs could be useful, like next time we decide to play hero and get attacked by wild lead pipes

>>18704822
As much as I hate spending money I'd advocate for Permanent, think about how much damage we take on a regular basis, reinforcing our skeleton is going to pay serious dividends in the future.

Also we can't just leave it be and not be able to pilot for two months.

>>18704822

Permanent seems like a sound investment.

>>18704822
Wait, first, by how much are we coasting by?

As I recall, even with Ari's little unauthorized upgrade and purchase, we still got all of our cores repaired, and the colony is in the black due to our bounty on Killington.

[x] Permanent.
if we can afford it. I don't like how much we've gotten our ribs hurt in the past week.

>>18704858

>Currently somewhere in the neighborhood of 80k.

So, I'd like to bring up something from the last thread...

>Nine-Ball can do a perfect imitation of your voice.

I just... Maybe there's more merit to the Luke I am your father approach than meets the eye.

Anyway, I'm here after work and ready to either kick giant mecha ass, have syrupy delicious sex, or yell at younger siblings some more.

Also I am intrigued as to the nature of the juju this necklace has in mind.

>>18704822
I don't think we have the cash.
[X] I'll think about it.

>>18704822
>carbon weave bones
How much is 50k?
In day to day life for our refugees and in armaments for our team

>>18704892
>80k
And that's after we paid all of our bills for the colony, got some better furnishings and food, and repaired our Cores, right?

>>18704884

>The colony is still in debt about 3.5 million, and living conditions are better than a shanty town, but not fantastic since you opted to fix up your core instead of giving them ALL the money.

Permanent.
Our luck is piss, so we need every edge we can get.

Also call me crazy but I'm loathe to opt for the permanent rib-thing right now. After just mentally blasting our sister for spending crazy amounts of money... I think we should just settle for temporary treatment for now and look into permanence when we have more constant cash and less worried refugees to live up to.

So, [X] Temporary

>>18704908

>You guys are set for a couple of weeks already. You have decent-ish furnishings, and food to last a little while at least.

>Rest of your colony isn't exactly going to bed hungry, but they're feeling the most hurt of Hope going up in flames.

Well taking hits is kind of our thing, but we don't have the dosh for it now.

Take the temp and put the permanent upgrade on the long term shopping list.

X] Temporary

>So are we going temp or permanent?

>Votes look about even to me.

Can't we just sell back parts from the machine Elsie isn't going to be using anyway?

>>18705046
Permenant

>>18705054
>Elsie

Ari, dammit.

>>18704953
add some permanency

>>18705046
Guy from
>>18704884
Given the money we have, and that everything is paid up for a few weeks, voting [x]Permanent.

>>18705054
Ehh... I don't want to do that either. Having a spare core kicking around isn't exactly a bad idea, especially if one of our better pilots can use it when we need some heavy support. Imagine Mooch in this thing.

I figure we should go temp because right now we need to be better, we don't need to be any more than that, we just need to be more careful.

We should also throw some money Zack's way as well, unless that's already a routine, factored-in expense that AC Guy keeps track of.

>>18705054
She'll need it eventually and we won't get all of our money back.

>>18705046
Temp.

>>18705046
Temporary

>>18705054
It's a useful mech to keep around and if we sell it we won't get that much of what it's actually worth. We will want it around later.

>>18705086
It's loaded with guns. Expensive guns. Selling one or two of those guns isn't going to make the AC unusable.

Also, Mooch has a Core with a sentient AI. I don't think he'll be piloting anything else.

>>18705109
Unless it's a TRUE Armored Core Quest, in which case we get EXACTLY what we bought it for back.

God that was amazing in 2.

>>18705054
>>18705064

>If you could find a buyer for a highly specialized core with custom parts and experimental bits.

>You were angry about it for SEVERAL valid reasons.

>>18705144
I would rather hang on to the experimental bits and custom shit.

>>18705144
Just tell me this: Could we take one or two of the weapons right off the fucking thing and hock them?

>>18705144
Alright, changing my vote to Temporary, but put getting our entire skeleton augmented on the long term plans.
"My pelvis is augmented"

>>18705144
don't rip the thing apart yet, its not like we're fending off debt collectors with a stick

>>18705159
We told Ari she would be in reserve, she needs a core for that

>>18705185
I meant keep the whole thing yeah

Keep it as a trump card. Black armored ninjas are coming out of the woodwork to do horrible things to you, 9-Ball has taken a personal interest in you, and shit hasn't even started to get real yet. The team may need a spider-legged killbot in the near future.

>Looks like temp won. Typing it up in a second.

>>18705160

>MAYBE.

>You don't know, since most people who would be interested in this shit would buy new.

>You'd be aiming for a VERY narrow market there.

Also, voting for permanent augmentation. We need to take a new job soon anyway.

"Temp job for now. I'd be good to go tomorrow?"

"Yeah, fair warning though: you're going to be very sore for a day or two."

"How sore?"

"They're going to cut little tiny grooves all over your ribs, and then lace them with plasmatic carbon. The process itself will be EXTRAORDINARILY painful. The afterwards is going to hurt about as bad as now, for the first day at least. but with some morphine in you you'll be functional."

Your mother looks rather uncomfortable with all of this, but seems to be biting her lip. Your sister is dead silent, trying to comprehend what today is going to be like for you. Laurie seems to taking it in stride, and Zack seems shocked at how calm you all are about this.

"I'll go book an appointment with a guy I know." Dave says, as he puts his plate in the sink. He then leaves to use his com link.

>Wat do?

[ ] Go lay down.
[ ] Go 'lay down'.
[ ] Talk to ____
[ ] Other.

>[x] Go 'lay down'.
BOW CHICKA BOW WOW

>>18705354

[ ] Talk to Ari

>>18705354
>[x] Talk to Mooch

About many things, such as the proper usage of darts, and the proper time to spend money on shit that can't be resold.

>>18705354
[ ] Talk to Zack, see what we need

>>18705354
[x] Talk to Zach
See what the Colony is desperately in need of right now.
I know we need more of everything, especially money, but what's priority number one for the next week?

>>18705354
Talk with Ari.

>>18705390
>>18705402
Seco- thirding.

>Looks like Zack wins.

"Hey Zack, what do we need?"

"Is that a rhetorical question?"

"No, I mean like for the colony."

"Short answer? Money. Long answer, goddamned everything. We have running water, we have food for a little while, and the cloths on our backs. Not much more than that. I know we all kinda pinned our hopes on you guys when we came here, but you don't need to worry about the specifics. I can handle that, I just need some bank to work with."

"How much of that half mil we gave you do you have left?"

"A few thousand, held in reserve in case of an emergency."

"Damn. How much do we need?"

"To survive? Not counting the roughly three and a half before we own this little chunk of land..... half a mil would let us survive for a year, bare-bones like we have now. 3 mil, we could do some decent upgrades to our living conditions. For 10 we could be sitting pretty, get ourselves re-settled here for good, and have a decent head-start. For a hundred, we could almost consider restarting a colony somewhere else."

"That cheap?"

"If we don't have a giant ass dome over us like Hope? Sure. We wouldn't have the same level of independence, but if we set up somewhere relatively peaceful like northern Cali where the corps don't have much sway, but like to keep the bandits down for a buffer zone? We could swing it. You guys keep pulling in cash, we might even get to re-build something on Hope's scale."

You consider this.

>Action? Same choices as last time.

>>18705569
"Lay down"

> [x] Go 'lay down'.

>>18705569
[x]Talk to Ari
Now that she's had some time to reflect on her mistakes, we need to figure out how she's going to fit into the team.

There's no way we're having her going into combat in that Core though; she's still got to go through actual combat drills in a real Core before we allow that.
Simulators are great for training, but they're still just simulators.

>>18705569
/Now/ we can talk with Ari. Probably about that monstrosity she has in the hanger and how she's going to earn it properly.

> [x] Go 'lay down'.

>>18705569
Talk to Ari, she's had some time to stew and we need to have a serious talk with her, not a yelly serious but a very calm, reasonable and firm serious.

Talk to Ari.

So not to derail here, but this is a concern I didn't get to voice in the last thread due to these always starting at 2 AM my local time...

Is anyone else concerned by the implications of Hustler One talking to us in person? Not in the, "he's a powerful Raven and why would he bother" sense, but... Well I'm not sure how many people here ever played Masters of Arena and I don't wish to spoil, but let's just say meeting Hustler One in the flesh is an unlikely scenario, at least in the canon universe(es).

>>18705652
I'm pretty much completely unfamiliar with the AC universe, so you'll have to explain what you mean. Is he rumored to be an AI or something?

>>18705672

>His Master of Arena incarnation was, depending on who you talk to, either an AI living in a core, or a Human torso/cyborg directly wired into one.

>>18705652

>As for your question... about 90% of the evidence is there already, if you can connect the dots. Either in character knowledge we've discussed or rules discussions.

>>18705672
I suppose that was too vague. Very well, spoilers it is;

THIS IS A SPOILER WARNING I MAY BE FUCKING UP AN IMPORTANT PLOT POINT HERE OH GOD DON'T MURDER ME NOT THE FACE

There's no "rumored" about it. Hustler One was an experiment by one of the corporations to cut Ravens out of the AC equation; but it went rogue and, ironically, set itself up as a Raven. Hence it was always such a beast to beat; it could push its equipment to engineering tolerances rather than worry about, say, blacking out from too much boosting. Or from piloting more than one core at once. Seriously, in the last mission of Masters of Arena you fight two Nineballs, and one of them FLIES. Not boosts around a lot, just stays up there, never hits the ground to pause and recharge.

>>18705726
>>18705721
Ahhh... Well, we've got one sentient AI on our hands already. I don't think a second sentient AI with the resources of the Arena Champion would find it that difficult to construct itself a human body.

>>18705726

Yeah that whole perfectly mimicking our voice thing and the bit what with having an impossibly high sync ratio and not even being fazed by having his head torn off thing certainly seemed out there for a standard issue meatbag.

>>18705569
> [x] Go 'lay down'.

talk to mom

everyone else we can talk to later cause we live with them

>>18705859
Don't forget the syrup

>>18705828
See, I'm puzzled though; if he were just an AI, he wouldn't be able to come bail our asses out like he did in the alley. An android proxy body would be possible, of course. But as weird as it is to say for the AC universe that tech really does seem a touch out there, if only because the size of your standard war machines seems to indicate that really well-miniaturized power sources aren't readily available. Might be there's more to it than that.

Putting a vote in for, "Talk to Ari," btw. We can go get some quality time with El after we've dealt with that. And popped some pain pills.

Everyone else other than you, Ari and Elsie shuffle out of the room.

You sit there for a moment. You're a lot more tired and sore than you realized. Ari starts to talk. "I... should apologize."

You look up at her.

"I wanted a core, and didn't stop to consider all the implications. I should've, at the very least, talked to you about it first. I wasn't trying to go behind your back, or lie about it. When Mooch agreed to help me, I didn't know you didn't talk to him about all of that. I just... it seems stupid, but if I just thought to ask one question, or make one comment, all of this would have been avoided. I wouldn't have wasted all that money on a core you won't let me drive, you wouldn't have been pissed, and wouldn't have been jumped by that guy. I mess- no, I FUCKED up big time. Not only did I fuck up in the big sense, but I managed to fuck up in a million little ways that each could have prevented all of this if I thought it through all the way. I guess... I'm not really cut out for this team. I'll just get out of your way now."

She stands up to leave "Well then, let me know when you're done feeling sorry for yourself, and we'll get you back to training."

She freezes. "What?"

"You heard me."

>>18705917
And also his eyes seemed to be 'glowing'

Goddamn GM vagueness

>>18705983

>>18705983
Dammit why are we such a good father figure?

>>18706030
Because we CAN!

>>18706030
Because we're /tg/, most of us would make the best, if somewhat overprotective, fathers. We would nurture our children's interest in proper hobbies and kill anyone who would hurt them.

>>18705983

"Wh-what're you-"

"Ari, if we were going to throw you out on your ass, we would've done so already. You fucking up is bad, yes, but it's not something impossible to recover from. Besides, now we have a core that's going to be pretty much impossible to sell, and no pilot for it. You're the only person I know of still breathing that we can even consider as a candidate for it."

"So that's it then? You're giving me another chance?"

"Chance? I'm going to make you a good pilot if I have to personally beat you in the head with a copy of 'the art of war' until the smart sticks. You are going to be scrutinized and put through training hell until I get tired of hearing you cry, and then I'll trade off with Mooch, since I'm pretty sure he doesn't have much pity to spare for you at the moment."

She looks at you slightly concerned "Uh bro, are you feeling alright?"

"About as good as I can be, considering the circumstances."

"Then why are you suddenly acting... crazy?"

"You mean 'evil'? That's because right now, I'm not just your brother, I'm your commanding officer AND your personal Drill Sargent. That's three very motivating reasons to make sure you don't get your stupid ass killed on my watch. You will be here tomorrow, at Seven AM sharp, to begin your training. If you're even a second late, or god help me dressed like a stripper or something stupid, I will chase you around the hanger with a cattle prod until physically can't run anymore. THEN we will begin your training regimen."

She lets out an 'eep' and leaves the room quickly.

"Wasn't quite expecting that..." Elsie comments.

"Eh, I'll get her properly later. I'm too tired and sore to REALLY put the fear of god into her."

My paternal instincts are very strong. I feel the need to comfort distressed kids that I don't even know. Needless to say (But I'm going to anyways) this comes off as creepy and pedophillic, so I try not to do it.

>>18706143
so now we grab that syrup and go "Lay down" right

>>18706030

>This is good parenting?

>This is just me going on a bit of a tangent.

>I've always been fairly certain I'd make for a terrible father, because this is exactly how I would treat my kids.

>>18706166
No, now we go and make sure that Mom is alright, because now she has both of her kids as pilots and risking their lives every day as part of their job.
We're all she has left, especially since Hope got wiped out.

well whatever we decide to do we should do it

>>18706143
Now we go and pass out until our surgery appointment. High-tech medicine is nice and all, but it's no substitute for actual rest.

>>18706372
Agreed. Sleep is a good thing.

>>18706372
>>18706392
This. There is really no reason we should expect any 'laying down'. I think sex would hurt more than it would feel good right now.

>>18706398
welp i think the I's have it we should take a nap

did he die again or what

>>18706509
The /tg/ gods have forsaken us and stolen AC-Guy from us, That lovable loony-bin member Mooch isn't even here

>FUCKING MACINTOSH.

>Tomorrow, I'm buying a fucking NETBOOK that I can run LINUX on, because I can keep it from TURNING ITSELF OFF WITH NO WARNING.

>And it takes forever to fucking BOOT.

>Anybody still here? Or is the quest dead?

>>18706611
I'm still here.

I just caught up with the thread and am here.

>>18706611
I'm here, I'm organizing my img folder, a daunting task so I'm going to be around for a while.

>>18706611
HE LIVES

>>18706611
I'm still here.
NOW DON'T YOU DO THAT EVER AGAIN YOU IDIOT!
I mean it's not like I was worried about you or anything, but they wouldn't let us leave until you came back. Jerk.

>>18706618
>>18706620
>>18706624
>>18706629
>>18706631

>Ballin.

>Sorry about the scare guys, but apparently I'm being haunted by the angry ghost of Steve Jobs.

>He is less than pleased with what I've said about his products.

>I'll start typing up the next bit.

>>18706655
Tears of joy flow down my face at your return

>>18706655
You know, most of me reads this quest because it's awesome and has fighting robots. But there's a small part of me that wants to watch just to see what crazy shenanigans happen to AC-Guy next.

>>18706692
SHHHHHHHHhhhhh if you tell him that he might not let us know whats happening, or worse move those things to another bored/thread

Hey guys.
Dont curse AC guy to die.

Hes my normal GM.
Cant have gameday tommrow without our GM.
Seriously, last thing I want is to have to punch death to death to get him back from the dead, and actually show him I care about his well being.


Seriously.
That would be a major drag.

>>18706143

Dave comes back to the room, apparently having secured an appointment with his friends for about 3 this afternoon.

You look at the clock, and note that it's currently 10 AM. You have a good four hours before you have to leave.

>Wat do?

[ ] Go lay down.
[ ] Go 'lay down'.
[ ] Go talk to somebody (who?).
[ ] Other.

>>18706727
Talk to Mooch.
I really wanna know if he did accidently make a AI farm in your Cores.

>>18706727
[x] Go talk to Mom
4 hours isn't enough for good sleep.

We should see how Mom is holding up.

>>18706724
Mooch, could you *be* any more tsundere for AC-Guy?

>>18706724

>You know, if Book shows up, I can totally run this at the same time as the other game, and keep my streak alive.

>>18706724

No one wants him to die, we just want him to get lectured about leaving his mammoth tusks in the washer more.

>>18706727
Sounds like "nap" time.

>>18706727

some 'lay down' wouldn't hurt to badly right?

>>18706739

>That is a horrifying mental image.

>>18706742

>Don't be absurd, the tusk is my Father's. He found it while playing with his bulldozer.

>>18706738
>>18706744
Or talk to Mom. That's also good.

>>18706727
Talk to mom, convince her to make ginger snaps for post surgery recovery. Also because Ginger Snaps are awesome. Also reassure her about Ari as she is probably freaking out about her joining us.

[X] Go talk to somebody Mooch

He seems like the kind of guy who would be rather familiar with people in black full body suits.

>>18706739

Im sorry...Im having a lack of a refrence moment.

This flew right over my head.
SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IT MEANS.

BECAUSE I FORGOT!

>talk mom
>sexy time El
>rest
>doctor

we can grill mooch a bit later.

>Shibboleth Gademe

the Eldritch Captcha demands it.

>>18706768
^this, unless some one left the syrup out

>Looks like Mom won.

>Didn't expect that, will need a minute.

>>18706772
I-I'm Not g-gonna e-explain anything, s-stupid!

>>18706772
Remember Asuka? that.
Also Kaname Chidori, Tohsaka Rin, Casca from Berserk, Revy, etc.

>>18706819
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHTTT


darp.

>>18706819
B-but I didn't explain it to you because I l-l-like you or anything! So d-don't get the wrong idea! It's just that if you didn't understand what I was saying, it would be a problem! Idiot. (blush)

>>18706807

You wobble your way outside. Fresh airm is nice, even if breathing hurts a bit right now. Elsie follows you, and Dave confronts you.

"You're going for a walk?"

"Actually, I was going for a drive. I had to walk to the car because I can't fly with my psychic mind powers yet."

"Man, I can understand getting restless, but there's a line that needs to be drawn. It gets drawn at about the point where you get yourself killed aggravating your injuries."

"Calm down, Dave."

"I'm perfectly calm. I just need you to comprehend that if you don't stay down to REST and HEAL on your own, I'm going to cuff you to your bed."

"Look, I'm just going to talk to my Mom. If it makes you feel better I'll take Elsie with me, she'll make sure I don't over extend myself."

"Alright. But if she tells you to back off, listen to her. If you don't, I'm going to go grab Mooch's dart gun and make sure you stay down."

"...Alright then."

With that, you and Elsie get in the car and cruise over to your Mother's house.

"So why visit her?"

"Make sure she's alright."

"Alright, we'll tell the guys that. Now what's the real reason? She hasn't magically become less capable since we last saw her."

"...Stuff. Some things I wanted to talk to her about, etc. And to make sure she's alright. It's not for her, it's for me. Remember how you said it's hard for you to sleep since Hope without me? I can't relax unless I know they're alright. It's just... after Hope, all I've got are my friends, my family, and my Core. That's all I have from my entire life. Some part of me needs to be reminded constantly that I haven't lost it yet."

>>18706900
MORE!

>>18706900
Oh god, right in the emotions.

>>18706900

You arrive at the house. Its only a ten minute walk, so it's not much more than a ten second drive.

When you get there your mother seems surprised to see you. "Hey Alex, what's up?"

"Wanted to talk at breakfast, but you left before I had the chance."

"Alright then. What did you want to talk about?"

[ ] Ari.
[ ] Elsie.
[ ] The Self Stone.
[ ] How she's doing.

>Talking about Ginger Snaps is a bad idea. She know you like them, but she has bigger concerns than cookies right now.

>>18706943
[X] How she's doing. This then this [X] Ari.

>>18706943
Keeping it to just one:
[x]Ari

>>18706943
Ask how she's doing. She's probably worried sick about Ari so we can transition to Ari after that.

>[x] Ari.
She's probably worried sick about her little girl.

>>18706966
>>18706970

>Uh, at the end of the last thread she openly approved of you yelling at her.

>You already had this talk, and she's cool with it, for the most part.

Ari and hows she doing is probably pretty much one in the same. So either is good with me

>>18706978
Well ask how she's doing. Move on from there.

rolled 75 = 75

>>18706943

[X] How she's doing.

Then move to the self stone.

>>18706943

[2] Ari.
[4/meh] Elsie.
[3] The Self Stone.
[1] How she's doing.

WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN

>>18706943
Well we might as well learn something useful while we're here.

Ask about the Self Stone.

>>18707007
No, you are.

That is, in fact, why I specifically limited my vote to one option.

"Well first off, I wanted to make sure you were doing alright."

She looks at you bewildered for a moment. Then a small smirk comes to her lips "Alex, you almost died yesterday, and you're clearly in immense pain. I'm glad you care, but you have a pretty fucked up sense of priorities."

You share a laugh over this, before a sharp pain in your side reminds you that she's right.

"I don't mind talking honey, and I love seeing you, but you should be resting or something before you have to go to the doctor's later."

[ ] Press the issue.
[ ] Self Stone.
[ ] Ari.
[ ] Elsie.
[ ] Go home and rest.

>>18706983
Changing to heart stone as well.

>>18707065
Err self stone, I'm tired. Sticking with it.

>>18707063
[x]Press the issue.

>>18707063
Press the issue, she's avoiding the issue just like we do, I don't trust it.

>>18707063
>[x] Press the issue.
You're not gonna dodge it that easy mom.

>>18707063

[x]Press the issue
its an easy thing to laugh off but a hard thing to share, especially with someone who is worse off than you

>BRB, I smell smoke.

>>18707114

quit burning down your house, its bad form

>>18707114
Did the dog light the couch on fire again?

>>18707114
ITS NOT MY FAULT THIS TIME I SWEAR!

>>18707114
Oh spiteful /tg/ god why have you taken AC-Guy from us again

>>18707168
He's over in Zoids quest right now.
MULTI-TAB DRIFTING?!

rolled 30 = 30

>>18707063
press the issue

we can switch topics later

>>18707178
NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo

Seems I'm too tired to stay up for the rest of this. G'night, folks.

>>18707232
oh /tg/ gods give this poor soul rest in you're bosom of infinite spite

>>18707257
>Its religious metaphors like this that remind me why I as a Techpreist working for the inquisition shot a black Templar Chaplin in the face while single handedly fighting off Karn the betrayer.

>>18707283
Glad to find some one else who play religious characters, some times i feel that im the only one, so many clerics and priests, once played a priest who literally beat the faith into people with his fists

>>18707257
… What?

>>18707304
UHhh...

>I shot the CHAPLIN in the FACE
>Got like 3 Rightious furys too.
>The Omnimessiah was with me.

Course I just got done killing KHARN the betrayer.
Im not much of a Religious character fan, but when I play one, I play one.....weird...

>>18707321
Clearly you've never punched a bible so hard with your righteous fist that's all that remained was a sermon

>>18707364
Never wanted too.
Religion tends to tick me off.
>Hence why I shoot Chaplains in the face.

>>18707378
Clearly you just need a good indoctrination from Jozan ClericMan Priest of the Rising Fist

"Sure, sure. I'll go get some rest..."

She looks relieved.

"...As soon as you stop dodging the issue. Come on now, deflecting like that is my THING. did you really expect me to not notice it?"

She looks at you, vaguely hurt looking "Is that what you think I'm doing dodging the issue?"

"Yep. You're pretty terrible at it too. Look, I know you're worried about me, but knowing something is bugging you like this is going to nag at me forever unless you tell me what it is."

She glares at you for a moment, and then relents. "It's just... I don't like it here. I'm not sure if it's because I'm uncomfortable because it's all so new to me after living in Hope for so long, or I just am still trying to deal with losing my home, or something about this place just rubs me wrong."

You look at her for a moment. "Well, if it helps I happen to know this great diner...."

A few minutes later, you leave the house, secure in the knowledge that she's trying to cope.

Elsie looks at you "Time to go back to the Hanger then?"

[ ] Yep.
[ ] Eventually. (choose destination)

>Note, the more you put off the bed-rest, the less Elsie will be pleased. Eventually she might drag you back if you fuck around too much.

Well its 2am over here now, so are we going to pick up tomorrow or shall i hang around and see if the gods of /tg/ feel like returning AC-Guy to us

>[x] Yep.
We need the sleep, and you don't go pissing off a sniper.

>>18707418
firstly yay your back
>>18707426
i vote for heading back to hanger

>>18707418
Can't think of any reason why not, back to the hanger. We can rest up, get some alone time with Elsie and then go for invasive surgery, yay!

> hanger

I vote rest.

>>18707418
'yep'
oh its time

>>18707418
so syrup time now?

>>18707418

Rest time! Best to keep the woman happy rather than unnecessarily anger her.

>>18707418

Satisfied, you go back to the hanger.

Mooch and Dave appear to be trying to adjust something delicate, Lauire's asleep, and Zack's left.

Nobody really notices you get back.

You head upstairs, Elsie following you as though afraid that you'll try and sneak off to do something. You get to your room and kick off your boots, planning to just kick back on your bed.

Elsie walks by you to get a book she left on the shelf.

[ ] Rest.
[ ] Grab her.

>>18707509
Rest ffs

[X] Grab her.
we have time to spare

>[x] Rest.
We need to sleep now, because if this surgery is really gonna leave us in as much pain as we've been told, we're probably not gonna sleep well at all later.

>>18707514
also syrup time

>rest

Rest, build that lust for later when we don't hurt in our everywhere.

>>18707509

grabban, we aren't fully disabled

>>18707509
Grab her for a single extremely long deep kiss. Get her hot and bothered then collapse in bed, she pulled it on us last night we get to do to her.

>>18707542
oooh, I change my rest vote to this

>>18707542
Changing from rest to dis.
Payback time.

>>18707542

i support this.

out of curiosity, did we ever have a proper description of Elsie? I keep thinking of her as Ellis Claude from G Generation.

As she walks past you calmly hook one arm around her waist and pull her in. She looks over her shoulder at you. "You know, when we said you should 'go to bed' we meant 'get sleep'."

"Well that's too bad," you tell her you kiss her neck.

"Aleeex..." your one hand idly gropes her "Hey, really, you need to-" you start to slide your other hand down her stomach "-dammit Alex, stop making me-" you nibble her ear "Oh fuck it."

She spins around and gently forces you onto your back before climbing on top of you. She leans and and kisses you, and you can't help but notice how good it feels. How comfortable you feel on this bed, in her arms....

You wake up to a vaguely irate Elsie. "What's wrong?" You ask her, in the most neutral tone you can manage.

"You decided to ignore order of bed-rest just long enough o make me insanely horny. Then the stress and the pain killers caught up to you and you passed out before we could do anything, and you wouldn't wake up so I had to use my hands, and now you need to go to the Doctor and I feel very unfulfilled."

"Unfulfilled?"

"I... I don't exactly have a lot of practice flying solo..." She admits with a blush. "mostly I've ignored it, channeled it into something more productive, or used you. That was probably the first time I even tried it since I was 15."

"I'd be more sympathetic if you hadn't done the same thing to me the other day."

You shoots you a look. "When you get back, I'm locking the door, and then force-feeding you Viagra and Red Bull until I'm too exhausted to move."

Well then.

You go talk to Dave, and get in the car to go. You don't notice the figure slinking around outside the Hanger as you leave.

>>18707618

>NEXT TIME ON AC QUEST: I'M TOO TIRED TO THINK OF SOMETHING CLEVER.

>>18707617

A couple of snippets. I have a clear mental image of all the characters in my head, but nobody's asked for details.

>>18707617

Why wouldn't the goddamn image attach itself.

>>18707629
Hey Ac-guy what are the descriptions of all the characters?

>>18707629
Details for the detail throne my good man. Describe to us these characters for proper mental imaging.

>>18707632

Actually, between the build, hair color, and eyes, that's not horribly far removed from how Ari's supposed to look.

>>18707639
Kidding I'll ask you next thread if I can make it.

NEXT TIME ON AC QUEST: HUMAN PLUS

>the 50k price tag was deliberate, wasn't it?

>>18707639
>>18707641

Alex I've been slightly vague on so you can make your own mental image. Darker brown, maybe black hair; Medium build, maybe slightly on the tall side.

Dave.... you know how House looks like he woke up with a hangover on the wrong side of hell? Picture that attached to a 20ish Pierce Brosnan/Bruce Campbell. You now have a solid idea for Dave.

Ari looks kinda like >>18707632

Elsie has Black hair, deep blue eyes, and tanned skin. You know it's probably a racial thing, since due to core piloting she doesn't see a lot of sun, comparatively speaking. She's slim built, not particularly curvy.

Mooch really deserves his own post (Note to Mooch the person: it's a bit different from the standard fare).

Lawrence is blonde Haired, blue eyed, and very pretty. Also very grim, honest and straight-forward. Imagine what Snake from MGS would be like if he were the exact same personality, trapped in a body waiting for a dramatic bishie sparkle. He finds the fact that he could probably pass for a woman with no effort infuriating, especially since he is, at his core, quite manly.

>>18707702

If I lie and say it was, can we all pretend I was very clever?

I find amusing that every time I slip in a detail LOADED with hidden meaning, /tg/ passes it right by.

When I just toss something out there, like the smell of flowers in a field, you guys latch onto it and start asking for wind direction, humidity, and types of flowers.

Seriously, this is the third quest I've run like that now? Good lord guys, I know you be gullible, but COME ON.

>>18707732
>I find amusing that every time I slip in a detail LOADED with hidden meaning, /tg/ passes it right by.
We might have internalized the red herring and Chekhov's gun.
I know that, as a player, I prefer, in the meta at least, finding out something later and then seeing all the clues I missed than finding something out beforehand.

But I can understand how it's a bit annoying as a GM

>>18707732
>>18707708

i really like this quest, hope it will continue on.

>AC5 arrived in the mail.
>vague idea what i'm jumping into
>adventure time!

>Missed the thread. Damn

Hey guys, just jumping in to tell you that you don't have to cram million billion things in one day. We should let Alex rest and recover for about a week while doing nothing physically excessive. While it's boring for him, we as player don't have to sit and watch the paint dry since we can have immediate time-skip.
Also, I think we should go for permanent augmentation. 50k is a small amount in the grand scale of things, it will barely help New Hope. Our character on the other hand is crucial to Hope's survival and emotional stability of several of its key members. We keep rolling God damn awful rolls, we need to get every edge we can. Heck, we can get more cybernetic enchantments, we should seriously consider taking them.