[X] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?

Good to see everyones alright.

[x ] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?

[ ] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?

>[x] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?

>>18787396
[x] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?
"And I think you look cute with them on."

Elsie did say that we've been acting more no-nonsense than previously. A bit of the old ribbing back and forth will probably be good for both of us.

>>18787484
Of course she looks cute in glasses.
ALL girls look cute in glasses.

>>18787484
This. We do need to lighten up.

>>18787484
Lets go with this

>>18787484

Voting for this.

>>18787422
>>18787514
Good point I change my vote to since when do you wear glasses.

>>18787484
This pretty much.
[x] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?

[X] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?
Girls blushing while wearing glasses is even better.

[No, seriously, you look good in glasses]
>Also, appreciate that you're decided to use Richard Branson as Rayleonard's CEO. Made me beam with joy when I saw it... 5 hours too late.

>>18787396
[ ] No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?

Useless vote by now anyway...

"No, seriously, since when do you wear glasses?"

She looks at you kinda hurt, and then sighs. "Since I was 13. I need them to read, sometimes. I mean, if it's a label or something I can squint and get by, but to actually sit down and read a book, it starts to hurt after a while."

"How come you never told me?"

"Because I look ridiculous in glasses."

"You look cute in glasses."

"Liar."

"No really, it's like a law of the universe. You can look BETTER in glasses, you can look AS GOOD, but it's pretty much impossible for a girl to look bad in glasses."

"....Seriously? This is like a common fetish?"

"So common it's hardly fetish territory."

"Wow. You aren't fucking with me right? I mean, I know I told you to lighten up a little bit, but...."

"You are seriously worked up over nothing."

"Well that's years of pointless anxiety wasted."

"Like every other teenage girl ever."

She punches you in the arm. "I told Dave I'd let him know when you woke up. You relax, and I'll bring you breakfast when you get back."

"I'm fine El."

"Maybe, but we're still running tests." she leaves.

[ ] Fuck this, I can get my own breakfast.
[ ] Fuck this, I want to go run a Combat Sim.
[ ] Fuck this, I want to go for a walk.
[ ] Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

>>18787760
[X] Breakfast in bed.

>>18787760
[x] Fuck this, I want to go run a Combat Sim.
or go for a walk we need to do stuff.

>>18787760
We'll be good.
Let's borrow whatever Elsie was reading, and then laugh if it's a trashy romance novel.

>[x] Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

>>18787760
[x] Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

[x] wait. Sounds ominous. I wanna already be maximum comfy when whatever the news is goes down.

Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

>>18787787
>>18787795
Fucking internet darped up for a moment there.
These are both me.

>>18787760
Wait like you're supposed to, just to freak every body out.

>>18787760
Wait, read.

>>18787760
Wait

You must be pretty *fatigued* right about now after that intense battle. Better just to rest.

[x] Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

Need to rest at some point. Been bed ridden for the past like 3 days.

voting for waiting because we all love us mindgames.

Especially when our family name is Raston.

[X] Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

[X] Wait like you're supposed to, maybe read a book. No reason to upset people already worried about you.

I for one think we may be about to make Mother dear very sad.
Grandchildren may very well be out of the picture now, Radiation poisoning and what not.

I'm actually scared.

>>18787909
What?

I'm actually a bit scared by the sheer amount of concensus in this thread.

>>18787909
The grandchildren thing is why we're so protective of Ari.

We've got some kind of hero/martyr complex right now, I think.

>>18787919

[x] Wait...

You decide to relax, and wait. You pick up the book Elsie was reading and thumb through it.

After a moment you realize what it is.

You would never guess someone like Elsie would be reading love poems.

"Nyohoho," you nyohoho, "This will make for EXCELLENT blackmail material...."

You then carefully place it back where it was, and make sure it dosen't look distubed at all. Then you grab one of your books off the shelf. Apparently your mother grabbed it whe they were on the run from hope. You then begin to read one of your favorite books growing up, reveling in the nostalgia.

A few minutes later, Elsie enters with some scrambled eggs, and Dave close behind.

"Hey Alex, what's up?"

"Not much, just reading."

"Cool." He says, setting down some sort of medical bag. "What's it called."

"The Time Machine."

"Huh. What's it about?"

An awkward silence fills the room.

I fully expected some 'YOU ARE ALEX RASTON. You are unconscious', flowing straight into 'YOU ARE ELSIE WINTERS/ARIANNA RASTON/DAVE WITH A BONER/MOOCH.'

>>18788021
Got alot on your mind Dave?

A... time machine.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT GIVE ME YOUR FACE BLAARG
And flash, the imagination is over.

>>18788021
"Dave, I want you to repeat to yourself the title of the book, doing so slowly if you have to, until you are able to answer your own question."

>>18788021
Dave. I am disappoint.

>>18788021
It's about the lives of normal people going about their every day business, no wait, it's actually about a TIME MACHINE.

So Doc, what're the damages to me and to my AC. Did we get a bonus and how long was I out.

Oh its about a guy named Dave who has a lot on his mind and should tell me about it.

>>18788021

Look at Dave and Elsie.

"...Things are that bad, huh?"

>>18788068
Seconding this.

>>18788068
This. Unless you're already cooking something up.

>Lawrence Djoing
That's a good question, captcha.

>>18788021

"The Time Machine." You finally bring yourself to say, forcing the words out of your mouth. "What is 'The Time Machine' about."

"You feeling alright Alex?"

"Yeah, it's just.... just.... fuck it, Elsie said you needed to run some tests?"

"Yeah, simple stuff, testing for nerve damage. Couple quick zaps, little taps with the hammer, shouldn't take more than five minutes."

He's quick and true to his word, and gone quick as he came giving you a clean bill of health. Elsie watches you eat in silence for a moment.

[ ] What did I miss while I was out?
[ ]Something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'....
[ ] Sooo.... love poems?

>>18788082

This.

>>18788143
Dave

[X]Something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'....

Somethings up.

>>18788143
[ x ]Something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'....

>>18788143
What did we miss?

[ ] Sooo.... love poems?
"Can you get any more cute and perfect?"

>>18788143
[x] What did I miss while I was out?

>>18788143
Whats wrong with Dave?

>>18788143
[X]Something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'....

We'll conserve the love poems until later for optimum trolling. We'll get the gist of what happened later, one of our reliable and responsible team members is not grasping what "The Time Machine" is about.

>>18788143
>[x]Something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'....
We will wait to rib Elsie about the poems in private.

[x ] What did I miss while I was out?

Also, if we have enough time after the convo/during the convo/later, ask Elsie what her favorite love poem is. Would be good to use later...

>>18788143
>[x]Something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'....

[x] So, Dave.

>What did I miss when I was out.

The comment about how he can be pretty unobservant at times.

Why is it I either post when the thread gets REALLY quiet.

Or when I post everyone stops and just goes.
"Oh god...Hes back"
And hopes by shutting up I'll leave....

Because the latter option doesnt work. My freinds in real life have tried it.

>>18788272
You just posted when we had come to a very strong consensus and we don't currently have anything to argue about.

>>18788272
Oh God...he's back...

>>18788272
Trust me Mooch, if I disliked you, you'd KNOW.

[ ] Sooo.... love poems?

i think this will unlock another date

"So, something on Dave's mind? I mean, 'The Time Machine'..."

"Probably just this thing with Ari."

You set down your plate half finished.

"WHAT thing with Ari?"

"Apparently they went bowling the other day, and Ari won a bet that says he has to take her on a 'real date' the 'next time'. Since he wasn't really AWARE the first one was a date, or that she was even into him...."

"He's hesitant to bring it up with me?"

"To be fair, you did say that after you sodomized him with the chair, you were going to 'kill you and beat you to you to death with your own corpse'."

"Well.... I guess I'm a little protective of Ari."

"In the same way that a rabid wolverine is 'a little unpleasant'."

"We already had this talk though, as long as she's fine with it and he doesn't try to rush her into anything physical, I'm fine with it. Until he hurts her, then I kill him in the most painful and humiliating way available to me."

"God, you must've been fun growing up. What would Ari have done without you?"

"Been raped at least twice. There's a REASON I'm a little overprotective."

Well, that killed the conversation. You finish you breakfast, give her a kiss on the cheek and put the put the dishes away, before thinking about what to do next.

[ ] Talk to Dave about Ari.
[ ] Go see how Laurence is doing.
[ ] Get a status report from Mooch.
[ ] Other.

>>18788300
SWEET AND SOUR PORK TIME!

>>18788307
[x] Go see how Laurence is doing.
Laurie needs some more screen time.

[x] Get a status report from Mooch

See what happened after we passed out then we can do random shenanigans

[X] Talk to Dave about Ari.

>>18788307
Get a status report from Mooch about ARI's training.

Because you've been unconsious.

That doesnt mean shes allowed to sleep.
Theres rules for this.
Dont make me qoute them.

[ ] Get a status report from Mooch.
Also find out what happened to our synch score.

>>18788307
[x] Get a status report from Mooch.
We need to know what's happened before we can come up with an informed course of action.

>>18788307
>[x] Talk to Dave about Ari.
We need to make sure that he understands that this is fine as long as Ari is happy. Dude's practically wetting himself with fear over the whole thing.

>>18788307
DAMN STRAIGHT
>>18788331
I mean, erm...
[x] Talk to Dave about Ari.

>>18788307
Status report.

>>18788381
>reverse those quotes

>>18788307
Talk to Dave about Ari, as funny as it is to watch him sweat this is impacting him seriously and I'd rather get this out of the way before it screws with us.

>>18788307
Go see how Laurence is doing. We really haven't spent enough time with the guy.

[ ] Talk to Dave about Ari.

And once again apologize about the whole "chair incident".

>>18788307
Lawrence

We really need to get more time with Laurie in. I mean, jeeze... not communicating with the silent most distant team member is gonna come back and bite us in the ass.

5 votes for me.
5 votes for dave.
2 votes for Char.

....HRMMMM

>>18788307
[x] Get a status report from Mooch.

>>18788435
Wait, are you saying that Laurie, he is a CHAR?

>>18788435
char?

[ ] Talk to Dave about Ari.

>>18788476
>>18788477
No....Im on somthing else....Im doing 24 things at once over here.
I apologize.

I keep getting things confused.
................I blame the fact im watching Gundam, while being here while playing AC last raven portable. etc.etc.

>>18788307
[X] Get a status report from Mooch.

>>18788307
[X] Talk to Dave about Ari

>>18788477
CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1AAXRu3TB

>>18788540
And yes the way i was described Laurie from AC guy the other guy.

He looks like Char.
Just more womanly.

Goddammit

MOOCH

>>18788558
so....if char had a softer chin?

>Suddenly realize how much this resembles Laurie.

>Seriously, a real shirt and a slightly more womanly frame and he's there.

>God DAMMIT Mooch.

>I will never unsee that.

>>18788560
WUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA


.........I dont know why you curse my name anon.
UNLESS YOUR SECRETLY!
AHA I BELIVE IM ONTO YOUR CLEVER GAMES SIR!

>Mooch has leveled up
>Mooch wants to learn TROLOLOLOLOLOLOL
>But he can only know four moves.
>Delete a move for Mooch to learn TROLOLOLOLOLOL?

>>18788582
Your welecome.

>>18788597
>What moves does Mooch know already?

>>18788560
Are you cursing Mooch, or cursing the tie and voting for Mooch?

>>18788597

>list current moves:

>[Breathe]
>[SCIENCE]
>[Pancakes]
>[Hide]

>Forget [Breathe]?

>Y.

>Mooch Forgot [BREATHE] and learned [TROLOLOLOL]

>>18788597
>>18788624
CURSING TIE

VOTING MOOCH

>I think we're at 7/7 for Dave/Mooch.

>Can I get a tie-breaker, or does somebody want to roll for it?

>>18788631
>mooch has died.
TROLOLOLOLOLOLOL

rolled 2 = 2

>>18788649
1. Mooch
2. Dave

[x] Dave.

Tie-breaker, ho!

Mooch

>>18788655

>Dice gods have it, give me a minute.

>>18788582
As if his alias' name wasn't awkward enough for English speakers, guess how "Bajeena" was Romanized for the English language version of the Char's Counterattack PS1 game.
That's right, "Quattro Vagina".
Video evidence of this goofy Romanization:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3fLdd-nQdU

DAMN Beaten by one.


Not fair.

>>18788649
Lets sort this stuff out with Dave as amusing as it is. Then we can also find out how we're doing health wise.

But i have magical Plot twists.
DAMNIT /tg/ APPEARNTLY YOUR ALL TRUE NEUTRAL ELF DRUIDS.

>>18788693
CoDzilla, yo.

IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MISSION WE BLACKED OUT ON THAN SUDDENLY CARING FOR DAVE'S 'RELATIONSHIP' WITH OUR SISTER AND HIS WORRIES

AUGH

The idea of bouncing around from mission to mission while just taking care of our interpersonal relatinoships and avoiding all plot amuses me to no end.

>>18788718
I concur. But /tg/ loves being the big brother.

>>18788718
Sir needs a name.

Somthing like, RAGEAC

because so far all hes done is SCREAM.

On a side note it is scientificly proven I have no inside voice.
HELL YEAH!

>>18788746
well ive done some not raging up to this point its just AUGH right now

>>18788718
>>18788746

THAT PUNK ISN'T THE ONLY ONE FOLLOWING THIS QUEST WHO YELLS CONSTANTLY

>>18788773
WHO YOU CALLIN' A PUNK, KID?

>>18788718

ALSO, IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED, WE'D ALREADY HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF IT

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS

>>18788746
>>18788718
>>18788773

I ALSO LIKE TO PUT MY CAPS LOCK ON CRUISE CONTROL IF I FEEL LIKE MY POINT NEEDS TO BE HEARD ABOVE THE HEATHEN ANONYMOUS MASSES

You go to sort out this thing with Dave before anything awkward comes out of it.

Looking around, you see him working in the little area in the upper hanger he's designated as 'office space' for him and Mooch.

As you approach, you hear your sister's voice. Looking over your shoulder, you see her working with Mooch on some sort of mechanical whatsit.

A recording?

[ ] Stop and listen.
[ ] Walk on in.

>Captcha can eat a dick.

>>18788807
Stop and listen.

>>18788807
STOP, COLLABORATE AND LISTEN.

[ ] Stop and listen.

[ ] Stop and listen.
Eavesdropping time, heh heh heh.

>>18788807
>Ima troll.

[1] Stop and listen
[2] THEN WALK RIGHT ON IN!

[ ] Stop and listen.

>>18788807
[x] Walk on in.
I will be the lone voice of dissent!

[x] Walk on in.

Because I just want to ruin >>18788867's day, knowing my vote doesn't matter.

>>18788807
Walk on in, after all thats the polite thing to do right?

>>18788807
Walk on in.

>>18788807
walk on in

"-paint your core like Barney the Dinosaur."

"Wow."

"What would you have made me do if YOU won?"

"Wear something a little less revealing while we work. Baggy cloths, all day every day."

"Really? Why?"

"Do you have any idea how many times I've banged my head in the last week? I'm honestly afraid I'll get permanent brain damage at this rate."

The two of them laugh. You realize this was probably from their 'date' the other day.

[ ] Keep listening, wonder why Dave recorded it.
[ ] Walk in.

>>18788807
>Mooch: "I have a dream that one day I will have a page on 1d4chan.
>I have a dream that one day the entire world will know my name, and probobly come to scowl at it.
>I have a dream that one day this world will come to know me as the scientific madman I really am.
>I have a dream that my three little girls (One of them adopted) will inherit everything I own including my horrible, HORRIBLE fanbase.
>I have a dream that one day I WILL have a fanbase.
>I have a dream, today."
>Thats what Martin Luther King Jr. Said Ari, remember it always.
>Ari: uhh Mooch....I dont think thats right...

[ ] Walk in.

>>18788922
[x] Walk in.

>>18788922
[X] Walk in.

>>18788922
Walk in and wonder why Dave recorded it.

[ ] Walk in.

"Having fun, my second most favorite pair of lovebirds?"

archive this and the crunch thread pls.

Walk in.

OH NO HE HASNT POSTED.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

>>18789000
Crunch was archived a while ago. This one still needs to be archived, though.

>>18789089
Maybe one of my damn boobytraps finnally got AC guy.


I doubt it.

I bet hes just trollin

You walk in, and Dave kills the recording.

"How much did you hear?"

"Not much, just something about painting and baggy clothes."

He nods. Either he's really distracted or you're getting way too good at lying.

"Feeling alright there?"

"Says the guy who just got exploded for the second time in a week."

"Says the guy who's so distracted that he couldn't puzzle out what a book called 'The Time Machine' was about. Talk to me man."

"....Alright. The day before yesterday, Ari and I went bowling."

"Weren't you supposed to be working?"

"I was gonna ask you if it was cool for her to skip out on training, but she said you and Elsie had just locked yourself in your room."

You have an appropriate time frame in your head now. "....Continue."

"Well, she jokingly suggested a bet about making the other one of us do something. She said it like it was supposed to be a funny and/or embarrasing thing like repainting the core a silly color. Then when she beat me she said that 'Next Time' she wanted to go on a real date."

"And you weren't thinking in the context of date?"

"Not even a little bit. And now I come to the uncomfortable bit of telling you I TECHNICALLY took your sister out without telling you. I just.... wanted to make sure you're cool with that."

"I already said I was."

"But did you MEAN it? I know how protective you are about your sister man. I would rather NOT go there if it meant fucking up our team dynamic."

[ ] Yes, it's fine.
[ ] Maybe. I'm cool with trying, but I don't know yet.
[ ] NOOOOPE. Hands off Ari.

>>18789108

>I'll archive it when it's over.

>In 2-5 hours.

>[x] Yes, it's fine.
I trust Ari, and I like having her boyfriend within murdering distance.

>>18789129
>[X] Yes, it's fine.

Let's not be dicks.

>>18789129
Yeah its fine. Besides, I know where you sleep.

[ ] Yes, it's fine, but if you do anything bad your upper intestines will get real intimate with a chair, if you know what I'm saying.

>>18789129
I like Dave.

>Yes im cool with it.

>>18789129
[x] S'all good

Our sister is clearly digging on him, and we did just hear the recorded evidence to back up his claims.

Anyway, no need to be hostile; dude's terrified enough of us already. Probably moreso after we went full telepath, bent a NEXT over our knee, and spanked it like a redheaded stepchild.

[ ] Yes, it's fine.

Then give the both of them a hug and tell them that they have my support as long as they do things properly.

>>18789129
Yeah, it's fine

also, make sure to confirm that daves actual age is 23.

>>18789162
Then blacked out like a little girl.

>>18789169
We are developing something of a crippling weakness to nuclear fireballs, it must be admitted.

>>18789169

>Actually, you core shut down to avoid a reactor meltdown.

>You were knocked out by the other core exploding and sending you tail over tea-kettle through the sky.

>>18789183
Ask Mooch to paint the AC red, black and silver.

THAT will solve our issues.

>>18789193
I get the Fasta' and Dead 'Ard, but what's the silver do?

And speaking of painting, what's our symbol going to be now that we're an Ace?

>>18789212
Da sharpest maybe?

>>18789212
Jet-black scheme.

>>18789212
Obviously a hand ripping an AC's head off.

rolled 2 = 2

>>18789129
[x] Yes, it's fine.
For now. Keep in mind what kind of a bastard and SOB that Dave is.

>>18789231
>>18789212


Silver be makin it sneakie.

Ork colors be diffrent from Mooch colors.

..........................Due to the fact that He belives the Orks almost had it. But that was a rulebook, and rules are ment to be BROKEN!

"Yeah."

"For real?"

"Yes. Now go confirm this shit with her before I change my mind."

"Yeah, alright."

"And Dave?" You ask as the two of you start to walk in separate directions.

"Yeah?"

"Do I need to tell you what I'll do if you hurt her?"

"No."

"Good."

>What now?

[ ] Get a status report from Mooch.
[ ] Go see if Laurie's feeling better.
[ ] Go see if Elsie had any plans for the evening. No reason Dave and Ari should have all the fun.
[ ] Other.

>>18789239
MOOCH YOU FOOLS!

>>18789239
Mooch then Laurie.

>>18789212

>Ace Symbol.

>See pic. It's only appropriate.

>>18789239
Talk to Mooch, he IS standing right there after all.

>>18789239

Lawrence hasn't talked to us much lately.
We should fix that.

>>18789239
[x] Get a status report from Mooch.

>[x] Get a status report from Mooch.
Let's go visit the magnificent bastard (I READ YOUR BOOOOOOOK!) and see if he has anything for us.

>>18789239
[X] Get a status report from Mooch.
MOOCH FOR THE MOOCH GOD!

And then the very concept of a Mooch God terrified me.

>>18789250
>PLay ACV
>Everyone has slap on already made pictures for their Emblems.
>Mooch spends 6 to twelve hours making a super over complicated, Ridiculas one, USING SQUARES TRIANGLES AND OTHER MISCILANIOUS SHAPES, finds out theres already pre-made images later.

I'll spend 6 hours to make a totally bichin one if you guys can agree on an IDEA

rolled 7 = 7

>>18789239
Mooch, we'll check on Laurie later.
>>18789250
Gingerbread Man with his head bitten off, with a large explosion in the background.

>>18789268
MOOCH FOR THE MOOCH GOD!
MOOCH FOR THE MOOCH THRONE!

....Oh gods what have I done.

>I just feel the urge to say that you guys being so fixated on a single throwaway line from like the second thread worries me more than a little bit.

>Beginning to wish I typed something that didn't involve faces.

>>18789289
YOU CANNOT STOP THE FACE-TAKER

[ ] Go see if Laurie's feeling better.

And for the AC-Guy pissed off special mix it with:

[ ] Go see if Elsie had any plans for the evening. No reason Dave and Ari should have all the fun.

>>18789273
THIS, or have his head broken off and Xs for eyes.
Also go see Mooch

>>18789289
I know how you feel.

I freaked out on one of our freinds today for that.
.....Starting to get over used in my mind.

>>18789289

It was a cool line. And a defining epic moment for our character.

SO WE TAKE FACES NOW

>>18789289
It's not you. It's the players.

And you can NEVER predict when the fuck that fixation will strike.

>>18789305

>I know right?

>I have like a million of these lines, and everybody likes that ONE.

>>18789289
Lets be honest had you suggested some other form of violence we'd be just as happy with that. Leg breakan', spine rippan' face tearan' all day 'eary day.

>>18789239
Actually, get a status report from mooch than

[x]Other
>Round up the team and go for a modest dinner as a group. You guys need to spend some QUALITY TIME together, in celebration of a hopefully successful mission.

Potential ace symbols
- A hand holding a torn off AC head.
- An AC flailing about, sihoueted in front of the massive explosion that is catapulting it through the air.

Or, another potential one
- A plate of gingersnaps.

Alright but seriously we need some sort of pseudo-badass emblem.

It should involve a mix of Gingersnaps and Face-taking.

...It's just, how do we make GINGERSNAPS badass?

>>18789338
>>18789341
> gingersnapmind

>>18789321
Totally, remember that one time. Our mutual freind just HAD to say, "Thirty minutes or less or its free" at the end of that one Dark Heresy game.

You hated that.
For the longest time.

>>18789341
The face has a bite taken out of it.

>>18789348
>>18789341
>>18789338

Come up with something, I will spend a week trying to make.
PLEASE DEAR GOD DO IT.
I NEED ENTERTAINMENT.

>>18789338

>I'll be totally honest, I REALLY need to find a way to import pictures into AC5, just so I can make a picture of a tiny core being thrown from a mushroom cloud my Ace Patch.

>It's the best fucking mental image....

>>18789321
Hey man, it was an ALLCAPS phrase in the most badass post of the quest thus far.
And we took off Nine-Ball's goddamn head.
Hell, the post even ended in trip 6's.
IT WAS MEANT TO BE

>>18789365
DUDE

I GOT IT

I GOT THIS

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS

OKAY

LET ME MSPAINT A CRUDE DIAGRAM FIRST

>>18789363
I COULD PROLLY DO IT.

>>18789273
>>18789302
>>18789338
>>18789341

Or a mushroom cloud tossing a gingerbreadman.

Like pic related, except not shit.

Note, I'm not >>18789372

>>18789390
Was gonna say, even for MS paint that was pretty fast.

>>18789372
>>18789374
CHECK THIS SHIT

IT'D BE LIKE THOSE LIKE, PROTEST POSTERS WHERE IT'S JUST THE FIST

EXCEPT WE JUST TORE OFF A GINGERSNAPFACE FROM ITS DELICIOUS CORE BODY

GINGERSNAP THE FACE-TAKER

OBVIOUSLY IT NEEDS ARTISTICIFYING

>Anyway, it seems that talk to Mooch is the winner.

You walk down the stairs a minute later, and see Mooch working on something on a bench.

"Hey Mooch. What's that?"

"Miniaturized reactor Core. I can get it THIS small, but I can't make a cooling system for it that doesn't triple it's size and weight yet. I need something more efficient."

"Why are you working on that??"

"Dave's hover-bike thing. Had some free time, needed something to occupy my mind."

"Huh. So Mooch, how's the team doing?"

"We're alive. Your core's wrecked, again. I sent Berlioz an itemized list, and I can start on repairs as soon as they give us our due, which should be this evening. Dave and Ari seem to be going out on the town. Whatever's bothering Laurie's gotten worse."

"How can you tell?"

"He just walked out that door over there as we were talking just now." He gestures absently at another part of the hanger, near one of the exits. "Looked upset. Feeling better?"

"Dave gave me a clean bill of health. Hey, how much radiation to I have to worry about being exposed to before it makes me sterile or gives me cancer?"

"Inside a core you're safe. They've got all kinds of shielding built in. As long as you don't chill where the Geiger counters are doing the mambo without a rad suit you'll be fine."

"Thanks Mooch."

"Anytime."

>>18789439
IT COULD EVEN BE THE FACE OF A GINGERBREAD MAN

INSTEAD OF JUST A GINGER SNAP

BECAUSE I ONLY JUST LOOKED UP WHAT GINGER SNAPS WERE BUT GINGERBREAD MEN ARE TOTALLY MORE ICONIC AND SHITA

LIKE THIS KINDA FIST

>Meanwhile.

You are Lawrence Brenner.

You sit in an empty lot, on top of the truck you borrowed, about a mile and a half from the hangar.

You think about Hope. You think about her.

You reach inside your shirt and pull out the little cross on the chain you've been wearing for the last two years.

With a sharp tug it comes loose, and you toss it into the sand.

Then you get back in the truck and go look for a bottle to crawl in.

My contribution to the emblem shenanigans.

Also, we NEED to talk to Lawrence.
Guy's starting to creep me out again.

>>18789442
Did that itemized list include the medical care we got?

>>18789465

...

We need to find him. And potentially give him a hug.

>>18789365
TOO LAURIE!~


im sad...im lame when doing science.

>>18789465
Well shit.

Looks like we should have talked to him after all.

>>18789465
I told ya bro I told ya that we needed to talk to him.

>>18789442
Oh good. We got our money. How pissed were they that their prototype exploded?

>>18789476
>>18789472

I warned you guys, but apparently no one listens to me without allcaps.

>>18789465

SHIT!

Ok, we grab the first vehicle we can get our hands on and catch up with Laurie as fast as we can.

>>18789488
So your short too?


Damn.....its contagious
SORRY BRO, WARNED YOU BOUT MY HEIGHT

>>18789499

Nah, I'm pretty tall. I gotta speak up so all you small one can hear me with your ears so low to the ground.

>>18789511
>Shoots with shrink ray.
WIN WIN SCENARIO!
YOU GET SMALLER SO YOU DONT HAVE TO YELL!
I GET TO BE AS TALL AS YOU, SO I CAN SCREAM IN YOUR EAAARRRR!!!

>>18789338
Inb4 my 5-10 minutes of HARD LABOR goes unnoticed

>>18789536
also we shouldnt have ginger snap ace symbol, because its more of an inside joke, not something we go spreading about

>>18789536

I can dig it. It fits us perfectly.

"Hey Alex?" Your sister's voice snaps you back to the present. "How do I look?"

You look her up and down. She's wearing a simple, and surprisingly conservative blouse and skirt. Simple heels, stud earrings... she's wearing only a modest, simple cut.

And, you have to admit, she looks good in it.

"You look beautiful. Now go, before Dave panics and thinks you got cold feet."

"Dave doesn't just panic like that."

"Dave panics about the weirdest shit, at the drop of a hat."

She gives you a gentle slug to the shoulder. "I'm surprised you're so.... calm about all of this." She finally comments as you walk her out to the car.

"Honestly? I'm not too sure I'm comfortable with you being with anyone. But if you have to be with somebody I can both trust and know I can take in a fist fight. Now go have fun. But not too much fun, I'm too young to be an Uncle."

She gives you a kiss on the cheek and gets in the car. A moment later they take off to some quiet restaurant Dave knew about.

You stand the in the cool desert night, before you feel a hand on your shoulder. "Be honest with me. Are you freaking out a little?" Elsie asks.

"I'm freaking out a lot. But if they'd be happy together.... what right do I really have to stop them?"

She's quiet for a moment. "Let's do something to take your mind off this. What do you think? We can go catch a movie. We could go for a walk. Or we could go back inside and spend the evening relaxing at home."

[ ] Movie.
[ ] Walk.
[ ] Relax.
[ ] 'Relax'.

>>18789566
[x] Relax.
Not enough relaxing this past week.

>>18789566
Relax. Time to take a chill pill, lads.

>>18789566
[x]Walk

Just to freak Dave out, we should go on a double date sometime.

>>18789566
Walk

we need some nice, low stress, activity.

>>18789566
[X] Movie

>>18789566
>[x] Movie.
Normal people date, here we come!

>>18789566

Take a walk, in order TO FIND LAWRENCE.
Guy needs to be talked to. He's in a funk and we know it.

>>18789598

THIS

I told you all that we needed to talk with him... And I feel awful.

>>18789598

>You have no idea where he went IC.
>OOC, how is 'somewhere that sells alcohol in Vegas' describes pretty much all of Vegas.

[x] Relax.

>>18789465
I feel bad for Lawrence. Not only because of this, but because he's always being upstaged. Whether its his amazing brother Zach (who got all the manlyness in the family), or the the other members of the squad (who our focus is on more often than not due to dave/ari, alex/elsie, anon/mooch), the guy gets no recognition.

>>18789566
Walk, enjoy the weather.

>>18789621
This then:
[ ] Relax.

I'm just hope that Laurie's kind of ok OOC.

>>18789566
Catch a movie, we've been ignoring many of the standard couple activities.

[x] "relax"

>>18789566
Relax. Remember what happened the last time we went for a walk?

>>18789621

>apparently I cannot into english tonight.

>>18789566
[x] Walk.

>>18789658
going to change my vote to just [x] relax.

>Sorry about that guys. I had to go AFK for a minute there, had some heavy shit to think about.

>What's winning in the votes?

>>18789879
Relax without innuendo quotes

>>18789885

>Innuendo quotes?

>Is that what you guys thought they were?

>>18789893
the quotes have led to sexy fun times in every event previous

we have no indication that it will be anything else other than that this time as well

>>18789893
That is what they generally imply. At least, they do where I live.

>>18789904
>>18789907

>Huh. I've just been using them as a 'yeah sure, that'.

>More sarcasm than anything directly. Didn't realize you guys thought something else.

>Anywho, relax won, I'll get started typing that.

>>18789893
Wait, what did YOU think they were?

"Yeah, let's just go kick back. We haven't done that in a while."

"Yeah," She responds with a smile. "Let's do that."

The two of you go back to the common room of the Barracks. Apparently you've got the place to yourself, and Elsie flips on the TV.

Looking at what's on, you see some movies are available over the satellite for rental. You also see some local news programs, and something PPV for the local arena. There's also the normal kiddie cartoons and such.

[ ] Mech fightin.
[ ] Rent Movie: Romantic Comedy.
[ ] Rent Movie: Action.
[ ] Rent Movie: Hilariously low budget porno.
[ ] Rent Movie: Generic kiddie baseball movie.
[ ] Watch News.
[ ] Watch Cartoons.
[ ] Fuck TV, go read a book.

>>18790021
[x] Have the news on, read books while snuggling.

>>18790021

>Sign that you got too little sleep last night, #231: Can't think of any movie genres besides Action and Romantic Comedy after a solid ten minutes of though.

>>18790035

>Sign #232: Misspell the word 'thought'.

>>18790035
They're the only ones worth cuddling to.

>>18790021
[X] Ask Elsie what she prefers.

>>18790021
Read a book, we'll cuddle up to Elsie, read a book and she''l probably cave in and read one as well. It'll be adorable, relaxing and nice and quiet.
>>18790035
Horror, Adventure, Mystery, Comic Book based, straight Comedy.

rolled 2 = 2

>>18790021
im split between mech fightan and the news

1: mech
2: news

>>18790033
Sounds good

We get xp for watching mech fightin? heh

[X] Watch News for a bit then read a book.

Just see if anything about hope is mentioned then actually relax.

>>18790021
[x] Read a book, read a book, read a mutha fuckin' book. Then tease Elsie about love poems.

>>18790057

>No, but you would get a preview for what the Arena looked like.

>I'm subtle and shit.

>Consensus seems to be listen to news, read books.

You flip to one of the local news stations, while Elsie grabs her book of poetry. After a minute you start reading it over her shoulder, and saying some of the more ridiculous lines in a cheesy 'Spanish lover' voice.

At first she tries to ignore you, then she starts trying not to smile. Eventually you both break down laughing and start reading them back in forth in the most over-wrought dramatic tones you can.

Meanwhile you listen to the news in the back-ground.

>Give me a perception test.

>>18790021
[x] Watch News.

rolled 83 = 83

>>18790125
News!

rolled 15 = 15

>>18790125
d100 dice, right?

rolled 23 = 23

>>18790125

rolled 50 = 50

Seeing

>>18790133
>>18790137
>>18790161

You hear an all too perky weather-girl ramble on about how it's going t be a 'blistery sunny day' in Vegas.

Oh wow, it's going to be hot and sunny in the Mojave fucking desert. What would we do without you Channel 5?

Some other snippets of news catch your attention. Omer made some announcement about making a new prototype core they were going to show off in the Arena, something about a bar-fight sending a few people to the hospital, something about Nine-Ball coming back to town, so he'll be there to defend his crown in a few days.

After it's over you switch to some late-night comedy special. the guy on stage starts ranting about hating hypothetical questions, which turns into him talking about getting a flying car and cruising over the Vegas strip giving straight people the finger. The two of you laugh over that one for a while. The next guy who comes on isn't as funny, and you look down to realize that Elsie fell asleep leaning into you, and her glasses got smooched up on her face in a way that can't be comfortable. You set them off on the table and give her a kiss on the forehead, before drifting off to sleep.

>>18790218

>Smooched
>SMOOSHED.

>FUCK YOU AUTO CORRECT, IT'S A REAL WORD.

>>18790218
Dawww.
MY HEART

>>18790267

>Sometimes I really wish I saved all those Hisao HNNNGGG pics from when people wouldn't shut up about Katawa Shoujo.

>Fucking all of them were hilarious.

>So, everybody cool with me calling it quits here?
>I have to be up BALLS early again, but after tomorrow I should be able to go back to my 'normal' hours.

>>18790316
If you've got stuff to do in the morning I'm not going to press you, real life comes before AC Quest.

>>18790318

>I actually had some ideas there.

>But I am hesitant to post them.

>Mostly because of, well, IMPLICATIONS.

>>18790328
Post, damn the implications.

>>18790328
>>18790318

>Also, I like keeping the streak alive, even if it's rather impractical.

>>18790316
By all means man don't put yourself out on our account.

>>18790328
Damn the implications, more material is good. It's interesting to see what you're making in the background.

I'm fine with you taking a break tomorrow, only because Ima be busy all of quest time. Feels bad man

>>18790316
Damn, just as I get caught up.

Ignoring that I should be going to bed myself.

>>18790218
I have a very bad feeling Lawrence was in that bar-fight and will either need bail or is in the hospital.

>>18790341
God dam just got to a computer, "OK guys that's it"
dam my luck some-days

>>18790336
>>18790345

Alright. It's not really AC Quest related 100%, but the idea was born from a friend of mine reading AC Quest.

I've been working on trying to do a website with some friends of mine for a while, and we've got it down.

There's just a couple of major problems: We know the material (It's a gaming related thing), we know our audience, we know etc. Think Roosterteeth, except we would also be MAKING games.

We've got pretty much everything we need to make this amazing new thing: except money to bankroll it. Because it would be a full-time thing, not just a 'dick around with between real life' stuff. So we would need...

-Money to pay somebody to make the site (Or at least get a copy of dream-weaver to use to make a site that looks GOOD ENOUGH until we could afford that).
-Money to buy cameras and shit.
-Money to host the site on a real service.
-Money to support the team and the supplies for the first month or so.

>>18790423

Right now, we've got enough money to do maybe ONE of those things. While talking to a friend of mine earlier today, he pointed out that I had a lot of people online that thought I was awesome, and if all of them , one dollar, etc. on a Kickstarter, that would be enough there.

>Not saying this alone: I'm actually a couple of pretty popular/well liked name-fags, I just switched names to run the quest on it's own merit.

I'm just not sure how comfortable I am trying to cash in on my relative 'celebrity' like that.

I mean, I know, I KNOW, that if I was given the shot to make this site, and the associated company the way I wanted to do it, it would be awesome. It would be good, and big, and successful.

But I feel really conflicted asking for what amounts to handout from people who range from decent dudes to a couple who I would probably call a friend if I knew them in the real world (Like Udz for instance).

Just.... sorry if this sounds ramble-y, but I guess you guys asked.

>>18790423
>>18790425

One of the things I would be doing by the way, would be taking the AC sticker off the side of this system and publishing it as cheap as I could reasonably make it by the way.

So this could be a real thing, as an actual product, that you could have and use.

>>18790435
I would buy it, I would, it wouldn't be the first self published system I've bought,

>>18790492

It's not the idea of publishing a game that bugs me, it's the idea of the kickstarter funding is the only way I can think of to generate the Dosh to make this a viable thing.

Not just the system either, but the site, and using that to make bank to eventually make more games, etc.

>>18790508
well if it makes you feel any better Im sure there would be more than me who would pick up AC-Guy's big book of mech fighting, and I can understand your hesitance to create a kick starter for it, that's allot of presser to create an awesome product for all the people who've funded and backed you, I know this might sound a little cheesy but if you did do this there would probably be allot of support from the online community, and probably some no-life fags trying to bring you down to, but i'd bet you my bottom Dollar (Canadian) that the bulk of the us would support you

>>18790435
I'm interested in what I've seen of the system and would like to see it published. I'd be willing to pitch in to see that happen. It'd be cool to see this become an actual system and springboard into more games.

I'm also pretty sure that myself and other denizens of /tg/ would enjoy testing the system in this Quest and letting loose our inner optimizers to try and break it.

>>18790548

It would also be a hell of a lot easier under my other handle.

I'm just not sure I want to put it down, because it has some actual WEIGHT behind it as is. And it's inevitably going to come out if I did it anyway, so I might as well IF I did it.

>>18790564
Hey man, You just do what you think is right, don't listen to the haters, if you don't want to use you recognition from your other handle because its not related to this project and you feel it would be abusing its fan base then wait till you can do it as AC-Guy, i mean look you've got at least 6 name fags here including my self and an undetermined amount of Anouns, just keep plugging away and I'm sure you'l make it work out in the end

now im just really interested to see this happen.