>>20301050

Questionable gift shopping aside, you were mere moments away from investigating a particularly suspicious doujin that you've gotten free in an equally suspicious-sounding promo when your boss - a white mutant cat who always seemed to look smug despite not being able to change the expression on its otherwise mascot-like face - came into the scene, perching himself upon your shoulder. Your ensuing conversation with him began as awkward and stilted as always, and it looked to be that way until he told you two things: the first being that your rank had now been changed from Vindicare to Warmaster-in-Training, and the second being that someone named The Betrayer would be starting your training posthaste.

The Betrayer. The title is certainly ominous, but you don't remember anyone in the Officio bearing it. Nothing comes to mind - although, for the briefest of seconds, the silhouette of someone with long black hair, crimson-pinned black eyes, and elongated, skeletal claws for fingers come unbidden in your mind.

You narrow your eyes down at the Incubator in front of you and ask the most obvious question.

"Who is...?" Kyuubey tilts his head to the side, confusion coloring his voice. "Are you asking me who the Betrayer is, Matsuda?"

You nod. What else could you be asking? Is there something wrong with it?

"Well...no. Not as such. It's just that you're the last person I expected to ask that question." The Incubator's tail flicks lazily from side to side.

"She was, after all, your partner for the better part of last year. She even gave you that horrible nickname of yours. Murderface, was it?"

Your partner...? Huh. You don't...you don't remember.

How do you react?

>>20301061
Ask for a rundown.

[x]sigh at what your recurring amnesia has wrought, rotate your wrist in a "hurry up and give me the rundown" gesture.

>>20301061
Remind him that we're in the habit of regularly forgetting our own name, let alone other peoples'. It's frankly a wonder that we consistently remember that we work for him.

No use playing it close to the chest with him. He's already aware that we're only periodically lucid, this past interlude being an odd exception, and we need to know this stuff.

>>20301061
Tell him that we can't even remember our own name then have him give us a rundown.

>>20301061

Pass it off as memory loss from frequent drinking or something.
At first I thought the betrayer was Madoka, where she kept getting periodically possessed by pinky.
But I looks like its someone else I don't think Madoka would give someone the name "Murderface"

>>20301061
Kyuubey, you know very well that the memory portion of my brain is essentially swiss cheese, I switch names randomly, barely remember who you and any of my acquaintances are and would forget them if I didn't see them for two months, and according to the video recordings once thought I was a masked hero of justice for a brief yet still unfortunate time that lasted a week, god knows where I found a luchadore mask. I don't even know my fucking real name.

Details, now. Tell me about the Betrayer.

Sounds like we'll be training with Black Gold Saw.
Could be worse.

Remind it we forgot our OWN name not too long ago.

>>20301061
'Of course I knew that, I was just testing you!"

Speaking of our name... We had asked Kyubey to track down the name, hadn't we? Has anything come up in that regard? Let's not get too distracted, that we forget to ask about it, as well as about golden weapons.

What fucking number were Kilgore's gauntlets?

>>20301061
Stop playing dumb cat, you know I don't remember shit.

don't leave any of details out either

>>20301161 >>20301096 >>20301086

"Ah, yes, your convenient, if selective amnesia." Kyuubey breaks off his stare with you to calmly lick the back of its paw. The little cat bastard was grooming himself in front of you. "It's always struck me as strange, your episodes. Sure, you do forget certain things, but some of your memories have always remained constant. Like your association with Mami Tomoe, for instance. Or your obsession with drinking and painkillers. Or your long-standing enmity with Miki Sayaka."

You give an irritated grunt and nudge at the self-grooming Incubator with the toe of a shoe. It's the kindest way, under the circumstances, for you to tell him to get on with it.

"Yes, yes." Kyuubey blinks. "The Betrayer. Her real name is Valnikov Kharn. Five years of active service. She started out as a Vindicare for two years, transferred to Eversor at the third, and achieved full Warmaster Rank at the fourth. She abdicated the position at the latter half of her fifth year - and that was when I assigned her to be your partner. Your partnership lasted six months before she...voluntarily retired from active duty and volunteered to serve in our Siberia R&D branch as an assistant."

You're not sure, but you sense a bit of hesitation in Kyuubey's voice as he recounted the last days of Kharn's career.

"I probably shouldn't be surprised that you forgot, or that you decided to block that six-month period of your career away to oblivion." If the Incubator had shoulders, he'd have probably shrugged by now. "You didn't part ways amicably. But I have to admit, for a novice, you were her perfect partner. I don't think I've ever seen a pair clear out an entire building of hostiles faster than the both of you working together."

[1/2]

>>20301217
QB probably doesn't know how to find the numbers on the weapons, so he doesn't know.

>>20301280
He forgot to mention our deep and abiding love of pancakes.

>>20301280
KHARRRRN

Wonder what specifically got Valnikov to dub Matsuda "Murderface".

>>20301280
Oh great.
Better send word ahead about the whole amnesia thing. Judging from our recent forays into the mystical realm known as 'social interaction', she probably had a good reason for ditching us.

>>20301280

"I suppose you can consider this a reunion of sorts, then, Matsuda. Once again, I'll remind you to try and learn something from the Betrayer - she taught Kirika herself, after all, before her self-imposed exile."

It's then that Kyuubey turns slightly, as if to look at something to the side. "Ah, I almost forgot. Another thing popped up while we were analyzing Kilgore's gauntlets. The Roman Numeral XI, on both of the bangles themselves. We only found the markings after trying to clean the blood off of them." He looks up at you questioningly. "Do you know of the significance behind this numerical designation? From what I remember, your Desert Eagle and Kirika's sword had similar markings, but different values."

How do you respond?

>>20301325
It probably wouldn't hurt to tell QB that there are probably going to be 20 of the weapons in total. I can't remember if Matsuda also told him about Pinky's little visits, if so then we can probably tell him the prophecy of collecting them all.

>>20301325
"Probably some sort of magical bullshit. Magic you can't explain that shit"

>>20301325
'Guess they're part of a set. At least twenty of the fucking things, from the number on the pig-sticker's pig sticker.'

>>20301325
"It's their Pok?dex number. Gotta catch'em all."
With a serious face, of course.

>>20301336
there was never any in-universe link to the tarot cards, just meta discussion I'm pretty sure.

>>20301342
this, and have QB tell Valnikov we remember jack shit.

Oh hey guys, how've people been, I wonder what I've missed in the few threads I was away fo-

Kharn. Our teacher was Kharn. And we have porn. Sigh. Over to the archives I go...

>>20301342

This.

>>20301325
Tell that we're not sure but we think that there are at least 20 golden weapon accord to the numbers.

>>20301351
I was talking about Misaka's brief possession where she stated that Matsuda was to collect all the weapons and bring the world to ruin or something. But yeah, the tarot cards was just meta speculation.

Also ask him if he ever found anything about the witch attack on Mami's apartment and who the fuck Akemi Homura is.

>>20301325
There's at least twenty of them and they're trying to come together. From our small sample size we can tentatively deduce that their holders are drawn to try to kill each other, and after encountering Kilgore we know that they can be wielded by anyone. I'd probably behoove QB to dedicate some intelligence assets to at least combing the city for them. If more than two of them at once have an opportunity to go at it, it'd be a miniature disaster area.

>>20301325
Seconding this >>20301342
Also "Since they're part of a set, you asked your fellow Incubators if any of their girls have them?"

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>>20301325
>>20301325
>she taught Kirika herself, after all, before her self-imposed exile
Oh, fun times lie ahead.

>How do you respond?
"Nah."

>>20301325
I have absolutely no clue what the numbers mean, aside from the fact that Kirika seemed obsessed with them

The numbers murderface what do they mean?

And my remembering Mami and Sayaka is more an emotional thing, same as I remember you because of the rush of revulsion I feel whenever I have to look at you

I know I am massively late, sorry. Had to attend an urgent family trip.

Anon who asked, I hope your still here, cus its done.

Sayaka in tux

>>20301325
I'm guessing it's a numbering system. There are at least 20 as Kirika's katana had XX on it, do not come crying to me if there is a number larger than 20.

My Deagle has VIII on it.

According to Misaka's madness network I should collect the whole set to fix my shield. I'm supposed to end the world before "she" does, and by she I'm guessing we're talking about the Pink Bitch. Me destroying the world is better than her destroying the world, go figure.

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Oops, forgot pic.
>Sorry for shit quality

>>20301368

Seconding these questions after we respond to the numerals bit.

>>20301404
Face too low. Needs less forehead.
Right hand should be rotated slightly clockwise over spear.
Otherwise excellent.

>>20301404
Aww, that's fantastic.
I myself was hoping for a drawing of the picture we took.

>>20301419
I see, thank you.
will try to correct next time.

I'd love to stay, but this body requires rest.
Goodbye anons, Deculture.
Stay awesome

>>20301404

Sweet. Much better than I could do.

>>20301342

You shake your head after a moment. You're not too sure what they mean, but from what you can infer, there may be twenty of the damn things out in circulation. With three currently in this Officio's possession - or at least that you know of - that makes seventeen of the evil things still out there. And as Kilgore had proven, the owners may not be strictly confined to the Magical Girl demographic.

"...I see. I'll see about advising the rest of the girls about them, should they come upon such weapons. I'll also check with our competitors, see if they know anything about them."

You nod at this, before two remaining questions pop up from your memory. You ask them immediately, before they sink back into oblivion, to be buried underneath other, less relevant queries.

"The Witch that spawned in Mami's apartment? Ah, yes. It appears that she was a former contractee of Hanegawa Midori's original Incubator. I've yet to pin down his location, but rest assured I've got people on this case. No one wants a rogue Incubator running amok in Mitakihara."

And the name?

"There is no official record of any Akemi Homura in Mitakihara, Matsuda. As far as the records go, she doesn't exist. Nothing in the national registry, either, if that's what you're about to ask." Another tilt of the head. "Did I satisfy your requests in a satisfactory manner, then? Anything else you'd like to ask, or am I free to ask for reimbursement, now?"

How do you respond?

Might want to consider telling QB about the prophecy, we've been fairly straight with him so far and he hasn't decided to retire us.

>>20301513
He doesn't need to know how we know what we know, just what we know. If he's appraised of the fact that they're going to come together and try to kill each other, it's irrelevant how we got that information.

>>20301497
I think that's it for now.
And wait, reimbursement? He never said anything about us owing him anything before.

>>20301497
I got nothin'. Reimburse him. In the face. With some chocolate.
>>20301513
>throwing Misaka to the wolves
Nonononono that is a bad idea.

>>20301513

What? Tell him that we are supposed to end the world?
No.

However this news about how the amnesia keeps relapsing suggest that we are part of a long line of "copies". Is pinky so desperate for a showdown? Or is something else at work here?

>>20301497
>>How do you respond?

Want a chocolate?

>>20301513
Not today.

>>20301497
Your reimbursement is testing these fucking golden rage machines cat.

>>20301529
Or maybe it really is just alcohol and painkillers.

>>20301497

well, does know of if any of the other high ranked MG's in the office have been the target of similar magazines?

don't have to know names but at least we will know if we're alone in that matter.

>>20301497
Well you never did tell me when I could move into another apartment but given recent occurrences it might no longer be necessary

>>20301536
Pinky (or was it a journal entry?) did say we are not who we think we are but we did retain the penchant for self-destructive behavior.

>>20301497
"I have a request if I am to get promoted. Make Tomoe Mami my subordinate. Her advice will certainly be valuable to me."

We must secure our pancakes.

>>20301497
>How do you respond?
Pat him on the head.
"Here is your reimbursement."

>>20301551
>force Mami out of retirement
Nope. We can ask Mami to be our advisor, that's about it.

>>20301497
Give him one of the Broblerone bars.

>>20301497
Reimbursement for what you freakish mutant cat fuck?

What name did I go by when I first came into your employment, was it something I remembered or chose?

Why is there smut of me? And why in the name of the highest powers I know, painkillers, whiskey and pancakes, is it circulating within our offices?

Do you have any idea where I am from? Before I joined up with your business? Magical girls don't just pop out of thin air. My shield of mystical time fuckery is FUBARed, but if it was working to its full extent, something I do not remember seeing, what do you hypothesize its full abilities would be?

>>20301551
Mami seems to be enjoying her semi-retirement. Let's not drag her back into the world of Magical Girls that she's trying to leave.

>>20301497
"Whatever"
Respond flippantly. Get back to reading saucy book.

>>20301280
>"Or your long-standing enmity with Miki Sayaka."
Hey now, for the record - me and the blue-haired bitch are getting better, we didn't try to kill each other, since... uh... the last time we tried to kill each other.

>>20301497

Who exactly supported our rise to Warmaster-in-training?

Also, what news of the new apartment arrangements?

Ask about the Warmaster position: what does it detail? What was the reason for the promotion? Who supported it? Is it just some propaganda bullshit?

>>20301584
This will do

>>20301352
>And we have porn. Sigh.
It's worse than that. Porn has us.

>>20301584

Seconded

Once Midori calms down from her "It's not what it looks like!" panic, we should probably ask her if she knew anybody by the description of the Magical-Girl-turned-Witch that we executed in Mami's apartment.

>>20301611
Us and Midori.

>>20301583
Well we can ask her if she would accept it and ask kyuubey to make her out subordinate / secretary so that she can keep us in line and we can use her to stop ourselves going mad

>>20301626

Want want to ix-nay on the part where we're the one that killed her, though.

I was thinking that we should call Iori before get on the plane.

>>20301611
Matsuda really needs to grill Midori on several aspects of that doujin. Such as why is she drawing it, for how long, and and how popular is it? Especially how popular is it in the Officio as Matsuda may need to Exterminatus the entire company.

Another thing to consider is that as Midori is apparently a crazed fan, when she stopped the neckbeards from raping Matsuda she may not have done it "from one professional to another". She hasn't really acted like a professional ever (see the stay in the car incident) and may have been instead planning on taking Matsuda home for herself. Hell, she probably has some creepy Muderface shrine hidden away somewhere.

Also, Matsuda needs to talk with Midori about that mission in general just so she knows what exactly happened and what was illusions so she can prepare to deal with Iori meeting Midori when the Russian trip is over.

>>20301626
I still think we should also ask these questions.

1) When did you find out that you hadn't signed up to be sailor moon?

2) What your relationship with your parents? (she doesn't seem that concerned about them, she has been gone for more then a week)

3) What is your incubators name?

We can also toss in

4) "Takatsuki Yayoi" Did you also do your magic there?

To make her squirm. :P
Anyway, I think we should ask her the incubators name because she is supposed to be working with us, if she refuses to answer it does make is seem like she still wants to run back to her old incubator.

>>20301570
I'd support asking for Mami as an advisor.

>>20301672
Murderface dakimakura
Calling it now

>>20301687
I support asking Mami for pancakes and advice on how to be less of a raging asshole.

Woot Woot! All aboard the gradual self improvement train!

>>20301702

I've been aboard from the start! All aboard, and slowly ahead we go! First stop, not giving Midori mixed signals while avoiding being a complete bitch!

>>20301700
"So that trust-building thing. Let's begin by telling me all the fantasies you've had about me. With all the details."

>>20301672
>Hell, she probably has some creepy Muderface shrine hidden away somewhere.
Am I the only one who'd find that kinda cute?

Anyway - depending on how long she's been stalking us, she might have some information on our life from before our last amnesia attack (Quest thread 1). It might seem odd asking another person about out own life, but right now we could bluff it with being enraged by doujin and wanting to know how much she know.

>>20301715

Which will be a shame, since she seems fun to tease.

>>20301723
Not while there's Misaka in hearing distance.

>>20301723
Oh my God!
I have an idea!
Lets mess with Midori. Not in the mixed signals kind of war, but in the hard to get tease kind of way.
Let's see how flustered we can get her.

..you know, for trust building...so we can accurately judge her character...yeah, that sounds about right.

>>20301734
Teasing is only fun when it's intentional.
He's saying get how we normally act towards her stuck to a standard.

>>20301744
Nothing wrong with a bit of tsun denial as long as there is eventual dere... thequestion is - are we capable of dere?

>>20301580 >>20301548

Kyuubey seems to blink at your barrage of questions, and it takes him a moment to answer. "Well, I was going to ask for--" He glances around him, before sighing. "Nevermind. Forget I mentioned anything."

He starts to groom himself again. "From what I can recall from Mami's reports, you never really gave yourself a name until Kharn gave you one. After she found you in Charlotte's Witch barrier, you were never able to give yourself a name we could use in referring to you. We decided on simply calling you Girl A for the duration of your recovery. I placed you in active duty with Kharn as your partner and minder, and she immediately gave you your name, at your first meeting. It seemed to stick, despite obvious objections. You even remembered it, even when you started having your episodes."

Another tilt of the head. "You can understand our collective relief, then, when you decided to call yourself Chiaki Matsuda. Something that doesn't sound strange when we're talking about you in public."

He nods at the shield clamped on your right arm. "I have my own ideas regarding your shield, but they're all simple theories. I have nothing concrete to offer in the way of proof. For all I know, your shield places you in a dimension different than what we're on, instead of actually stopping time." He shrugs. "I was not responsible for your Wish, that much is clear."

It's then that the Incubator stretches, cat-like as usual. "If our little interview is done, Matsuda, then I will excuse myself. Your flight should be ready momentarily." A sigh. "Oh, and your new accommodations have been found. We'll move your belongings to it before you get back."

It seems that Kyuubey is getting ready to leave. You have an opportunity for one last question. What will it be?

>>20301760
Not really. We might be capable of softening a tad, and showing joy for perfect pancakes.

But showing actual love for someone, opening our already scarred and battered heart, coming out of the massive fortifications we've constructed out of painkillers, booze and emotional repression. Not that likely.

Misaka is okay, she's Misaka. She gives us guns we pat her head and tell her she did good. It's simple, it's little sistery, we can deal with that.

The moment someone actually tries to hold her hand in a loving way or god forbid go any further, we're going to freak the fuck out. We're getting better and acting closer to normal, but we're still pretty fucked up.

>>20301780
Ask about the Warmaster position. What does the work entail and who supported the promotion? Is it just bullshit propaganda?

>>20301780
Can I...
Punt the fucker when he goes to turn around and answer our question

>>20301780
"Anything I should know about Misaka's brother? Because if there was anything I knew, I don't remember it anymore."

Now I'm curious what he was going to ask for...

>>20301780
I don't have another question for QB, but I am wondering where's Mami.
She said she had homemade lunches for us. That's reason enough to force the flight to be delayed until she arrives.

Should we ask if there have been any changes with the Iori protection job?

We can probably ask Mami or even the Betrayer about the details of the Warmaster position later on, or even ask QB if we get back.

>>20301780

What was the reimbursement he was talking about?

>>20301780
Ask QB to give Valnikov a heads up that we don't remember anything about her. We can at least try to avoid any social akwardness.

Also, what did the Mutant Cat want? Incredibly odd of him to just drop the subject.

>>20301789
Sums it up neatly. But is Chiaki aware of this much in character? Would be cool if she did, because I can think of at least two girls that should hear this explanation.

>>20301808
>That's reason enough to force the flight to be delayed until she arrives.
But how would we... oh,... Relaese Misaka! Let her have look at the plane engines.

>>20301780

In light of Chiaki's newly not completely missing social awareness, do people think it'd be out of character for us to point blank ask if Mami is ok with the whole warmaster thing? It's still fairly blunt but we would care, and if this is all some sort of elaborate game to cause dissent amongst us his answer might give us some clue.

>>20301826
IMHO yes, she should be able to see that much.

>>20301826
Well I would say it is more likely we ask bluntly because of our lack of social skills but from experience about checking such things because we know how bad we are at understanding these things

Mami is the only one we seem to ever have cared about beyond not wanting them to go away or die

>>20301859
Because Mami is nice to us no matter how much of an asshole we are.
We should really express to her how important that is to us.
>Hint, it's very important

>>20301878

But telling her how important she is may trip her death flag.

I assume that Mami is going to deliver the packed food, so we can ask her ourselves.

>>20301878
Well yeah no shir it is both important and that's why we like her

I see it as murderface remembers her and likes her because she has a motherly sort of comfort that she brings to murderface

>>20301819
I tend to think of her as pretty self aware that she's broken. She isn't an idiot, she self medicates heavily, knows that she's bad news for anyone and is well aware that she keeps any relationships she has in very firm boundaries.

Misaka it's get guns, give head pats and tell her she did a good job. It's reciprocal, we can deal with that.

Mami provides pancakes/moral support and we care about her opinion but we don't really open up to her. We saw her as a safety net, no matter how far down we dropped due to our various addictions she would be there to pick us up, that's one of the reasons we got so fucking scared when we thought she was not going to abandon us, it meant that no one was going to stop us from taking a shovel and digging once we hit rock bottom.

But these relationships tend to be one sided, we take more than we give.

An actual two-sided romantic/emotional attachment would be completely alien to Chiaki, especially given how much effort she puts into dulling her emotions and keeping them under a very tight leash.

>>20301901
And we need to start expressing (among other things) gratitude.
And Mami is probably the best place to start with that.

>>20301898
Knowing Mami, she'd probably lie to make Matsuda feel better and let whatever jealousy eat her up inside. Nevertheless, Matsuda should ask anyway just to demonstrate that she does care about Mami's feelings, might help prevent Pinky from corrupting Mami.

>>20301903

A quick bit of evidence for that was the surprising empathy she showed for the shut-ins when she went to buy the doujins last thread.

>>20301780
Ask about getting Mami as an advisor.

>>20301913
Even if we don't use our only question now for it, we should ask QB as well as Mami, if only to see his reaction if this is a game. Also shows him that we're normalising, which can be good in that it shows we wont flip out, but bad in that a sane Chiaki is a less killy one, and makes it even clearer that Mami is a lever for us.

>>20301903
>>20301903
And we're trying to change that one sided nature to her.

Also, you seem fairly insightful good sir. I could always use a brakeman on my train.

>>20301903
I see Misaka as a two way relationship more thannou say but I agree mainly
Chiaki knows she is broken and doesn't try to hide it, she hasn't tried to improve it because she so far has seen no need because there is nothing that lasts very long aside from her job and she has had routine work for as long as she can remember.

Now there is a consistent threat, danger to her friends and the first person aside from Mami she has ever met that thinks she isn't a waste of space and that is a massive shake up for her

"Hey Mami, I know you don't want to deal with me right now, but I had QB make me your boss. Hey, why don't you make some pancakes while I learn how to slice some fool in two with half a stroke."

totally going to go over well

>>20301943
> a sane Chiaki is a less killy one
Murderface was so much of an overkill that even after tuning down a bit to Chiaki she should still be strongest card in QB's hand.

>>20301969
She is mostly over that actually

And I doubt even murderface would be that retarded as to say it like that

...I had this vision of midori using her powers to change her form to ours and...well you get me drift.

>>20301780
Why is she called The Betrayer?

>>20302010
If she hasn't been already

Ask what a warmasters restrictions are on having subordinates and allies. Including ones only affiliated with the officio.
We've got a nice group of fellows, let's get a machine working.

>>20301984
Who says she can't learn to flip the switch? Soldiers do it to go from whatever they are normally to 'Kill The Enemy'. Chiaki just needs to figure out what her not-batshit-crazy-death-whirlwind mode is like, then she can gauge accordingly.

I would also like to put forth the idea that if Midori's even a halfway decent artist that we put her to work on some sort of propaganda artwork for QB. I'm sure he'd appreciate having an in-house semi-professional artist for projects.

>>20302029
Could be useful once we make sure no mention of her first big project ever comes to light

>>20301984
I was thinking more that QB might worry about us being too much of a real person to be efficient, but we're not getting there any time soon, so no fear of that.

>>20301991
Considering that the retards from all the different sides of argument have left or calmed down, you might even be right.

>>20301957
I try to be reasonable and so on but I can't always catch MGNQ.

We've made serious progress along the road of becoming a better person but we are by no means fixed.

>>20301958
It's closer to it than most I agree, but I still see barriers there.

I can't really envision Chiaki pouring her heart out and confiding in Misaka, or trying to deepen their relationship and invest more of her emotions in it.

She likes Misaka, she cares for her in her own odd way, but I don't think she's going to let it go any further than it already is.

I see their relationship at a nice, stable point that Chiaki doesn't want to futz with. It's consistent, reliable, it works.


On a related note, Iori. While I agree that we should have let her down, we could have done it much better than we did. She was looking to us for emotional support and honestly we couldn't give it.

>>20302039
Given that apparently half the Officio reads her manga I'm sure someone would recognize the art style. This is of course assuming they haven't already realized that Magical Midori is our Midori. We really need to find out who exactly is in our unwanted fanclub. I'm guessing Kumatora. God help us if Kyouko and Sayaka find out about the manga.

>>20302039

I vote that apart from teasing Midori a bit, WE NEVER MENTION IT EVER AGAIN. It's bad enough that the girls idolise Chiaki, but the collective nervousness and embarrassment if there was even an inkling of us knowing about it could combine into a ray to shoot Faust out of orbit.

>>20302062
>God help us if Kyouko and Sayaka find out about the manga.
They won't do anything, given how we've become their unofficial bedroom advisor.

>>20302062

there are probably doujins of them floating around as well...

and Mami...
>conflicted feelings about the last one...

>>20302075
I don't know what quest you've been reading, they would laugh it up so hard.

>>20302062
>God help us if Kyouko and Sayaka find out about the manga.
Good chances they already know.
It is likely everybody except us in the officio already knows.

>>20302055

I'm just interested as to how she acts towards us when she gets back. Or if the collective conciousness still wants to persue her when we do, seeing as our schizophrenic chorus seems to have lost quite a few voices. We're more of a light hubbub...

>>20302055
I agree there

>>20302075
They probably know about it already especially if the thing has made the rounds of the officio.

>>20302068
We mention it to Midori and Midori alone.

>>20302113
Only ones worth pursuing are Pinky and Mami. With Midori as a stress relief toy, I guess.

>>20302113
I think we more rationalized that while it might be the better course of action we handled it fucking atrociously and need to sort shit out before it bites us on the ass.

And it is mainly that we got distracted with buying porn and illicit drug infused chocolate to keep the argument going

Personally I still think we flipped the death / pinky time flag for Iori but I am not going to argue it since it will only be the same argument as last time with the same lack of results.

>>20302138
>Only ones worth pursuing are Pinky and Mami.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>With Midori as a stress relief toy, I guess.
Proceed....

>>20301793

Kyuubey seems to blink at this sort of question from you. "Well, this is a surprise. I feel that it's been a long while since you ever take anything from work seriously." He clears his throat, a surprisingly human gesture, before speaking again. "Becoming Warmaster means to have the highest rank in the Officio, Matsuda, second to the Officio's Incubator. A less bellicose version of the title and a much more accurate one means that you are to be my proxy, my right hand if you will. You will be overtaking certain duties that both Kharn and Mami had undertaken, and these duties are as important as they are delicate."

So a glorified secretary, then? You ask as you scowl at the mutant cat. You're not liking the job description, much.

"No, no. Not as such. Being Warmaster also means that you have authority over anyone underneath your rank - and that means everyone in my payroll is beholden to you. The resources of the Officio are at your command, to do with as you please. And you'll need them for those duties - all of which have more at stake and have farther reaching consequences than, say, protecting an idol."

He seems to smirk at you as he continues. "The Warmaster rank is not to be taken lightly. Only the deadliest and most powerful Magical Girls are considered for this rank. It should say something, then, that the position has been empty for the longest time - and Mami was still in the middle of her training before you replaced her."

It's then that the Incubator looks over your shoulder. "In any case, it looks like you can ask her yourself. I'll take my leave, then, Matsuda. I have business to take care of. Behave in Siberia."

[1/2]

>>20302113
We should try to avoid getting a non-magical girl involved in Matsuda's life. Iori deserves to live a normal life, not one of bloodshed and misery. The other magical girls are already lost causes and misery loves company. Not that Matsuda really seems like the romance type.

>>20302138

But Mami has a husband! le troll face xd.

She is more of a big sister to us, like we are to Misaka. I'm all for going for Faust though. All we can give her is our heart...

>>20302055
>we could have done it much better than we did
Frankly, same could be said about most of the social intreactions (that didn't involve guns) we had so far.
>>20302062
> God help us if Kyouko and Sayaka find out about the manga.
Chances are they already know. Remember how Kyouko joked about Midori being our bed warmer right after seeing her for the very first time?

>>20302175
>She is more of a big sister to us
Chiaki clearly said how she's her type. She bought our love with pancakes.

>>20302170
>Mami in the middle of training for warmaster
something tells me she isnt happy with this. dont fully rely on any info from her. she must have her own motives.

>>20302173
>not one of bloodshed and misery
A futile hope considering that her life has become just full of bloodshed, misery, and friends committing suicide.

>>20302186
>Frankly, same could be said about most of the social intreactions (that didn't involve guns) we had so far.
Yes, but failing horribly is part of the fun.

>>20302170
>Warmaster
>duties are as important as they are delicate.
>entrusted to Murderface Chiaki

I'd say the cat was having too much Grief Seeds lately. Or too few. But certainly not his right dose.

Anyway - let's agree not to abuse "I'm your boss now" on our friends and acquaintances unless we really have to.

>>20302186
Not really.
Out interactions with Kyoko were quite good, our interactions with Sayaka and Mami were quite good and the majority of our interactions with Iori were better than our average and all of them showed us being more aware of peoples feelings than a rock.

Our last one with Iori was back on par with thread 1 when we nearly made Kyoko stab us

>>20302204
Unless she put kyuubey up to it for some reason.

Either way it is something to worry about.

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>>20302170
>you have authority over anyone underneath your rank
So now Sayaka is our bitch?

>>20302170
We should thank Mami for the sandwiches wen she gives them to us. I don't think she has even heard us say the words "Thank you" from us.

The bigger "Thank you for being the only person that I could rely on" should wait for when we're in private.

>>20302170
Given how popular Matsuda already is, I can only imagine how famous being promoted to Warmaster will make her. Sucks for her.

>>20302252
pretty much

>>20302170


Without another word, Kyuubey scampers off - and you immediately catch a whiff of divinity. The scent of warm, freshly-baked pancakes drowned in syrup.

"Chiaki-san." You turn at the voice, and see Mami in her black riding jacket, worn over a tasteful white blouse and conservative black skirt. She is carrying a rather stuffed wicker basket in one arm, and her helmet under the other.

And she is smiling at you, as if you were not yourself. As if you were not a broken-down wreck of a Magical Girl with a bag of porn on her lap.

You manage to smile at her, awkwardly, before pushing the bag of questionable material off of your lap and hiding it under the bench, behind your legs. This act of necessary concealment done just before she walks around the bench, taking a seat just beside you. Her soft, warm hip coming in contact with yours.

"I'm sorry if I'm a bit late, Chiaki-san. The traffic was just horrible!" Mami apologizes, shaking her head as she places the basket beside her on the bench, and her helmet on her lap. She looks you up and down, that pleasant smile still on her face as she does so - her amber eyes warm and devoid of the chilling formality that she'd treated you after the incident with Kirika. "Bumper to bumper! I couldn't even ride as fast as I wanted!"

[2/3]

>>20302252
>So now Sayaka is our bitch?
Nah, she's Kyouko's bitch. Or the other way around, depending on which one is wearing pants at the moment.
Let's leave it at that.

>>20302281
>Mami in biker's gear.
I'll need pictures of that! For umm... you know... research. Yes, research! For science.

>>20302283
Nah Kyoko wears the pants in the relationship but Sayaka appears to wear them outside it.

Midori never wears the pants in any relationship which is why she has ended up the way she has

>>20302311
Seconded. For more, ummm, independent research.

>>20302281

if she does see the porn (great if she doesn't!), we can reason that "Siberia could be very lonely place and boys like this sort of stuff right?"

if it works out she'll see us as trying to socialize in a rather awkward way... maybe even adorable?

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>>20302281
>Mami in her black riding jacket

>>20302283
They're each other's bitches, we're just their boss. Kyoko probably wears the pants most of the time, but I bet Sayaka takes charge every once in a while. Also if one of them has had one hellishly long day the other just takes care of them, no questions asked about who's in charge.


Note for when we become Warmaster. We should have our authority begin and end inside the confines of our job.

If it is work related we can throw commands around if needed, if it's outside of work we shouldn't use it. We don't get to use our authority to make Sayaka and Kyoko talk about intimate details of their relationship or to make Mami make us pancakes when she doesn't feel like it. And definitely no using it to acquire sexual favors.

>>20302311
>>20302327
Chiaki should definitely take a picture. I'm sure she wants to research this stuff a bit, too.

(And building a cosplay picture folder of the Officio will be a good counterpoint to anyone who bugs us with Miracle Midori)

>>20302344
Or Mami will start trying to ship Midori with Matsuda like she was apparently doing with Iori.

>>20302353
Agreed naturally

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>>20302281

Yes. Mami, despite her appearances, is a regular speed demon on two wheels. You're probably the only one who knows that, having had the pleasure of riding with her that one time. You couldn't believe how someone so...Mami-like could have such an appetite for GOES FAST like her.

"Well, how are you, then?" She leans close to you and sniffs. "Hmm. Kong Whisky, again. You know how I don't like you drinking, Chiaki-san, but at least I didn't find you roaring drunk in a public place." She shakes her head, a small sad smile on her face. "In any case, as promised. Dinner for all three of you. I made the portions extra large, and extra special. I also marked whose dinner is whose, so there's no confusion."

You nod slowly and thank her as you glance at the bulging wicker basket. You wonder how anyone in the world could survive without their own personal Mami Tomoe.

"No need to thank me, Chiaki-san. You've been through a lot these past few days, and..." She shrugs, making certain elements underneath her jacket bob slightly up as she smiles at you. "...I don't think I made it any easier on you." She reaches over to place her hand on yours. "About...about Kirika. I'm sorry, Chiaki-san. I thought I could somehow help her, but..." Mami shakes her head. "...I don't know how to gain back your trust in me, after having done something like that. If there's anything I can do to help you forgive me...please tell me and I'll do it, Chiaki-san."

Your personal blonde goddess of Victory is asking you for forgiveness.

How do you react?

>>20302350

i hate and love you at the same time, it is a strange feeling.

We killed Mamis old friend and someone ousted her from warmaster in training for us.
We do not mention that, alright?

>>20302353
This suggestion shows a surprising amount of maturity for Chiaki.
Seconded.

>>20302394
Wait. We kill her best friend and are apparently taking her job and she's asking US for forgiveness?

>>20302394
"Could...could you talk to Iori for me? If I talk with her right now, I think I'll only make the situation worse."

>>20302394

"I... You..."

"... No need for forgiveness. I never blamed you in the first place."

>>20302394
"I-it's okay Mami-san. I understand.
I'm sorry I had to do it."

(should we ask her if she knows about the doujin?)

>>20302394
>How do you react?
"Just promise not to bite my head off." sigh "Because Kyubey brought some news. I'm not quite sure whether I like them. And really not sure whether you would."

then give her a rundown on promotion thing

>>20302394

Give Mami a hug.

Seriously. Mami needs a hug.

>>20302394
Tell her she is the nicest person ever, and we should be the one asking her for forgiveness. She's been consistently nice to us even though we've been such an asshole.

>>20302113
>>20302156

I'm completely for Iori still, personally. I think it's important to us that Iori is the only one of our relations that is OUTSIDE of the network, that she's a civilian that has a view of the outside world. Especially if we go through with out promotion, I think it'll be important that we have someone keeping us grounded and getting too into our work.

I also think it's too late for her to avoid Pinky's gaze; it seems clear to me that Matsuda thinks she's someone important, as a friend if nothing else, otherwise we wouldn't have teared up so much when we had our little fight. Weather or not that goes further then friendship remains to be seen, but the flags been tripped already.

As for Misaka, Mami, and Midori, I don't know if they're the best fit. Misaka seems much more like little sister territory to me, while Mami is like our big sister. While some might be into that, I'm willing to bet that Matsuda (wow, lots of M names...) doesn't want that screwed up if she can avoid it. Relations COULD work, but it might just destroy her if they didn't work out.

Midori is going far to far into creepy stalker, for me. Do we really want a Yandare follow/girlfriend? Actually... don't answer that, I think I can guess people's thoughts on that question.

>>20302394
You don't need to Mami.
The fact that you have persevered with me is the the same reason why you thought you could save Kirika, I may not have gotten along with her but I didn't like having to kill her.

Mami I have to ask, what would you think if kyuubey wanted to make me a war master? I don't trust him and I think it is one of his games but the only person I can honestly trust with a question like this is you. And if I took it, would you be my second so that you could keep me from going the same way Kirika did?

>>20302394

Blurt out "was it your idea? the warmaster thing?"

>>20302353
We're making Vodka Victory Parties have mandatory attendance however.

>>20302394
Awkwardly blurt out that we stole her job. >>20302443

>>20302431
Talking to her through a proxy would be silly. We said we'd keep it professional and still be her friend, if you want us to talk with her we should do it. I think we should gier her time to get shit together.

>>20302431

We already asked her over the phone last time.

Tell her "There is nothing to forgive." or something along those lines.

>>20302353
Agreed.

>And definitely no using it to acquire sexual favors.
I'd be more worriend about using it (or not) to resist Midori's advances on us.

>>20302394

"Mami. There is no need to aplologize for going out of your way to try to help your best friend. You stuck by her to the end, and I just hope you've forgiven ME to do the same when it comes to my final job."

>>20302454
Well, the fucktards are coming back. The thread was doing so well too.

>>20302452
>>20302447
>>20302443
>>20302431
>>20302430
DO ALL OF THESE THINGS!
THEY ARE THE BEST IDEAS EVER!

>Captcha: BUTTCO. imagoard
>No captcha we're not taking pictures of Mami's butt

>>20302394

well, asking about the warmaster thing would be obvious, seeing how she was already training for it.

as for forgiveness, just her staying herself would be enough right? oh and perhaps maybe a small a plate of pancakes when we get back? pretty please?

and toss in a hug somewhere, i don't care who sees it but we should slowly start to show her the appreciation she deserves.

>>20302394
"I'm sorry too. I didn't want to kill her. But she hurt you. And you're a very important person to me."

>>20302454
I agree except I think Midori would be a great minion
Sort of like Hanako to Lily.

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>>20302281
HA! HA! MAMI-TIME!

>>20302493
It'll keep going well if you shut up about it.

>>20302394
There's nothing you need to be forgiven for.

Just keep on being you. Knowing me I am going to hit rock bottom again and every time I have done so you've cleaned me up and dragged me kicking and screaming from the hole dug myself into. If you weren't there for me I would have gotten a shovel and kept on digging myself deeper and considered rock bottom to be a good starting point on my travels.

And keep an eye on Iori for me, please. I screwed it all up with her, I didn't mean to hurt her but I knew if I kept her with me I would hurt her even more.

A hug would be appreciated, just a short one. Don't be surprised if I freak out at the kind physical contact, it's perfectly normal.

>>20302394
"You did what you believed was right. It was stupid, and arrogant of you, to think that you knew better than Kyuubei, and to go behind my back without at least warning me.
But it wasn't out of malice. It was just a mistake. So of course I forgive you.
Also Kyuubei promoted me to Warmaster-in-training."

>>20302394
Goodness, what sort of question is that? Of course we tell her we forgive her.

Whether or not we actually DO is another matter entirely, but there's no reason to tell her that like a total chump. She's proven that there are certain regimes within which she cannot be trusted. Fine. We can live with that, as long as we have our pancake supply.

>>20302454
I don't think Midori is Yandere.
She is definitely a clingy fangirl though.

>>20302493
This has been a civil conversation until you decided to be an asshole.

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>>20302454

>>20302454
>Do we really want a Yandare follow/girlfriend?
*takes deep breath for proper answer*
>Actually... don't answer that, I think I can guess people's thoughts on that question.
nevermind... ._.

>>20302394
All the previous good ideas, plus
"I'll forgive you. But only after you attend one of my drinking sessions. Enough with helping me, I want to see the real you."

>>20302430
>>20302394

Yeah, shouldn't it be the other way around? We should be at the very least apologizing for eviscerating one of her friends, even if they went batshit insane.

And we should be thanking her for looking after us (and more recently, those under our protection) ever since she pulled us from the Witch barrier, even after all the stuff that we've put her through.

>>20302454
>>20302523
>>20302535
Personally I'm betting on the chance of Iori going yandere. She's clingy and we tried to let her down softly (as softly as Matsuda can manage). It's possible she may start getting more aggressive about getting Matsuda.

>>20302394
>Asking us to forgive her
Welp. She really IS planning something.

>>20302515

I must say, whilst I completely agree with the sentiments you are trying to express, this feels entirely too self aware and meta for Chiaki.

>>20301050
>use superpowers, lick Sayaka, Midori, Kyouko and Mami's soul gems at the same time

>>20302543

you have a point, she has been there for us through all our bullshit (up till she read our mission) she has taken care of us even though we disregarded most of it regarding pills and drinking.

i don't know if Chiaki would feel bad right now but i certainly do a little.

>>20302543
Exactly, she was just trying to protect one of her friends and we shouldn't hold it against her.
On top of that we basically turned her best friend into hamburger right in-front of her. That is some serious apology territory right there.

After the apology, we should bring up the "you're so good to us" thing and then the Warmaster position.
We should tell her now so it doesn't seem like we are keeping anything from her.

>>20302543
Seconding this. The sheer amount of crap she puts up with, plus the fact that saving us crippled her career which we've now stolen, plus the pancakes means she gets a free pass up to and possibly including bloody murder of everyone we know.

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>>20302569
>our faces when

>>20302543
>>20302599
There's no apology needed from either side. Mami was helping a friend and we put down a (literally rabid)dog after it tried to kill her.

>>20302563
this, way too many people want us to go straight to being perfectly normal

>>20302607
I'd bet there is bottom half of the picture floating around the interwebs and these is Sayaka on it

>>20302512

Midori as follower/ minion I'm 100% on board for. I'm just not sure her as waifu is... smart.

>>20302554
This is possible, yes.

Either war, there is... at least five threads between now and us seeing her again, AT LEAST, so hopefully she'll have time to mull on the issue.

>>20302394
[x] Cry.

>>20302563
I think a bit of self-awareness would be good for Chiaki. She's well aware that she's kinda broken, she'd have to be blind, deaf and lobotomized not to notice. We know we have severe self-destructive tendencies and that without outside influence we'd happily feed them as much as they wanted.

She knows that Mami has on numerous occasions nursed her back to health after combining massive quantities of painkillers and whisky, despite her disapproval of them she's just tried to get us back in decent shape. Not to even mention the whisky pancake debacle.

We are well aware that we fucked it up with Iori and we don't hate Iori, we don't like seeing her depressed. Mami is the only one we can really think of who might be able to help us with her.

We can nix the hug if you want.

>>20302618
Don't worry.~
Deculture said he (re)writes things with how chiaki would actually say them.

>>20302563
We have had a long time to mull over the Kirika situation and we have repeatedly said we want to avoid hurting Mami with it even if we no longer trust her

>>20302607
>>20302632
Quick search, here you are:
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/857797
I'm sad that you were incorrect as well.

>>20302713

>dat saliva

i'll just imagine that it leads to Sayaka.

>>20302658
>>20302706

It is a bit of a non issue because Deculture rewords things, but I'm just trying to square my interpretation of the character with yours. I agree that she would be feeling those things, I just feel that she would express them in a much simpler and straightfoward way. For example maybe just going straight for a hug (which still may not be in character but the idea strikes me as unbearably cute.)

I think everyone who is left agrees more or less with the dude who has an unhealthy fixation with trains, it's just us debating how fast we go. So sorry for being too OCD...

>>20302569
This is actually feasible if you gather them all in the same location, get them boozed a bit and then time stop. Yes Pinky will appear, but then Pinky gets to watch Murderface ignoring her and licking soul gems. WORTH IT

>>20302809
Well I don't really think we should go for the hug or we should sort of half go for it but murderface is still far too broken for anything that advanced.

And we would stumble over the whole thing naturally

>>20302829
So worth it
And we could hand pinky a bottle of booze as well and tell her to relax for once.
Maybe give her the murderface porn as well

>>20302394
>Tell her to stick her soul gem in maple syrup and then lick it while recording with a camera

>>20302835
The idea of Chiaki going little girl mode appealed to me, but the end result would be her lying on the floor, covered in blood. And worst of all, Mami would have the doujin starring us in her hands

>>20302809
OCD is fine.
The only problem is when such things cause a massive shitstorm that doesn't even result in new ideas to use.

As long as you remain reasonable, any disposition is fine.

>>20302855
Fund it.

Your eyes grow wide at this unexpected apology. It's...you're not sure where it came from, or why is it even happening, now. By all rights - by any leap of logic - it should be you doing the apologizing. It should be you asking for forgiveness. It should be you desperately trying to repair what little remains of the bridge between you and Mami.

You swallow painfully, finding your throat dry, and it's then that you manage to shake your head. You try to speak, and you're slightly horrified at how your voice is trembling.

You manage to tell her - after a few false starts, and a few moments of stark, uneasy silence - that there's nothing to forgive. That you should be the one apologizing in the first place. You...you should be thanking her, too, at that. You know that she'd given you more chances that you deserve, even when everyone else had long since given up on you - including the girl you sometimes forget the name of when you look at the mirror.

You work up a small smile, hoping to whatever god found it funny to put you in this situation that it looked sincere - and give it to Mami for as long as you can before you find yourself turning away. Turning your hand slightly underneath Mami's to clasp her fingers and squeeze it, gently.

Your first apology, both received and made. Your attempt at it is...pitiful, if you're going to be at all honest, but you hope it is enough.

Your only warning is a rustle of leather before you feel Mami wrap her arms warmly around you, pulling you into a hug.

[1/2]

>>20302858
I honestly think she already knows about it

Everyone loves Mami and they wouldn't keep something like that from her

>>20302858
...with the way things are going, bet there is a murderface NTR manga

https://static.4chan.org/image/title/new/1316752069971.jpg
WIDER

>>20302809
>>20302835
I just think it's about time we started making a little progress forward.

And I understand we'll probably have to take baby steps, since revealing our feeling is probably a new thing for Chiaki.

As long as we get across the general idea that we should be asking Mami for forgiveness, and a general feeling of thanking her for being awesome, I think we'll be good.

>>20302887
What about a murderface harem manga?
Hell there could be a whole line

>>20302881
Lucky Chiaki, she gets to snuggle Mami's Mamis.

>>20302887
So who wants to bet that once Midori meets Iori, Magical Midori is going to meet a rival character gunning for [can't remember Matsuda's stand-in name]'s affection.

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MAMI-SEMPAI

>>20302916
Midori already met Iori.
In fact, they had sex. In front of Murderface.
Midori was wearing Yayoi's face at the time, but still.

>>20302916

Not me. Because Midori is not going to be drawing any more of it.

Midori IS NOT going to draw any more of it. We will be very certain of this.

>>20302887
That is a clickable link.
On 4chan.
What?

>>20302925
Damn. You work fast, good sir.

>>20302938
W don't now if she actually drew it or just wrote it
And I don't mind it

>>20302939
SCIENCE
Alternatively, MAGIC
I've had a script that does that for a while.

>>20302938
I think it's harlious.

If it selling that well well we should just take a cut of the profits.

>>20302963
Given that it's a doujin, it's probably just barely making enough money to cover printing costs.

>>20302951

True. I suppose it'll depend on how hilarious we find it when we actually get a chance to read it.

Also, how much are you prepared to bet that Midori is presently sprinting towards our current location, and will burst in with an ill-timed "I'm very sorry about drawing all that porn of you!" or something while we are hugging Mami?

>>20302955
I have one that links posted URLs on sites as well, but that's on my computer. I'm on my phone now.
What is this native linking magics?
I'm guessing it's due to being from the static server.

>>20302982

Ha, chump bet. With Chiaki's luck we're going to end up with Midori giving us a cold silence all the way to Siberia due to perceived competition for our stony heart.

>>20303010

Moot's been dicking around with more features recently. Could be that.

>>20303014
That or watching Mami hug Matsuda just gives Midori more fap fodder and more characters for her doujins.

>>20303014

I think Midori's already going to be giving us the silent treatment. Anything to avoid having to have a conversation with her boss about how and why she draws porn of them.

We should think of a tactful way to break the news of our pending promotion to Mami.

>>20303052

We haven't exactly got it yet. We are a "War-master in training" which means if we screw up enough. We will be put back into our old rank.

I wonder how may people will suggest screwing things up?

>>20303076
Not as many as you would think.

>>20303076
Mami was Warmaster-in-Training before.
Someone recommended us and she got ousted from the position.

>>20303076
>pending

In any case, we should ask her to test her reaction to this and to see what she thinks of the idea of us being her boss. She's not the type to get resentful of this, but she's still the one who ought to be in our place, by all rights.

Plus, we need to show that we care.

>>20303086
>>20303076
I think most people are trying to go for a more mature Chiaki, and that means actually accepting responsibility for our actions, rather than our usual noncommittal deadpan.

>>20303076

It does appear that we've boiled the audience into a mostly cool group of bros who seem to be falling over themselves trying to prove how much more REASONABLE they can be then the others.

How dare you guys try to be awesome!

>>20303102
Who in the world would recommend a broken chain-smoking alcoholic as Warmaster?
Sure, Matsuda has been slowly getting better since the threads have started, but she has a rather ugly history.

>>20303076
>I wonder how may people will suggest screwing things up?
Screwing things up will probably mean we die, which could still be somewhat acceptable, but also that everyone we know and care for dies as well ... so no way!

>>20302881

You're...not used to this sort of physical contact. You're not. Any other person, you would have immediately stiffened up, pushed them off, and made damn sure they wouldn't have the temerity of touching you again like that for a very long time. But...but not Mami. Not in this case.

You actually feel tears pricking at the edges of your eyes as her warmth envelops you, pressing softly yet insistently against your chest, against your sides, against your back. Her nostalgic scent lacing every inhalation. Reminding you of home.

For one brief moment, you feel the safest you've ever felt. Something you've only felt only a handful of times in your life - the most recent being the moment before you passed out from blood loss after Kirika had relieved you of your favorite drinking arm. For one brief moment, the world didn't exist.

It's only too bad that it didn't last as long as you wanted it to, Mami pulling away after a while. Her eyes shining, wet with tears. These she wipes quickly away with her fingers, giggling awkwardly.

"I...I'm sorry, Chiaki-san. I know you're not into hugs, o-or any physical contact of the sort, but..." she smiles, again, with that smile that could make any idiot with a gun feel brave enough to take on an army. "...I'm just relieved that we're alright, again. Thank you. I promise not to give you any reason to doubt me again."

You nod after a moment's silence. You're just as glad as her.

[]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
[]Just enjoy the moment, here, until your flight is called.

>>20303121

[x]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.

>>20303121
>[X]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
Now is as good as time as any to find out what Mami thinks of all of this. Assuming she doesn't lie to protect Matsuda.

>>20303121
>[X]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
time to completely ruin the moment

>>20303121
We probably should mention warmaster in training, but I really want to say

[x]Just enjoy the moment, here, until your flight is called.

>>20303121
[X]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.

This is >>20303052 and >>20303105 here, for reference.

>>20303115

A bunch of girls with a, perhaps, inaccurate understanding of what we are actually like, due to reading lesbian porn featuring us and not having a whole lot of opportunity to interact because we are socially maladjusted?

>>20303121
[x]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
Make sure to be thoroughly confused about the appointment.

>>20303121
[x]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
Mention that we really don't feel up to it.
I mean, someone giving Chiaki "Murderface" Matsuda responsibility and command over others?
Whatever they were smoking must have been some of the really good shit.

>>20303121

>Warmaster

Cuddles is over, and I think it's time to bring up work to get back into the proper 'professional Matsuda' mindset

>>20303121
[X]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.

Try to get her on that flight, too. "I'm not sure I can do this. Not without your advice."

>>20303121

>[X]Just enjoy the moment, here, until your flight is called.

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>>20302899
>murderface harem manga

>>20303114
Victory! Haha! Threads ago, when all the cool people wanted to just ditch because of the shitstorm, I said we could make it! I told you! I told you all!

>>20303121
Bring up the warmaster thing, even though it seems fairly obvious to me (since QB mentioned popular vote) that Mami was the one who put us up for it.

>>20303121
>[x]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
Sorry to ruin the moment, but we have to be honest here.

>>20303121
[X]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.
We're gonna need her help with this. Better to get her on board as quickly as possible.

>>20303115
No, that's not all.
We're apparently even the 'fan favorite' among the other magical girls.
Who the fuck knew?

>>20303144

I agree. The girls don't know US. They know the "Legend of Murderface", she who stalks the night, blows away the badguys, and gets in all the panties with not a fuck to be given, rifle in one hand, Kong whiskey in the other, shades doning our eyes and a cig clenched in our lips.

>>20303121
[]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.

We should really get this out of the way now. It's better if she hears it from us than someone else.

>>20303121
As much as I would love to savour the moment we need to sort out the war master bit ASAP

If we don't tell her now when kyuubey just dropped it on us then she will find out second hand and that is not what we want

Ask her what she thinks of it and if she would be our second in charge if we took it which is entirely on her opinion because honestly we don't care for it.

>>20303121

[]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.

we need this shit cleared up straight away, lest she finds out through someone else on the way home.

>>20303121
>[]Bring up the thing about being the new Warmaster-in-Training.

time for awkward

Hey.
I just got an idea what's could be behind the constant relapse in amnesia.
The shield keeps rewinding time to one particular moment when we die, however in its broken state it only effects one person instead of the entire world.

Well that's what I think

>>20303140 >>20303136 >>20303133

You take a moment to compose yourself as well, taking off your glasses to run a sleeve across your eyes, and then placing them back on.

It's a bit funny, but this is the second time you've shed tears in one day. It's not really that strange, of course, you've shed tears before, you're no unfeeling monster - but at the same time, it comes up so rarely that you might as well have lost the ability to. At the very least, you tell yourself, you're reminded that what little left of you that's sane is capable of human emotion.

It's there, while waiting for your flight during the now comfortable silence between you and Mami that you decide to take a risk. One that could...well, somewhat spoil things between you and her, but this is just as good a place as any, right?

Taking a deep breath, you open your mouth to ask her about what she felt about such a development. About you replacing her as Warmaster.

You only get a few syllables in before she completes the sentence for you.

"...What do I think about you being the new Warmaster, Chiaki-san?" Mami says smoothly as she turns to smile at you once more, now more energetically than before. "I'm very proud of you, of course! I'm relieved that my vote still counted, even though I was no longer in the running!"

Well, she's not angry. That's a good thing.

Wait, what?

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