>>20609893
>Go to Candice and Cadencia
A cruel choice Darnell.

>>20609893

>Go to Brunstault and Gestalt

>>20609893

>Gestalt and Brunstault

http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/20596831

What?

>Go to Candice and Cadencia
welcome back op, I was so worried!(lie)

>>20610187
Darnell decided to not time skip in the end clearly.

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The matter of how those two feel, and how things will progress from here. The walk from the inn and around Vernegard doesn't take long, now locating the two of them is another story. People pass by as your feet pick up speed, moving along the main street into another intersection. Soon, the park entrance is in sight. You wave to the passerbys, smiling.

"I don't know. I don't know w-what to t-think n-now." Gestalt stutters as she tries to convey her feelings with words.

Brunstault places a hand on her head, rubbing it affectionately. "You really don't have much thinking to do, Gestalt." she smiles. "The past is important, yes, it's very important." the fox goddess pulls her hand from Gestalt's. "But if you don't remember it, the best thing to do is make new memories."

"I want t-to remember! I am almost there!" Gestalt protests. She stands to her feet, looking Brunstault in the eye as she tries, in vain, to put a cap on her emotions.

"Denial." Brunstault flicks Gestalt in the head, still keeping that same grin. Gestalt frowns in response, sits down on the bench. The girl looks to the side, trying not to cry.

>"You two seem to be enjoying yourself."
>Stay silent for now
>what to do?

>>20609893
>Go to Candice and Cadencia
See how the house-cleaning is going, and trying helping.

>>20610214
I was the one complaining and I don't mind a timeskip as long as there is enough data to make an informed choice.

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>>20610187
the fuck

Stay in Silence
Dont Ruin the Moment

>>20610220
>"You two seem to be enjoying yourself."
More Brunstault? I know you guys like fluffy tails but this is getting overkill.

>>20610276
Quite. We should've gone for our sister. We are abandoning her.

>>20610187
>>20610260

I figured that I wouldn't want a repeat of the Adfor Training Skip so I went back and decided to do the events that lead up to said skip. That way, more info dump, more character interaction, etc.

>>20610220
>"You two seem to be enjoying yourself."
We had our memories scrambled, maybe we can help Gestalt. Or not.

>>20610293
As someone who voted for that option, I agree.

>>20610300
Thank you. It was just too jarring otherwise.

>>20610321
>>20610300
I think it could've worked with a bit more OP.

>>20610421
>>Go to Candice and Cadencia

>>20610220

"You two seem to be enjoying yourself."

>>20610220
>>Stay silent for now

>>20610220
"Hello, you two. You seem to be enjoying yourselves. How are things?"

Today there's something strange here

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The decision to remain quiet is tempting, but Brunstault was the girl that you spend a lot of time with. "Hey, you two seem to be enjoying yourselves!"

"I heard you coming from a mile away." Brunstault is thoroughly unsurprised by your presence. "Don't you have better things to do then hang around me?" she smiles, mocking you. The mind says ignore her, heart says to hit her, but you end up with the former.

"Gestalt, are you alright?"

"No. No I am not." Gestalt turns toward you, her cheeks red, tears in her eyes.

"Ah, seems she's letting it out." Brunstault places a hand on Gestalt's back, rubbing it up and down.

Something was awkward about this scene, yet you couldn't quite place it. Ah, yes, Brunstault helping someone. What changed in her? You're too dense to notice it.

>"Hey Gestalt, want to take a walk with me?"
>"Hey Brunstault, can I talk to you for a sec?"
>"I'm.. just passing by, I'll leave you two alone."
>What to do?

>>20610555
>"Hey Gestalt, want to take a walk with me?"

>>20610555
>"Hey Gestalt, want to take a walk with me?"

>>20610555
>Sit down next to Gestalt
"Hey, anything I can help with?"

>>20610555
"Gestalt, I'm having a walk. Mind accompanying me?"

>>20610555

"Hey Gestalt, want to take a walk with me?"

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"Hey Gestalt, want to take a walk with me?" a faint smile.

The girl remains silent. Brunstault looks to you, then to Gestalt, finishing it with a shake of the head. "I'm going to leave you two alone, but I get him later, Gestalt." the fox grins as she walks out of the park entrance, and out of sight.

"Gestalt?" your voice doesn't seem to reach her. "Hey, Gestalt."

"... Is my n-name G-gestalt? I wonder." she mumbles to herself.Gestalt still sits on the bench. It doesn't look like she's going to budge for a while.

"You're Gestalt to me." a deep sigh. After giving up, you sit down on the bench next to the lonesome Lunarian.

"What do you mean?"

>"That's the only you I know."
>"Maybe... you should think about the past, it's what makes you who you are."
>"What do you remember of the past?"
>What to do?

>>20610851
>"That's the only you I know. Even if I learnt about your past right now, you'd still be Gestalt to me. Nothing would change who you are."

>>20610851
"That's the only you I know.
"What do you remember of the past?"

>>20610851

That's the only you i know.

>>20610851
"The whole time I've known you, you've gone by Gestalt. Even if you started going by a different name and demanded I called it, you'd still be Gestalt in my head. A name doesn't change who you are."

Probably too wordy to sound good, but something like that is my thoughts.

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"Because you're the only Gestalt I know. A name doesn't change who you are, after all." you lift your hand, placing it down onto Gestalt's shoulder. Gestalt flinches upon contact. Wait, that's right, she didn't like to be touched yet she isn't moving away from you. She didn't with Gestalt either. Was she trying to change that?

"My name." Gestalt says, looking down toward the ground rather than your face like before. "My name. I-I have a n-name. I-It isn't Gestalt. I know it isn't." she mumbles under her bretah.

"I guess you didn't hear what I said, or you just want to ignore it?"

"... I'm sorry."

"Denial." you flick her in the forehead.
"Huh?"
"You're being too hard on yourself." this was getting frustrating. You sigh to relieve the stress built up in your head. "It doesn't matter."
"It matters to m-me." her voice changes from monotone to angry in the briefest of moments.

>"Why does it matter?"
>"I suppose you're right."
>What to do?

>>20611096

Why does it matter?

>>20611096
"Then search, search the deepest reaches of your subconsciousness. If it is something that holds such meaning to you, now, you should be able to find it, or at least part of it."

>>20611096
"It matters but you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. When I came here, I had some memory loss too so I kind of know how you feel. All you can do it keep trying to remember as hard as you can."

>>20611096

Why does it matter?

>>20611096
>"I suppose you're right."
"Having a name but people calling you something else can be annoying. I lost a good chunk of my memory when I came over here, and couldn't remember my name, either. So I went with Anon for a while, until Candice came with her memory intact."

We could try the holding facility where we found Gestalt to find her real name.

>>20611096
>Why does it matter?

>>20611096
"Just because it matters doesn't mean you should worry yourself over it. When I got here I couldn't remember my name; Instead of worrying about not being called by my name, I just arbitrarily chose something to go by."

>>20611295
seconded.

>>20611121
>>20611155
Both of these seem good, voting for a fusion.

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"I suppose you're right so search all you can Gestalt. You don't have to be so hard on yourself if you can't find it. I lost a good chunk of my memory when I came here, after all, and couldn't remember my name either." another deep sigh. "But if the past is what makes us who we are, then you should try to remember yours. If it's lost, you just have to find it. I understand you pretty well, Gestalt."

Grestalt was speechless upon hearing that word. 'Understanding'. Something she can't comprehend herself. What does it mean? What does it mean to understand another's pain? Gestalt closes her eyes, focuses in on the inner concious of her mind, and digs. Through all of the darkness, through the layer of pain that prevents her from going further.

Her head hurt.

It screams in pain.

But she keeps going. Regardless of the pain, regardless of what may stall her, she keeps going. Tears fall from her eyes, cascade down her cheeks and fall down to the ground like drops of rain.

"S-so... that's it." Gestalt sobs once.

"I am... not g-going to go further."

The tears continue to fall.

>"You can do it Gestalt, I believe in you."
>"There's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it!... I'm kidding."
>"Just stop then."
>What to do?

>>20611825
"Did you remember something? Or is it just too painful to try to remember? No matter what you decide Gestalt, I'm here for you."
Hug the poor girl and try to give her some comfort.

>>20611852
Seconding.

>>20611852

thirding.

>>20611852
fourthing

>>20611852
fourth

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"Did you remember something? Or is it just too painful to try and remember? No matter what you decide Gestalt, I'm here for you." the hug between the two of you is a tight one. Not letting go, not letting Gestalt give up. Something cracks. It's as if the wall is breaking, the one which bars Gestalt herself from the memories of the best. It begins to crack under the great stress placed upon her.

"... So that's how i-it is."

The colar, which is still around her neck, glows a faint red. It beeps once, before causing Gestalt great stress. She winces in terrible pain, her cheeks turn red and she starts to shiver. "So..." Gestalt minces words, her eyes fall half-closed. The colar stops glowing, and Gestalt's pain ceases. "What are you doing here Master?"

Her speech pattern, the tears, everything stopped in just an instant. "Master...?"

"Yeah, you're my Master... why do you look like such a sad sack? Come on, cheer up!" the new Gestalt says with a smile. She reaches a hand up, realizing something is off. She had been crying.

"That's weird... huh."

>"What.. what just happened?"
>"Hey, Gestalt, are you in there!?"
>What to do?

>>20612171
>"What.. what just happened?"

>>20612171
>"You remembered didn't you? Can you tell me who you are?"

>>20612171
"Are you okay, Gestalt? What just happen? You seem... different."

>>20612218
>>20612232
Seconding.

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"What.. what happened? You remembered didn't you? Can you tell me who you are?"

"Gestalt, pilot of the Varian and the destroyer of Herious. That's all that you, that we, need to know, Master" Gestalt grins, letting out a light chuckle. Something was very wrong. From the depths of your own soul, you sense something is off. That colar, it was unnatural. What did it do with Gestalt? You reach for it, and the new Gestalt blocks your path. "Hey, what are you doing, Master?"

That 'Master' again.

It was beginning to irk you.

>"I've got to take that off of you."
>"... Nothing, nothing. Everything is okay."
>What to do?

>>20612399
"I've got to take that off you."

>>20612399
"If you're going to call me master, act like I'm your master. I'm taking that collar off."

>>20612399
>"I've got to take that off of you."
And why is she stopping her master?

>>20612399
"I've got to take that off of you. If I am your master, you will not stop me."

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"I've got to take that off you." you extend a hand forward, clasping your fingers around the rim of the colar. Gestalt's eyes open wide. The feeling of Gestalt's hands against your wrist feels as though she's trying to pry your hands off. With enough strength and magical energy, you overwhelm her. "If I'm your 'master' then you should obey me, right!?"

"The Lunarian Colony comes BEFORE YOU, MASTER, SORRY!" Gestalt fights and fights, struggling to stop you from pulling it off. "No, stop!"

The struggle doesn't last very long. The metal colar cracks, and white steam seeps from its inner ring. Gestalt's eyes widen as if something is returning. The pain.

The memories in which the colar had suppressed. They come to light, in full force. A flood washes over Gestalt, or rather, Ciel.

"I..." her words. You can understand her! But how?

She continues to cry, until her entire speech falls into unrecognizable sobs.

>Hug her
>Help her up
>What to do?

>>20612558
>Hug her
Guess we'll find out what the Lunarian's were up to now.

>>20612558
Help her up and hug her like the world is ending.
Because that's probably what it feels like to her.

>>20612558
>Hug her
>Help her up

should have figured she was a spy when she was placed in our laps so conviniently

>>20612558
> Rap... I mean hug her.

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"It's okay Gestalt." you kneel down to hug her once more. The emotional unstable Lunarian just sobs. She's unable to form coherent words. After about a minute or so of crying, she finally manages to speak.

"I remember... I remember EVERYTHING! It was all t-their f-fault." finally, she speaks and you're able to understand! It was something to be happy about, but not now. "I remember. My sister, Cassandra, i-is Herious!"

"Wait, what? Slow down. You have a SISTER?"

The tears start streaming down her face again, but she does her BEST to speak clearly, "Everything... everything is their f-fault."

Gestalt looks straight up into the sky, at the white moon hoisted in the middle of the blue, cloudless sky.

"Their fault... everything."

End of Chapter 23
Short episode due to coughing fits and being sick. Apologies. I'll do my best to get a thread out at the scheduled time tomorrow.

>>20612558
>Hug tightly and help her up
"I missed you for moment there. If you can't talk with me now, that's alright, as long as you're back."

>>20612736
get well soon darnell