>>20978695

[x] [Socks?]

I know what _I'M_ imagining right now.

>>20978695
[x] [Socks?]

Socks is into bondage? I can deal with that.

>>20978695
[x] "Is anybody there?"
Anyone should know that trying to bind a Witch is a stupid idea.

>>20978695
>[ ] [Socks?]
Most curious.

Doing your best to clear your mind, you try to reach out. [Socks? Are you there?]

Immediately the click-clacking stops. You see a shadow pass in front of the light. [Ah, Cleona. You have awoken.] You see Socks suddenly come into your field of vision, "standing" over you.

[Um, what the hell is going on?]

You sense surprise over the link. [Don't you remember? Interesting...] He reaches for something just out of view, probably a pencil from the scratch-scratching.

[Can you get out out of this?] you ask, pulling at one of your wrist bindings.

[Oh, of co-]

"Socks? Socks, what's going on?" You hear a familiar voice, followed by a familiar face. Dr. Alice Wackett appears, stopping next to Socks. "Oh, Cleo! You're up!"

Socks ignores Alice, undoing your binds.

[Thanks,] you say gratefully, massaging your wrists. As you look at what you're laying on, you realize you weren't on a bed. It looks like some sort of high tech...thing. Your binds don't look like any binds you've seen before (or imagined or heard described), more like those things mad scientists use in their experiments on people.

[ ] [Socks, were you experimenting on me?]
[ ] "Man, what did I do last night?"
[ ] Other

>>20978695
[x] Snap to and try to break these bonds

I CAN BREAK THESE CUFFS

>>20978938
You can't break these cuffs

>>20978930
[x] "Man, what did I do last night?"

>>20978930
[x] [Socks, were you experimenting on me?]

Were we being probed without permission? He could have just asked...

>>20978930
>[x] "Man, what did I do last night?"

>>20978930

[x] "Man, what did I do last night?"

>>20978930
>[ ] "Man, what did I do last night?"

>>20978930
[x] "Man, what did I do last night?"
Seriously, I do NOT remembering signing up for this.

You're not much of a drinker, yet... "Man, what did I do last night?" you ask Alice.

Alice blinks. "You don't remember? You said something about Socks needing help with some research. I've been stuck here trying to make heads or tails out of his alien scritchscratching he calls Math while you've been sleeping nice and cozy in some sort of...sleep study."

Well, you certainly don't remember that. The last thing you remember was something about...

"Oh crap! What time is it?" you yell, scrambling for a clock.

"It's about 7 AM, Cleo. Why?"

Oh thank goodness, you're not late. It's only the second day of training. Let's see...Miranda has the morning, you're covering for Rae in the afternoon, Yetta's got the evening...Rae left last night...

[Cleona, your assistance has been most helpful. I now have a wealth of data to process. Thank you.]

[Oh, uh... you're welcome, I guess...] you mutter.

You have a lot of time until you're needed somewhere, but...

[ ] Find out what you just helped with
[ ] Join Miranda and the trainees
[ ] Other

>>20979119
>[ ] Find out what you just helped with
'cause, seriously, what?

>>20979119
[x] Find out what you just helped with

He just wanted to take pictures of our sleeping face, didn't he? Oh Socks~

>>20979119

[X] Find out what you just helped with

Oh dear...

>>20979151
>Implying he doesn't have videos of us sleeping as part of the research data from when we were captured
>Implying he doesn't watch them all the time

>>20979119
[x] Find out what you just helped with

"Just making sure I didn't miss anything today. Man, what the hell did I help with?"

Alice shrugs. "You're the one that didn't tell me what was going on."

You turn to Socks. [So what exactly did I do?]

Socks' tentacles twist in excitement. [You don't remember? Cleona, I needed more experimental data regarding our link and your...what did you call it?]

[Magic?]

[Yes, that. Unfortunately, I needed a long period of observation. Near the end, I began applying basic psionic signals and measuring your response. If it has tampered with your memory, though...perhaps we should no longer conduct such experiments.] Socks' concern radiates from his mind to yours. The certainty of the feeling is comforting.

But it's strange. The only thing you think you can't remember is last night. Maybe you're just groggy. Either way, it's just the short-term that seems to be affected. You tell Socks as much.

[I still prefer not to place your mind in any more danger than necessary. I...am sorry enough about this,] Socks says. Again, you can feel his intent over the link: he truly feels guilty for this.

[ ] [Don't worry about it. I volunteered, right?]
[ ] [You're right, let's not do this again.]
[ ] Other.

>>20979343
>[ ] [Don't worry about it. I volunteered, right?]

>>20979343

[x] [Don't worry about it. I volunteered, right?[

>>20979343
[x] [Don't worry about it. I volunteered, right?]

Hopefully we remember our next long night of 'data collection' with Socks.

>>20979343
[x] [You're right, let's not do this again.]

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>>20979343
[x] [You're right, let's not do this again.]

>>20979343
[x] [Don't worry about it. I volunteered, right?]
[x] [You're right, let's not do this again.]

[Don't worry about it. I volunteered right?] Right?

[I'll make sure to process this data properly before asking for your assistance again.] Socks bows a bit, then returns to his device, its bright light still the only such source in the room.

"Well, what was going on?" Alice asks, reasonably sure that your silent conversation is finished.

"Well, apparently he just needed fresh data on Magic and their...psionic thing, so he monitored me while sleeping. He sent signals to my head near the end, which probably screwed with my memory a little bit." You shrug. "He won't ask me to help again until he can be sure he won't screw with it again. He's feeling pretty bad about it."

Alice smiles. "Aww, he's pretty sweet for a Martian."

"Sure," you say, ignoring your stomach's rumbling. You're not sure if you ate anything last night, but you're certainly hungry now.

[ ] Grab lunch with Alice and Socks
[ ] Get something portable and observe the trainees
[ ] Other

>>20979586
>[ ] Get something portable and observe the trainees

>>20979586
>7 AM
>lunch

OH GOD WE FORGOT WHEN LUNCH TIME IS.

>>20979586
[x] Get something portable and observe the trainees
Gotta make sure these trainees aren't going to get themselves killed within the first sortie.

>>20979613
breakfast.

fuck

>>20979586

[x] Grab lunch with Alice and Socks

>>20979586
[x] Get something portable and observe the trainees

And maybe have some fruit for Socks.

>>20979586
[x] Get something portable and observe the trainees.
Also, about this curse thing, I think we should delegate. See if Alice has a spare researcher, get them to help when we're busy.

>>20979677
In addition to Rae investigating?

"Alright, I'm going to go grab something to eat and check on the new witches," you announce, heading towards the exit of Socks' workshop.

"Wait!" Alice cries. "Ask Socks if he still needs me, I'm going crazy staring at these symbols."

[Socks, you still need her help?]

[Oh, no. I can handle it from here.]

"You're a free woman, Alice."

"Thanks."

You hit the chow hall with Alice, grabbing a few fruits, a sandwich, and a bottle of apple juice, a particularly special treat. Waving goodbye, you head down the hallway to the pool room, allowed a moment to think.

You've been through a lot lately, and it keeps getting piled on you. Capture, escape, flight, assault, and now teaching. You've met plenty of new faces and haven't seen the old in awhile. Your mother, a witch herself, too proud to ask for aid when the depression hit and the person that instilled a good work ethic in you. Your father, a hardworking man who had to deal with all the good and bad that came with marrying a witch. Your brother, your aunt and uncle, your fellow enlistees before the Substriker program. You miss them, but you'd miss them more if not for Rae, Miranda, Yetta, Socks, and Alice.

>>20979921

And the new faces keep piling up. As you take a bite out of your sandwich, you think about your class. Natsumi Ogawa, Elizabeth Boser, Clare Harton, the others whose names escape you at the moment...and most interesting of the group, Odessa Rothrock. You just have no idea how you're going to get them properly prepared for combat.

A pair of daggers staring at the back of your neck interrupts your thoughts.

[ ] Stand and return fire
[ ] Don't react, but stay alert
[ ] Other

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>>20979935
[x] Stand and return fire

STARING CONTEST, BITCH.

>>20979935
[x] Stand and return fire
Her reaction will determine how we proceed from here.

>>20979935
[x]Confront
"Yes? Can I help you [rank] Boser?"

If I'm remembering that right.

>>20979935
[x] Stand and return fire

Waggle our eyebrows seductively at her. The key to her heart is in her pants. Her lack thereof only makes our work easier.

>>20979935
[x] Confront her
We nip this in the bud. Now. We will be as brutal as we have to be to show her that her misfortunes are the result of her own stupidity.

>>20979935
>Stand and return fire

We Chief. If the witch has a problem, she needs to be an officer and say so. As senior enlisted, only we get the right to stare daggers at people.

>>Hi Kotters!

Casually, you lean against the wall and look back. There she is. Lt. Elizabeth Boser. Incredible that you can sense her stare. She walks in the middle of the group of trainees, walking back from wherever to the Pool room with Miranda leading. You return her stare cooly, as though Boser's stare were nothing to be concerned about. Boser doesn't seem purturbed by your return fire. If anything, she seems emboldened by it. She begins to make more of a show out of it, trying to make sure her fellow trainees know what she's doing...

"Oof!" You can hear Boser cry out from all the way here. Someone shoved an elbow into Boser's stomach, breaking her stare. Boser looks around angrily, trying to find who did it...then quickly changes expression. Someone's giving her the evil eye: Natsumi Ogawa.

As they walk by, you catch a bit of conversation.

"...do that again," warns Natsumi Ogawa's cool voice

"I'll do what I want!" Boser replies animatedly

"And I will do what I want in response..."

[ ] "Natsumi Ogawa, you will not threaten your fellow witches."
[ ] "Elizabeth Boser, if you have an issue with me, please take it up with me personally."
[ ] Let them walk by and join them after you finish eating.
[ ] Other.

>>20980252
Yo, glad to see you here on a Wednesday. Sorry for the slow update, been distracted by company.

>>20980376
[x] "Natsumi Ogawa, you will not threaten your fellow witches."
[x] "Elizabeth Boser, if you have an issue with me, please take it up with me personally."

Both of them are in the wrong. This will not be tolerated.

>>20980376
>[ ] "Natsumi Ogawa, you will not threaten your fellow witches."
infighting solves nothing. And if miss bitchy has an issue, she can take it up with us

>>20980376
[x] "Natsumi Ogawa, you will not threaten your fellow witches."
[x] "Elizabeth Boser, if you have an issue with me, please take it up with me personally."

We get to discipline officers. This shit happens about once every never, so let's not let the opportunity pass us by.

>>20980376
[x] "Natsumi Ogawa, you will not threaten your fellow witches."
[ ] Other: "Elizabeth Boser. To my office. Now."
We take care of this problem before it gets any worse.

>>20980376
[x ] "Natsumi Ogawa, you will not threaten your fellow witches."
[ x] "Elizabeth Boser, if you have an issue with me, please take it up with me personally."
You want single response? Too bad!

>>20980376
[x] Let them walk by and join them after you finish eating.
We don't need to do this in front of the others.

You can't believe this. "Sub-Lieutenant Ogawa, Lieutenant Boser, please, step aside for a moment."

Miranda looks back at you, confused, but continues leading the rest of the group when you give her a nod. Boser makes like she wants to leave, but Ogawa places a firm hand on her shoulder.

"Yes, Chief Kuykendall?" Ogawa asks professionally.

"I couldn't help but overhear some of your conversation just now."

"Yes, ma'am," Ogawa responds. Boser does her best to look away without being outright disrespectful to your situational authority.

"Sub-Lieutenant Ogawa, I'm not sure what you were saying, but certainly know you weren't threatening your fellow Witch."

"Of course not, Ma'am."

"Doing so would be very serious and action would be taken immediately."

"I understand, Ma'am."

"Good." You're not sure what to make of Ogawa. Her responses were quick, firm, and coldly professional. You turn to Boser.

"Lieutenant Boser. I understand that my beauty has captivated you. If you should wish to further examine my eyes and the back of my head, feel free to meet me in my office."

Boser takes offense. "But I wasn't-"

"Are you saying I'm ugly?"

"No-"

>>20980678


"If it's something else, again, feel free to meet me in my office to discuss it. In private. We're Witches and military servicemen, not children." It's your turn to send shivers down Boser's spine. You have a horrid feeling that she might try something else in the future, but for now you've got her pinned down.

"...Yes, Ma'am."

"Good. Now get back to the group. You've got a lot of work ahead of you."

The pair jog to catch up with the others. You sigh. Damn MacArthur for making you babysit these girls before they go off and get themselves killed.

[ ] Follow them at a leisurely pace
[ ] Ask Alice what she knows about magic
[ ] Hide in your office
[ ] Other

>>20980682
Follow

>>20980682
[x] Hide in your office

Don't we have shit to do?

>>20980789
Will you be able to do it in your office?

>>20980682
[x] Hide in your office
There is research to be done

>>20980796
What exactly is it we have to do?

>>20980796
Presumably our office contains a wormhole to the Grand Witch Library in Amsterdam.

>>20980810
You are currently in charge of the overall training of this group of witches. You are to make sure they are capable of combat in the Substriker.
You are currently investigating the Rothrock "curse." Rae left last night to a nearby witch academy with which she has been associated with in the past in order to turn up clues.
You possess a strange magic/psionic/something link with Socks, the nature and extent of which is unknown. It could be key to understanding psionics, magic, and perhaps more. Socks' current research targets psionics and magic.

This is the more recent stuff, and not all of it.

>>20980682

[x] Ask Alice what she knows about Magic

while

[x] Following them at a leisurely pace

We have responsibility for them soon.

>>20980682
[x] Follow them at a leisurely pace

>>20980870
You parted ways with Alice previously; asking her what she knows about magic would mean heading to her office/place of work.

>>20980860
Go tell MacArthur that all of these witches are going to die in their first combat action no matter how well we prepare them and that it is going to be his fault.

>>20980888

[x] Ask Alice about magic then

Could be useful.

>>20980860
No, I mean SPECIFICALLY what is our current objective? Are we teaching something soon? Do we still have free time for a while?

>>20980913
You're covering for Rae's class in the afternoon. It's currently morning. You originally thought to go observe the trainees under Miranda's instruction, but this encounter may have left a bad taste in your mouth.

>>20980939
Eh, it wasn't that bad.
Changing my office vote to
[x] follow

>>20980964
alright

>>20980939
eh, quiet day at work adn I have a headache.

Sweet shit, we got to be a Chief. Suggesting things to officers is awesome.

You nearly decide to turn around and try to do something productive with Alice, but you keep heading towards the pool. Your feet carry you at a slow pace, allowing you to nearly finish eating as you enter. Miranda's got them running exercises that, as she described them, are like that game "Telephone." The trainees are to try and understand what Miranda has told two of them. Then those two try to pass it on to the next pair, and so on. Finally, each chain of Witches tries to perform the maneuvers Miranda originally told them to do. It's supposed to emphasize the importance of good, clean communications when underwater. Magic radio isn't always available, and you need to still be able to understand each other in those situations.

You watch a little bit as the chains move in uncoordinated fashions, executing maneuvers that Miranda certainly didn't order. It's almost comical, but the realization that these witches will be going into combat shortly afterward kills your mirth. Slowly they get a little better, no longer doing things that end up running them into walls, but they still seem to be losing a lot of information as the order travels down the line. When Odessa gets to lead, they don't seem to get anything at all.

You sigh. You're going to have to figure out what to do with Odessa soon...

[ ] See if you can help Miranda at all
[ ] Watch quietly until it's your turn to teach
[ ] Other

>>20981236
>[ ] See if you can help Miranda at all

>>20981236
[x] Watch quietly until it's your turn to teach

Observe them from a distance. And no, not like that, Kotters. Stop thinking lewd things.

>>20981236
[x] See if you can help Miranda at all
[x] Watch quietly until it's your turn to teach
Is she using simple code phrases to describe the maneuvers, or plain english? Reducing noise-to-signal ratio will help a lot.

>>20981342
She's starting with simple hand signals that the witches need only replicate, then increasing difficulty with verbal orders as well, forcing the witches to think about how to convey what must be conveyed.

>>20981236
[x] Watch quietly until it's your turn to teach
Specifically observe Odessa. See what she's doing wrong.

Idea:

Instead of giving complicated orders via the telephone game, have each witch memorize maneuvers as "maneuver 1" and so on. That way you can just say "maneuver 1" instead of a long list of words liable to get mixed up.

You decide to sit back and let Miranda do her thing. Odessa's rotten luck might be an issue, but overall the process seems to be working. With the exception of whichever Witches has the misfortune of being behind her in the chain, Odessa is the only one having difficulty executing maneuvers. It's the most bizarre thing you've ever seen, actually. She always seems like she's doing it right, but something goes wrong: her striker cuts out for a second, leaving her out of position; a freak current caused by a nearby Witch throws off her orientation; her helmet somehow manages to turn, blocking half of her peripheral vision and necessitating that she stop and readjust it.

That's just not right.

It continues for some time, causing her performance to be left behind while the others all start to get the hang of things.

[ ] Miranda, you seeing this?
[ ] Seaman Rothrock, please come here.
[ ] Other.

>>20981558
>[X] Miranda, you seeing this?

>>20981558
[x] Miranda, you seeing this?
What's Rothrock's familiar? It's not a gremlin, is it?

>>20981598
I don't believe I've explicitly said it, but Cleona would have seen it by now.

Odessa Rothrock's familiar is a bat.

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>>20981558
[x] Miranda, you seeing this?

Sounds like a mystery!

>>20981617
But bats are nocturnal, aren't they?
We need to ask her if she's tried doing stuff at night.

>>20981649
BY JOVE I THINK YOU'VE GOT IT!

>>20981649
Oh. Her magic is sleepwalking, of course it's clumsy.

You edge over to Miranda, gesturing for her to come over and talk.

"Alright, current leaders try to communicate your own orders. Remember, this isn't just so you can pass some test. You need to do this so you don't get killed out there. Improve for yourself, if no one else," Miranda instructs them, then heads over.

"What's up, Cleona?" she asks, curious.

You point to the pool. "See that?"

"See what?"

"Just watch Odessa."

Miranda watches for a couple cycles. The two chains slowly get out of sync with each other, so that one has run through five times and the other only four, but otherwise have no problems...except for Odessa. Again, it appears as though she would be performing admirably if not for freak occurrences. Slowly her overall performance actually gets worse. A worrying look grows on Miranda's face as she watches.

"I can't believe this, Cleona. Nothing I've seen has ever been like this."

You nod. "I know. I still didn't quite believe it before, but...hell, she might be right. Maybe she is cursed."

>>20981908


Miranda starts shaking her head, but stops herself. "No, it couldn't be...but then again, my eyes aren't tricking me...You sent Rae out to see if anyone might have heard of something like this?"

You nod. "Yeah, she's heading back to some old stomping grounds, checking some academies and such. Hopefully she'll have something to say tonight."

Miranda bites her lip. "This is very worrisome. Look, if it'll help you help her, I can take over Rae's class for you. Hell, take Odessa out and start throwing things at the wall, see what sticks."

You shake your head. "You've already got your hands full with your own stuff. I couldn't do that to you."

Miranda laughs. "Don't worry about it. It's up to us to worry about the small stuff. You're in charge of the big picture, remember? You going to let Odessa's curse, if that's what it is, smear it?"

[ ] Accept her offer
[ ] Refuse
[ ] Other

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>>20981620

>>20981977
I remember that episode. I lol'd so hard.

>>20981923
[x] Other
"Her familiar is a bat, right? Well, bats are nocturnal. Bring her back here tonight, try some stuff."
Is there anyone else with a nocturnal familiar? Maybe they could come too, see if they have any difference in performance.
But no, Rae is not taking our class. We need time with them.
>>20981977
Oh god right in the nostalgia.

>>20981923
[ x ] Other - complete classes as normal, then after dinner engage NIGHT OPS with Odessa. I reckon we got ourselves a Nachthexen here boys!

>>20981923
>[ ] Accept her offer
And tell Odessa that we want to try some stuff at night.

>>20982013
>Rae

>>20981923
[x] Accept her offer
Alright, let's try some things.
Maybe the 'nocturnal' idea has some merit. We can also try blindfolding her and having her do things in the dark.

>>20981923
>[x] Refuse
I like the nocturnal idea, could be the simplest answer is the right one.

>>20982058
I derp'd.

>>20982013

Wait, what were her ancestors' familiars?

Were they all bats/nocturnal?

You might be on to something here. Or she just needs some earplugs for her familiar.

>[x] Accept her offer

More help is better.

>>20982110
As much I like where this is going, we're forgetting something important: this 'curse' has been affecting Odessa's family for generations. Do they ALL of bat familiars?

>>20982192
>>20982173
Currently, you do not know about her family's familiars.

>>20982227
As the head of their training program, could we requisition that information?

>>20982192
> this 'curse' has been affecting Odessa's family for generations. Do they ALL of bat familiars?

Even if they were, one would think that they would have noticed if everything they did in the dark went awesome.

>>20982274
Perhaps. If not, then Rae might also be able to find that information.

Also, sorry. Was doing some emergency research.

>>20982274
We could just ask her.
>>20982307
You're looking for a type of bat that ISN'T nocturnal, aren't you?

>>20982192
Can't hurt to try the night time thing though?

>>20982323
No. If you were in #aliveandwell, though, my questions were relevant.

>>20982331
I have no idea what that is.

>>20981923
[x] Accept her offer

COOKIE DOO IN ... THE CURSE OF THE ROTHROCKS.

Also, I'm feeling generous. You get to decide Odessa's appearance.

[ ] BAT EARS (like Trude and her familiar)
[ ] BAT WINGS (like Marseille and her familiar)

>>20982349
Strike Witches channel on rizon, needed some info about the SW canon.

>>20982371
Bat ears. Headwings are just silly.

>>20982371

[x] Bat Ears

>>20982371
Wings

>>20982371
BAT HEADWINGS

>>20982371
>[x] BAT WINGS

Because awesome is better than disgusting.

>>20982371
Headwings are stupid go for the ears.

Guys, reminder: Batwings are basically huge hands.

She will have hands attached to her face. (And Kota, this isn't a vote)

>>20982371
Ears.

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>>20982371
[x] BAT WINGS (like Marseille and her familiar)
>>20982384
>Headwings are silly
YOU TAKE THAT BACK
HEADWINGS ARE CUTE

Y no Panzer?

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NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: HEADWINGS VERSUS BAT EARS. WHICH IS SUPERIOR?

>>20981923
ears, and she needs the snout to go with it

>>20982384
Depends on how they're done. How they've been done in stroke watches, seems okay.

>>20982371
[x] BAT WINGS (like Marseille and her familiar)

>>20982521
The headwings in Strike Witches are just tufts of feathers. These would be completely different.

[ ] BAT WINGS (like Marseille and her familiar)
Cause I do like me some gratuitous headwings!

>>20982514
Oh come on, the US presidency isn't nearly as important and controversial decision as this.

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BAT.

HEADWINGS.

>>20982521
>stroke witches
Strikers '89 just got a lot more depressing.

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As you can see, bat ears are disgusting and ugly.

Bat headwings are adorable and beautiful.

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>>20982571
>implying Odessa is microbat pleb
>not megabat master race

Headwings.

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>headwings

>>20982571

Bah, Headwings are HANDS. ON YOUR HEAD.

I don't want to shake hands with someone's temple.

>>20982604
Then shake hands with their other hands you moron.

The entertainment this debate is providing is making it hard for me to focus on writing.

This is a good thing for me, but perhaps bad for you. Either way, I apologize. Feel free to continue voting on that issue. I'm working on the update now.

>>20982604
But she could scratch her own human ears.

And when you kiss, she could hold you by the cheeks with her little bat hands. And that's just adorable.

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>>20982632
See that giant fuckoff claw? That's her thumb. And it will be piercing your skull if that happens.

Guise headwings are silly. They should just have perfectly normal believable second sets of ears that pop out of nowhere when they do magic.

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>filename
Also
/tg/ - Koakuma Appreciation Station

>>20982767
Oh my. This is truly a big day for SuWQ.

Let me pull this straight from her document:

Odessa has short, brown hair and blue eyes. Her skin is slightly lighter than “olive.” She often wears long skirts and formal top-wear, due to her lack of confidence in her looks. She stands 2” below Cookie. Her familiar is a bat.

If you require more info, feel free to ask. As for the target of the kiss, I'll leave that up to either you or the other readers.

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She probably covers her face with her headwings when she gets shy.

>>20982829
And yes, at this point, I believe Headwings has won. Thank you all for participating. The next update is almost done.

wait, don't witches usually get a tail, too?

or does she get those little lower back wings, as well?

>>20982847
Are you trying to start another war?

>>20982847
>feet sticking out of her ass

there is a point where this should stop and we have clearly passed it

>>20982864

no. I ma actually curious

>>20982829
>that wardrobe
>>20982847
>two sets of wings
Insecure clutzy colourswapped Koakuma is go.

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>I now have a picture of bats in my SuWQ folder

You feel torn about it, but...you accept. "Fine," you concede, "you can take Rae's classes if you're so eager."

"Hey, it's not like I enjoy more work, Cleona. I just feel like I should be helpful," Miranda pouts.

"Yeah, I know. Just giving you a little crap to help me feel better about giving in. Thanks, Miranda. I appreciate it."

"Yeah, no problem. Just don't waste it."

You nod an affirmative. "Don't worry, I've got a few ideas." Smiling, you head to the phone bank. Sure it's a little early for Rae to check it, but you feel excited. You've got an idea, and if Rae can start digging in the direction you want, you can get started. Making sure no one is looking, you rip a page out of an overly-large public directory and pull out a pen. Might as well brainstorm while waiting, right?

You write down some of your ideas:
Odessa's familiar is a bat
Bats are nocturnal
Odessa never does magic at night
Odessa = Nocturnal?
Make her think it is night?
Only good at night?
Family = Bats?

Your thoughts are a little incoherent, but you feel like you've done a good job. This is something to go on. You've never heard of any curses, so you're a little wary to immediately attribute Odessa's troubles to a curse. You also haven't heard of any Witches only functioning well at night, but then again you've never heard of a Witch with a nocturnal familiar.

>>20982923


It's all unexplored territory, which makes it exci-RIIING, RIIING, RIIING.

You leap to your feet. Surprisingly, she's right on time for her mid-day checkin. You pick up the phone.

"Rae?"

"Cleo?"

"Yes."

"Same."

Your greetings out of the way...

[ ] Tell me everything you know about Odessa's family and their familiars
[ ] What have you found out?
[ ] Other.

>>20982934
Very shy, very clumsy.

>>20982934
I really don't want to post more of her character sheet out in front of the audience here. Suffice to say that she lacks confidence and is thus probably shy. If you require more info, feel free to PM me on IRC. I'm James_Kotters at the moment, and can be found in #swq.

You may think I'm inflating the importance of this, but let me tell you that I never thought I'd get a random drawfag offer.

>>20982937
>[ ] What have you found out?
We can get to our theory once we're sure she's not already solved it and made that theory look stupid.

>>20982937
[x] Tell me everything you know about Odessa's family and their familiars

WE GOT A MYSTERY TO SOLVE, GANG.

>>20982937
[x] Other
"Having fun?"
>>20982966
>too_lewd_for_SuWQ.jpg

ALTERNATE THEORY

Bats are very sensitive to sound. How do we sense things underwater? SONAR.

I bet that the sonar is fucking her magic up something foul.

>>20983060
And what about all the other stuff that happens OUT of the water?

>>20983060
She's been fucking up all her life, and all her ancestors have been before her. This is the first time any of them have been sub-witches.

WHAT IF.
WHAT.
IF.

Having to deal with six limbs has been fucking up her brain. No mammal has more than four. THE HUMAN BRAIN WAS NOT MEANT FOR IT.

Last decision is a three-way tie. Given the flurry of activity in this thread, I'd rather not have to choose myself. If no one posts in the next five minutes, I'll go ahead and do so, but I'd rather not.

>>20983107
Most witches can deal with a tail. And Marseille seems to handle eagle headwings, as well as a tail.
If Odessa gets 2 sets of wings, that's 8 limbs in total, which IS the most of any witch I know off.
On that though, squid witch? Tentacle monster and victim rolled into one!

>>20982937
[x] What have you found out?

>>20983107
WHAT IF
GUYS WHAT IF
Every time she has to do magic she gets flashbacks to all the bullies saying her headwings are stupid and gets really nervous and fucks up.

>>20983192
>Witch
>being bullied

That would be like trying to bully the President's kids. Good fucking luck.

[X] Tell me everything you know about Odessa's family and their familiars

Because we need to make sure our first unit of subwitches are capable.

>>20983192
But she fucks up even when NOT using magic.

>>20983211
No anon, you are the bullies.

"So, you have anything concrete for me, Rae?"

"Nah," she says, voice distorted by the phone, "but I did dig up some interesting stuff on her family history."

You raise an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"Yeah. So her family got here with the first wave of colonists, back around 1788. Exiled or something, somehow got on the bad side of some powerful people."

You nod. "She mentioned something about that."

"Well, turns out before that they were extremely lucky. Real powerful players in the home country, you know? Then everything goes to crap and they're stuck in a penal colony."

"...You're not suggesting that Australia is doing it to them, are you?"

"Nah, then they wouldn't have been exiled in the first place." Oh. Duh. "Anyway, they were a major force behind the first Witch Academy on the continent. In fact, the place I studied at can trace its roots to their academy. Neat stuff. So, they start sitting nice and pretty even being stuck way out here..."

"And then it turns to crap again?" you guess.

"Yep. Essentially ostracized and kicked out of their own academy. Same story up until the present, where the Rothrocks are essentially a no-name family. Kinda sad, actually."

>>20983447


"Hmm...Did you get anything on their familiars?"

There's a pause. "What was that?"

"Have you found out what familiars her family has?"

"Well, um, no. Why, do you need it?"

"Yeah, I think I'm on to something here. Find out what you can about their familiars. It's not essential to the theory, but could help me fine tune it and my future guesses."

"Alright. Take care of yourself, Cleo."

"You too, Rae."

You set the phone down on the receiver. Well, at least you have some background on the Rothrocks. Let's see...Miranda's handling the afternoon classes. That should give you enough time to prepare.

Tonight, you ride.

NEXT TIME ON BATWITCHES: I AM THE NIGHT
FRIDAY, 8 PM EST

I LOVE YOU GUYS AND THANKS FOR TOLERATING THE DELAYS. THIS QUEST HAS BEEN WORTH THE EFFORT JUST FOR TONIGHT'S THREAD!

>>20983279
If the thread is still around tomorrow. I should be running on Friday as well. If you want, you can also drop it off in #swq on rizon, it'll get to me. I'm usually Kotters or Kota.

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>>20983461
Thanks for running it, man. Have another Koakuma.

For anyone sticking around, I should have a new SWQ archive up in just a few minutes. Figured I oughta do it since we haven't had a SWQ thread in nearly a month now. And yes, Strikers '89 will be in it for those curious.

Batwings on the head is great.

Batwings on the ass is stupid, because bats have proper tails. She should have a bat tail there.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ae8ld66cpc6ledm

AND HERE WE ARE. All up to date.

Odessa was very, very nervous. After all, what she was about to do could very well get her drummed out of service. Even if she was one of the rarest witches around, this sort of behavior just wasn't tolerated.

Unless the receiver enjoyed it, in which case it was practically standard operation procedure.

She held the package tightly against her chest, her heart beating strongly against it. Her knees started shaking as she heard footsteps approach, so she stomped on her own foot with the other to make it stop. This had to be quick.

CPO Kukyendall rounded the corner. And suddenly, Odessa was in her way.

Faster than she could think, the subwitch trainee grabbed her by the arms and leaned in, standing on her tiptoes. Her mind was blank as warm, soft lips were pressed against her own.

…
…
…

The lips were still there, both girls' eyes closed, one in fear and hope, the other a gut reaction to a something flying towards your head.

>>20983810
…
…

The lips started moving, and light breaths were taken.

…

Someone dropped something fragile.

Odessa and Kukyendall both opened their eyes at the same moment, lips still locked together. More surprised at the noise than by the random act of lesbianism (more common than you'd think), the officer turned her head to see what it was. Odessa couldn't let that happen. Reaching down with her unusual familiar's traits, she grabbed Kukyendall's cheeks in her bat wings and pulled with all her might, bringing her back to the kiss.

Kukyendall stood dumbly as Odessa let go of her after a few more moments, then shoved a small box of chocolates into her arms.

“happyvalentinesdayilikeyoupleasedon'tcourtmarialmeohgodgoodbye!” She ran around a corner, tripped over a janitor's bucket, got back up, slipped on her wet shoes, then got back up again and ran to her room.

Kukyendall brushed her cheeks.

“... tiny hands?”

(30 seconds in open office. Wings on cheeks was too cute to ignore).

>>20982546
Aw, man, I'm sorry. Forget I said anything. Late as I may be. I was playing Borderlands 2.

>>20983714
Danke, Herr Archivalischwuler.

>>20983810
>>20983815
Oh god. Audience explosion, random drawfag, and now Fapfiction quickie?

This is truly the best SuWQ night ever. Thanks everyone.

>>20983810
>>20983815
I forgive you, for your prior transgression, for this is too damn adorable.

bumping so I can post a pic here in a few hours

>>20983646
Batwings on the ass is great.

Batwings on the head is stupid, because bats have proper ears. She should have bat ears there.

>>20987339

We've lost this fight my friend. And seeing the adorable possibilities of headhands? I don't even mind.

>>20987584
I actually agree with him, I was just pointing out how stupid his reasoning was.

>>20986687
Oi, in case this thread dies before you can come back to upload it, drop by #swq on Rizon. Kotters will be there, and you can bet your ass that he'll post it in his next thread so everyone can see it.

>>20989443
Of course.

So...buttwings?

I want to believe.

>>20982934
>>20982767
>>20983279
>Drawfag deleted his posts

Well, I guess that should have been expected.

>>20996868

Actually he could have been banned. Happened to me a long time ago, mods like to delete all posts from a banned IP.

>>20996868
Go to Foolz, they're likely archived there.

>>20998919

Yeah, but...

>>20986687
hasn't been deleted

>>20999950
Because I work in an area with other IPs then my home IP :P
I will upload when I can, but this does delay things.

>>21001471
You got banned? What for?

>>21001557
page claimed something to do with pony. I got a feeling one of my two lil brothers had something to do with it... They will be skinned when they return from school, I assure you of that.

>>21001900
Alright. Is it a permaban?