"My friend Pete beat her up during a team tournament"

"Pete, my friend, punched her teeth in".

Right, I forgot how screwed we were.

Technically, we were introduced by a mutual friend!

Rolled 8, 1 = 9

>>21459567
>>21459525
Combination of the two.
We met her through a mutual friend she fought against in a team tournament.

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"We were...introduced by a friend," you say. Technically true. Belle nods quickly and goes back to staring at her plate. She looks tense and nervous.

"Oh? Who?" he asks.

"Pete. It was at a King of Fighters match," you say. "Your daughter is quite the competitor!"

"Yes, I follow her career," he says, dryly. "And yours. I notice that in your interview with Sports Illustrated you said you were single just three weeks ago."

Ellie snorts, trying to hold back another wave of laughter.

>Say you were lying to protect the relationship.
>Claim you only became a couple very recently.
>Flip the table and fight him!

>>21459680

For an up-and-coming celebrity such as myself, it's important to protect my relationships and keep them from the public eye. All it takes is some coked-up Mad Gear thugs and a half-baked plan to kidnap a fighter's girlfriend, and pretty soon the whole city's on fire.

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>>21459680
>Flip the table and fight him!

Clearly it's what the old man wants.

>>21459680
>Follows our career
>probably knows we beat someone unconscious with a dildo in our debut
>We are already dead
Lying to protect the relationship!

>>21459712
This. We are in the middle of trying to get into the big league. Fighting trough the city against more and more difficult opponents isn't the fight we want.

>>21459712
Yeah, and Mayor Haggar's busy these days.

"I thought it best to be discreet," you say. "You know, I've got my career, Belle's got hers."

"Interesting," he says. "But surely once you're married you won't have to worry about that." He throws a pointed look toward Belle with that one. She grits her teeth and tenses even more, but doesn't say anything.

"Hey, I'm heading out for a cigarette," Ellie says, suddenly standing. "Anyone coming with?"

>Ellie doesn't smoke. Go with.
>Stay. Start asking Mr Williams questions, try to turn the momentum.
>Try to get more breadsticks over here.

>>21459873
>Ellie doesn't smoke. Go with.

We need to formulate a plan. It will probably involve punching.

>>21459873
If we go, her dad's going to call us out on our not smoking... but I really want to know what she's up to. Try to turn the momentum on Belle's dad here. Ask him what he does- make sure to say that Belle doesn't mention him much, because we need to get back at her for springing this on us.

>>21459873
>Stay. Start asking Mr Williams questions, try to turn the momentum.

Make Belle as embarrased as possible, too. She did this. This is her fault. She should come out of the closet already.

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>>21459873
>Try to get more breadsticks over here.
Deflect some of the conversation a bit. Then,
>Stay. Start asking Mr Williams questions, try to turn the momentum.
We may as well air out as much as we can between these two. Plus, if we go with Ellie, our story won't line up with what we said in interviews, and shit will just spiral from there.

How is Belle's dad built, by the way? Like Tatsuya?

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>>21459972

Kind of thin, older, pale, red haired. Not a fighter by any stretch of the imagination.

>>21459873
>Stay. Start asking Mr Williams questions, try to turn the momentum

>>21459873
Go for a smoke.

>>21459873
Stay. Start asking Mr Williams questions, try to turn the momentum.
We said we'd help. Let's do it right.

>>21459992
Is this a trap and it turns out he's an insane kung fu master? Oro was so ill-fed he was yellow and he was still hax as far as fluff was concerned.

>>21460106
I'm pretty sure he's not so powerful than he willingly bound one of his own arms as a handicap for fear that if he went all-out, he might accidentally kill someone.

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"Hey can we get some more breadsticks over here?" you ask a passing waiter. It buys you a few seconds. When you turn back Mr Williams is still giving you that too-intense stare.

"Sssso, Mister Williams, what do you do for a living?" you ask, with what you hope is a natural-looking smile. Ellie is dragging Tatsuya out by the elbow.

"Insurance sales," he says. "Not the most adventurous line of work, but it pays the bills."

"Do you live in Southtown?" you ask.

"In Southtown? No. I find this city to be something of a bastion of sin," he says. As he reaches for a breadstick you think you catch a glimpse of a cross under his shirt?

Ah. Things are starting to make a bit of sense.

"So what exactly brought Belle to the big city?" you ask.

"You know how kids are. Go through phases, want their freedom, need their space." He munches on the breadstick for a moment, evaluating the two of you. "So how'd you propose?

Rolled 97

>>21459873
>>Try to get more breadsticks over here.
Bread soothes all woes...

>>21460178
Over a pile of defeated foes. Literally. You have no idea how often people have to clean out Mad Gear wannabes from the streets.

>>21460178
"I hired the blimp flying over the Mets game, obviously. No, really, it was a quiet affair."

>>21460178
I didn't. She did.

Lets keep it as close to the truth as possible.

If we can get him to hate us, then the whole drama of "I will not allow you to marry this man." will come up, we act all mature, say that this discussion is over and Belle can say that we broke off because her dad and we don't get along.

Belle gets some more time for whatever that she is doing and poof. SAFE!

>>21460178
We may need to utilize all our gentlemanly elegance to B.S. our way through this one.

Also, we proposed the next time we saw Belle after our rematch against Boss Honda, of course. Seeing how he'd lost everything he cared about due to his obsession with fighting and revenge, we decided to make sure Ellie knew we had our priorities straight.

>>21460272
...Make sure we don't make that same freudian slip when Anon actually says it, though...
>We're doomed

>>21460272
Say exactly this wrong name and everything.

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"Well, it's hard to pin down an exact moment," you say. "I recently fought a man who lost everything to fighting."

"That wizard hobo you hugged?" he asks.

"The very one! He made me realize just how badly skewed priorities can become, so we started talking more seriously about marriage. Then just the other day Belle herself proposed to me. Down on one knee and everything."

You sneak a glance at Belle. She offers you a quick smile.

"How...modern," Mr Williams says, voice dripping with contempt. "Still, it's good to see her finally find a man."

"Isn't it just!" she says, a little too sharply. She shoots to her feet. "I just remembered I have to tell Ellie about. Stocks. I have to tell her how her stocks are doing. Excuse me." Mr Williams watches her leave for a moment, then leans in close.

"Listen to me, you little shit, I don't know what's going on but I don't think you two are engaged. What's your game?"

>Fuck. What do we say?

Why hasn't anyone called us yet?

Tatsuya? Ellie? Pete? Moira?

For fucks sake, bro-senses need to be tingling!

Call phone.

Anon can go "Huh? Where? I will be right there, 30 minutes!" And start running while hollering that something came up and we need to go. These things need to be practised.

Rolled 39

>>21460347
Wish I knew, sir.

>>21460347
>What's your game?
Resist the urge to say Street Fighter.

>>21460347
challenge him to fisticuffs for insulting our honor.

"Whoa daaaadddd that's a weird tone to be taking with a guy who you saw beat down a 300 lb sumo wizard onlive t.v..

>>21460347

Look him square in the eye and stick to the story. We're in this already, we're seeing it to the bitter end.

>>21460347
"Street Fighter, usually. Mario's great, too. You should try Chrono Trigger on the SNES. Absolute beauty of an RPG."

>>21460449
Yeah, we need to stick to the charade until Belle releases us from the obligation. We did agree to help, after all.

>>21460347
>Street Fighter
Do eeeet

Stare him straight in the eye and say "Super Puzzle Fighter Turbo Hyper Edition."

>>21460494
On the Sega Saturn

>>21460449
I don't like this old guy. He's got guts to treat a World Warrior like that but I still don't like im. Back Ellie up till she comes out the closet.

>>21460511
No continues.

"I don't know what you mean," you say, calm and level. "I would appreciate it if you would watch your language. There's a nun nearby."

"...please just keep ignoring me," Moira says, munching on a breadstick.

"She knows as well as I do that you're lying to me. I'm going to find out why." A fake smile returns to his face as Ellie and Tatsuya file back in. Judging from the look on Tatsuya's face Ellie was filling him in on the broader situation.

Your phone begins to ring. It's Belle.

"Oh, I really have to take this," you say. "I don't want to be rude, just let me step outside for a moment."

You step out the front doors and find Belle standing by herself. She offers you a weak smile.

"Hey. Thought that'd give you an excuse to get out for a sec."

>What should we say?

>>21460520
tip of the slounge

>>21460520
Few people can stand up to dear old dad. Besides, we may be a legit World Warrior, but we still know what respect is.

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>>21460548

>herp derp what's a name field why do I have to fill it out

>>21460548
I believe that man is secretly a Templar.

>>21460548
Ask how she's doing, she seems worse off than us by a pretty wide margin.

>>21460548
"yes dear"

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>>21460548
"I can probably guess, but care to explain yourself, missy?"

>>21460598
Also, "there's no punching my way out of this one, is there?"

>>21460548

What the hell is going on?! And your dad is on to you.

>>21460548
"Why should I continue lying? It's not very gentlemanly to continue this charade."

We gotta get a goal for this. Not just for shit and giggles, these kind of things affect lives.

>>21460548
"What the goddamn hell is going on?"

>>21460548
We should let her know that he knows. Also ask if we can beat him up, less than half jokingly

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"How you holding up?" you ask.

"I'm fine. I mean, apart from having to hide who I am from my parents, trapping a friend in a web of lies I've built and running possibly the stupidest scam in the world, I'm fine." She laughs a bitter laugh. You think she may be almost on the verge of tears. "Look, I'm sorry I got you wrapped up in this."

"It's no trouble at all," you say. "I like breadsticks. For an eskrima fighter they're the most appealing and natural food item." She laughs a little at that, at least.

"He's onto us, isn't he?" she asks. "This plan was a little too dumb to work, right?"

>Ask why she needs to fake having a fiance anyway.
>Ask if she's got a backup plan.
>Point out we can just hail a cab and get out of here.

>>21460680
>Ask why she needs to fake having a fiance anyway.

This entire situation would seem incredibly silly if her dad was a little less intimidating.

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>>21460680
>Ask why she needs to fake having a fiance anyway.
The sooner she gets this out in the open, the better.

>>21460680
>Point out she can just hail a cab and get out of here.

We are going to have a civil conversation while fighting her old man.

>>21460680

Why do you need a fake fiancee anyway? What's the scam you're running? Shouldn't we just punch your dad?

>>21460680
>Point out we can just hail a cab and get out of here.
If she wants to talk about it, we can, but we should definitely defuse this father situation first, or at least evade it.

If it comes down to a fight. Belle should beat her dad up. It's wonderfully twisted and traumatic.

>>21460878
Her father is probably not a fighter

>>21460878
A gentleman would never allow things to escalate that far.

>>21460921
Please, we solve pretty much everything with violence. Even Boss Honda. Sure, we hugged. But we still threw him like a sack of crap after that. The wolverines don't count.

>>21460941
We solve things through violence.
That does not mean we should allow others to do the same.

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>>21460680
>>Ask why she needs to fake having a fiance anyway.

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"Why fake having a fiance in the first place?" you ask.

"...I thought that part was obvious?" she asks.

"No, not - not that. I mean, why not tell your dad?"

"It's different when you come from a small town. Like a really small town," she says. "And then there's your father, a respected leader in his church. There's just, you know, a whole lotta guilt and shame and whatnot. It's not great."

>Roll 1d20 for ENCOURAGEMENT CHECK

Rolled 45

>>21460680
>Ask why she needs to fake having a fiance anyway.

Also, rolling to seduce.

Rolled 1

>>21460999
WE ARE GREAT SPEAKERS

Rolled 15

>>21460999
We're going to encourage the hell out of her.

>>21461008
Welp. There's the SFQ dice we know and love.

>>21461008
>>21461005
Goddamit

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>>21461008

>>21461008
...Man, maybe we oughta use one of those two auto-crit successes here.

Rolled 15

>>21460999
You gotta face him down and tell him the truth, you know. Better in the long.

Fucking daddy issues. I KNEW IT!
>>21461008
"WHAT THE FUCK, GIRL?"

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Rolled 2

>>21460999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKn4MYArXU

Rolled 3

>>21460999
NAT 20 SAVE.

If that doesn't happen, we have like 3 saved up 20s right?

Rolled 11

>>21461045
>Whoops, forgot mah dice

Rolled 18

>>21461008
Welp, i'm sorry guys

Rolled 3

>>21461045
Yea let use a crit

>>21461008
Fuck encouraging. She's a big girl now in the big world. She can either go at it head on or wither out and die in her guilt.

DO YOU HAVE GUTS? DOES YOUR DREAM HAVE BIGGER GUTS? RIP AND TEAR!

>>21460999

Using autosuccess. Please.

>>21461067

I think what's on the bottom there is what we would say on a nat 20. Or a nat 1. It's hard to tell.

Rolled 1

>>21461051
Maybe mentioning the awesomeness that was (and shall always be) Freddie Mercury during out speech will help cancel out that one. Maybe.

>>21461008
>>21461051
>>21461054

This reminds me of something. It's about Moira's counter system. Given the propensity for ridiculously low rolls, and the rollers knowing the number they're rolling high or low against, it's really easy for us to usually roll lower than the target and get a proper counter. Of course if you only take the first roll then there's still some decent chances for failure.

Rolled 17

>>21461083
Damn

>>21460999
Do we really need to roll on something like that? Just have players fill in the blank.

>>21461079
Will our encouragement actually help in this situation? No matter what we say, SHE will be the one who has to face her lies.

Fuck encouragement. Just give her the facts of her life. She wants something and this is something she just has to do. No matter what WE do, we can't help her.

Rolled 10

>>21461116
We can make her more willing to deal with this on her own.

Rolled 19

>>21461116
Sure, we can't handle it for her, but there's no reason we can't help. Even if things go bad, we'll be there for her to take her frustrations out on and lend a shoulder and an ear if she needs it. Or a fist, even, if she wants to go punch stuff for a while! It's what friends are for.

>>21461116
We'll encourage her straight and into Anon's arms with a natural 20.

Rolled 20

>>21461202
Nah, MoiraxBelle

Rolled 1

>>21461234
give this man a prize

>>21461249
I guess my prize will suck

Rolled 19

>>21461249
Take this man's prize from him.

Rolled 12

>>21461234
I feel doubly bad for her if she's going after a nun. Then again, the Nun practices Evil Aikido and beats people up for cash, so I guess as far as nuns go it'd be about the best shot she could have.

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"Do you remember what you told me about why you got into fighting?" you ask.

"Yeah. I looked up to King," she says.

"I got into it because of how I looked up to Eagle," you say. "More than anything else, I got into this because I want to give kids someone to look up to again. Role models, you know? Instead of overpaid salesmen like Erich."

"I hate that guy," she says.

"Me too," you say. "Anyway. Just...you're strong. Stronger than you realize. Just try to be someone who a teenage Belle would have looked up to."

"That's harder than it sounds," she says.

"Yeah, but you already know what you've gotta do. That's why you tried talking me into a bad anime plot that couldn't have possibly worked," you say. "I think you were just hoping the situation would self destruct until you had no choice. All I'm saying is don't wait on it, do it now."

"...ha. Alright," she says. She smiles that cocksure smile of hers again. She leans in suddenly and hugs you. "Thanks for talking. Now fuck it, let's go back inside and sort out this stupid mess."

>head back in
>be Boss Honda

>>21461300
>head back in
As much as Boss Honda's adventures are awesome, I want to see how this ends.

Rolled 5

>>21461300
>be Boss Honda

It's finally time to wrassle that dragon.

>>21461300
>head back in
I wanna see sparks fly as though Blanka were here.

>>21461234
>>21461249
That is just not right.

>>21461300
>head back in

We gotta see this through to the end.

>>21461300
>head back in

I love my Sumo Knight but we need to get this solved first

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>be Belle

You head back in, Anon behind you. He was right, you've known this was coming for a long time. It's time to stop setting up elaborate excuses and time to just do it.

You find everyone just where you left them, munching on some of those endless breadsticks. For god's sake, does this restaurant even serve food?

>How we doing this?

>>21461471
first eat some breadsticks

Rolled 15

>>21461471

Let's just come clean.

>>21461471
Heartfelt talk about the truth, identity and freedom to pursue happiness. If that doesn't work, kick a breadstick in half. If that doesn't work, headkick.

Rolled 7

>>21461471
Speak clearly and above all do not lie no matter what. Get creative when stating facts, but don't lie.

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"Belle knows what's up in the hood. She's one bad bitch.. and that's just what I need."

Rolled 6

>>21461471
Well, first, reveal that the whole fiance thing was a sham for anyone at the table who may or may not have been too dense to have caught on. Then, well, lay the truth out, and don't leave room for interruptions or for anyone to be unsure about what it is you're all about.

Rolled 5

>>21461471
Give the whole "I'm a grown woman and I don't have to listen to you or live by your expectations, but I still love you, Daddy." speech.

Time to set things right. You don't bother to sit down.

"Okay, first things first, this guy isn't my fiance," you say. As your dad prepares to say "Aha" or some other corny bullshit you cut him off with a wave. "I'm into women. I think you already suspected, but I have to be honest with you and with myself."

"That's not-"

"I still love and respect you, dad, but I have to live my own life. Are you okay with that or not?"

"...not," he says. He's positively seething.

"Alright, fine. Enjoy breadsticks by yourself. Tell mom I said hi." You pick up a breadstick, hold it out and drop it like a mic into the marinara sauce. "Belle out. Guys, let's get out of here."

"It was...lovely to meet you," Anon says. He reaches out and awkwardly shakes your father's hand before retreating. Tatsuya and Ellie offer brief goodbyes, trying to ignore the extent to which your father is turning bright red. Moira doesn't say anything, just leaves five bucks on the table and leaves.

You walk out last. It feels like a weight that's been burdening you for years has been lifted. You laugh a little.

"Everything alright?" Tatsuya asks.

"Yeah, it is, actually," you say. "For the first time in awhile I'm not worrying about that anymore. Feels good."

"You did good," Ellie says. "I'm proud of you."

"Yeah, that guy was kind of an ass," Anon says.

"Thanks," you say. "That was a long time coming. Now let's go find another restaurant, I don't think we can ever come back here."

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You are Sir Honda, a former karate hobo now questing in the eternal LARP that is Idaho.

To the north of you lies the cave of the dragon, the dread beast that took your traveling companion Joe.

To the east of you is an ogre encampment. You're not sure what ogres really do in this setting.

>go north
>go east
>go west

>>21461796
>>go east
Ogres are easier than dragons. They could have critical loot or have our cleric captured.

>>21461754
As if Olive Garden was any good to begin with.

>>21461796
>Go north
We need to save the the princess Karate Joe.

>>21461796
So like, the girl is still with us right?

Ask for a suggestion

Rolled 7

>>21461796
>go east

There's an order to these things. You can't just head straight to the final boss.

You decide to go east. Your dancing is pretty good, but you're not sure if you're ready for the final boss just yet.

The ogre encampment looks like it might actually be an abandoned summer camp. Cabins, a scenic lake, some canoes. All in all it actually looks pretty nice.

No ogres, though. That's...confusing, for something clearly marked as an ogre encampment according to every sign in the area.

>Look around
>Something's off. Get out.
>Just start dancing and see what comes out to dance-off against you.

>>21461833
The girl split off a while ago, possibly captured as well.

>>21461916

Investigate all containers for food and loot.

>>21461916
Dive into the lake and discover the secrets of synchronized swimming.

>>21461916
Look around

>>21461916
>Just start dancing and see what comes out to dance-off against you.
Don't dance all out just kind of rock back and forth and bob your head. Hide your power level.

>>21461916
Look around while doing some mild dancing. Be as subtly jive a turkey as possible.

>>21461916
>>Look around

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>>21461916
>>Just start dancing and see what comes out to dance-off against you.

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You begin to wander the town, bobbing your head a bit. Best to not let anyone realize what kinda moves you're bringing.

There's some weird graffiti in a language you can't decipher. Someone circled an empty patch on a wall and wrote THERE USED TO BE A HOLE HERE in spraypaint. That's weird.

As you finish walking through the little summercamp village you find an envelope on the ground addressed to you.

"HELLO BOSS HONDA" it reads. Looks like it was typewritten. "WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TODAY?"

>Answer it?

>>21462163
I came to fill the Ogres' hearts with dance.

>>21462163
To find my cleric and help prepare to save the princess.

>>21462163
grinding.

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>>21462176

>>21462163
>There was a whole here. it's gone now.

GFTO

>>21462212
>Hole
>My dumbass can't spell

>>21462163
Hopefully find my comrades

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"I'm here to save a princess," you say. "And to dance-battle anyone who tries to stop me."

"INTERESTING," the paper reads.

"BUT CAN YOU OUTDANCE...(please flip paper over)"

You crumple it up and throw it away. No piece of paper's gonna tell you what to do.

"You dick," someone says, emerging from the shadows of a cabin. "It says yourself. Can you outdance yourself?"

A doppelganger stands before you, dressed in the ragged clothes of a karate hobo, face painted in the manner of the Satsui no Hadou. Your own evil doppelganger.

"You were a fool to give up this power," Evil Honda says.

"I gave it up to save my soul!" you say. "No power was worth it!"

"Maybe. But you were still a fool to come here. You will fall, and do you know why?"

Bad electronica begins filtering in from somewhere. Evil Honda starts moving with the rhythm.

"CAUSE EVERYDAY I'M SHUFFLIN'!" he shouts, the shockwaves of his sweet shuffle forcing you back.

You're in for the fight of your life.

>>21462513
Every day I'm a little more glad that we sent Boss Honda to Idaho instead of Anon.

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>>21462513

That's it for SFQ tonight, thanks for reading! We went to kind of a different place today, hope you guys still enjoyed it.

>>21462542
I still wish Belle's dad tried to lay a hand on her only for Belle to accidentally CROSS COUNTER him. I think I'm projecting.

>>21462513
SFM, have I mentioned that you're running the best quest on /tg/ right now?

Because after shit like this there is no longer any doubt.

>>21462542
Oh something I just realized. The team wants to celebrate both their victory and Belle's personal one, why not pay King's (and Duck King's) bar a visit come next quest? I think people were calling it King's Court.

>>21464721
I was, at least. I was hoping it'd catch on.

>>21464721

Might happen tomorrow. I'm torn between doing a day to wrap up between-rounds subplots or launching straight into the battle against the Irish World Warrior. People have been wanting to check out King's bar for awhile and Boss Honda needs to finish up the Idaho subplot. I was mostly worried about the reaction to today's Emotional Breakthrough Quest before trying another characterization-heavy minimal-fighting episode.

>>21464130

Thanks! A lot of it comes from you guys, I'm glad you're here to guide me on this bizarre trip we're taking.

>>21462560

Belle's a classy lady at heart. If this touched a nerve in your personal life though, I hope you found it to be handled respectfully.