You're still getting used to having regular-sized hands without autocannons hiding inside each of your metal-plated fingers when you and your little group - namely Midori and Kharn - manage to make it back to the living quarters. You hear Souji in the kitchen, talking to the...child from earlier, it sounds like. Their voices low, subdued - at least in Souji's case, that is. The child - you remember her name is Misaka - seems close to tears as it is, with that crackling slurriness that children always get whenever they're an inch to crying their eyes out.

Pity you can't understand Russian. Kharn seems to be able to, however, and you see a twinge of emotion cross the face that had been grinning at you with a rather frightening bloodlust earlier. It's almost amusing, how someone who could be so monstrous could also be...human.

"...Ah." You hear Kharn murmur, shaking her head. "Misaka is still trying to get over the fact that...you are not the Murderface she loves." The woman smiles at you with a smile resembling one of guilt, and shrugs her bare shoulders. "...I am very sorry, Murderface. This is the last thing you need, I think."

You shake your head. Not her fault, it couldn't exactly be helped.

"...Yes, well, I--"

"Murderface!"

A sharp cry from the kitchen silences Kharn, and a patter of footsteps turn your head towards the door leading to the small room - and you see the child from earlier standing there, looking up at you with eyes reddened from too much crying. Before you can move, she runs towards you, full out, her lab coat flying out from behind her. She nearly bears you to the floor as she throws her hands around your waist, burying her face into your stomach.

The sound of her crying pitifully into your costume is muffled, and yet you could hear her murmuring your name in between sobs.

[1/2]

>>21820190

"Sempai, um..." You hear Midori beside you. "Do...do you want me to take care of Misaka-chan?" You turn to see her pained expression at the girl's crying. "I'm not as good with her as you were, but I could..."

"It is usually better to just let her cry herself tired, I think. But..." Kharn gestures at you with a claw. "It is your choice, Murderface."

What do you do?

[]Have Midori take her away. You don't have time for kids.
[]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

>>21820192

Woo! New Thread!

[X]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

>>21820192

>[x]Let her cry it out

Well nothing we can say would make her feel any better.

Awkward hug?

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>>21820186
>>21820190
>>21820192

[x] Have Midori take her away.

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[X]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

[X]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.
-[X]Head pat.

>>21820192
[X]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

We can get a fresh start with her, we're a different murderface, but we don't need to be mean about it.

If we just happen to rest our hand on her head and comfortingly ruffle her hair so much the better.

>>21820192
>[]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

>>21820192

[X] Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

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This is pretty much our face right now.

[x]Do neither, pull yourself gently free from Misaka`s Hug.

"I am sorry, kid, but right now I am not the person you are looking for.

Howeever.. Long time ago someone told me, that one should never abandon hope. So.. Don`t give up and I am sure you `ll be able meet to meet the girl you care so much about, again.."

>>21820192
>[x]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again


Yay, no useless recap threads!

[x]Do neither, pull yourself gently free from Misaka`s Hug.

>>21820192
>[]Let her cry it out, and introduce yourself to her again.

>>21820219 >>21820221 >>21820224

You turn towards Kharn and Midori, nodding at them each in turn, and they seem to understand your unspoken message well enough. Kharn excuses herself by making her way where the living quarters' rooms should be; Midori murmurs something about getting you something to drink as she quietly moves to the kitchen. You could use a drink, yes; that sparring match with a blade-limbed demon had taken quite a bit out of you, and you suddenly feel a thirst that needs quenching quickly.

With the both of you left alone there, you carefully lift a bangled hand - the golden band glinting in the glow of the fluorescent lighting above you - and it's gently, gingerly, that you pat her on the head. Smoothing the thick, soft brown hair of the young woman currently soaking your costume with her tears.

She shivers palpably at your touch, and you feel her arms curl around you a bit more tightly, and you take that as a sign that you haven't messed it up completely. You resume with the affectionate gesture, running your fingers through her hair, and after a while she rewards your patience with a small hiccup, as well as a brief hiatus on the waterworks.

Misaka sniffs loudly, before looking up at you, her eyes redder than before. Her cheeks nearly the same color, from all the crying.

"Murderface forgot Misaka," She murmurs, her voice hoarse. "Murderface broke her promise! Murderface promised she would never forget Misaka whatever...h-happens!"

You brush some of her hair away from her face and eyes, the strands matted to her skin with her sweat and tears, and you try your best to frame...an apology for your current situation. No, you don't have an idea what got you into this situation, nor you remember anything prior from waking up, but...clearly, your past self had promised her something that you can't keep. Not at your state.

[1/2]

>>21820422

But you're sorry, you murmur, holding her gaze. You don't like apologizing for things that's not necessarily your fault, but you'll apologize to her. And you'll try your best to keep your promise this time.

"Y-you won't forget Misaka again?" She asks, holding you tighter. "Really...?"

No. You won't forget her. And to make it official...you're swear it on your new name. Not Murderface, but Chiaki Matsuda.

"Chiaki...?" Misaka repeats the name, a few times, as if trying to get used to it.

You nod. No more calling you Murderface. Murderface, whoever she was, is gone. You're not her, and while you won't try to replace her, you'll try to be just as good as...as...

You look around, and see Kharn, dabbing a towel into her wet hair - she looks like she'd jumped into a shower briefly, and was now back into her regular clothes - and she silently mouths two words at you.

...you'll try to be just as good as a big sister.

"Big...Big Sister Chiaki?" Now, Misaka's eyes are wide, seemingly amazed, forgetting what had made her cry in the first place. "Murderface will be my big sister...?"

You manage a nod at this, and you try to manage what should look like a small smile. A big sister. Exactly.

She squeals at this, jumping up and reaching up at you with both hands. You find yourself made to bow down slightly as she pulls your neck towards her - and you feel a soft pair of lips press against your cheek. "Big Sister! Misaka has a big sister, now! Misaka has to tell useless big brother who is dumb also!"

You manage to straighten up just as she all but scampers back to the kitchen. A surprised shriek from Midori, and a shout of astonishment from Souji heralds her arrival - and you hear her babbling in excited Russian. You also hear Souji's grumbling replies.

[2/3]

>>21820427

"Big sister Murderface," Kharn grins as she continues to squeeze water from her freshly-washed hair. "Would never have thought to see the day, or hear of such a thing. Maybe this amnesia is a good thing, after all, eh?" She chuckles, but waves a placating hand as you frown at her. "Was joke. Really. Amnesia is bad, but...you are very kind, at least, to give yourself that role. Or did you simply want to get her to shut up with a sincere lie?"

How do you respond?

>>21820431

"I don't know"

>>21820431
"I don`t think I like the name "Murderface" very much."

>>21820431
"It might be a lie, I don't really know. But I'm going to do my best to make it true.

Given that I was given the moniker Murderface I'm guessing that I wasn't a good person, maybe a clean slate is for the best. Maybe I can try again from scratch, I can try to do it right this time. If not for myself for the people who care for me even though I don't know why.

And please, call me Chiaki. Murderface makes me sound like a deranged killer, and that was probably accurate, but I think I'm going to try being a ranged killer now."

>>21820431

"I wasn't lying."

Leave it at that and go get that drink.

>>21820431
"I don't know. But I'm going to try to make it true."

"I'll make it true"

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>>21820431
>>21820427
>>21820422

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>>21820732

If Homura and Chiaki are actually separate people. Then that mean that there was Moemura at one point.

[X] >>21820469

M-my heart..!

>>21820809

I get the sinking feeling that Murderface is currently residing in the Deagle. But since Matsuda wasn't dead, the only things that transferred over are incomplete snapshots of a person, as well as any memories of what Murderface did since before the operation (and all of whatever caused her to scream so much during the operation).

>>21820488 >>21820465 >>21820457

"...Well, it is not like I do not approve, or anything..." Kharn finishes wringing her hair of water, before giving her scalp a careful scrub. "But be careful what you are hoping to do, eh, Murderface? After all, we are no longer what we appear to be." She reaches into a pocket of her lab coat with a free clawed hand - and it's with a clink of her skeletal claws that she tosses something at your direction. A bauble, no bigger than a small egg, glowing with a smoky purple light. You catch the object easily in your hand, feeling a cold weight on your palm as your fingers close upon it.

"We are the Blessed Lady's Chosen, and we are the last people to make that kind of promises."

You open your hand and glance down at the object sitting on top of your palm.

It's your Soul Gem. That much is clear.

But it's nothing like you remember.

Or at least, what you should remember. Soul Gems aren't supposed to have the brass gilding protecting the gemstone to be totally black, reminiscent of a Grief Seed. The jewel shouldn't be so dark, either, with what looks to be a small tongue of violet fire flickering at the very center of it, seemingly warding off the darkness trying to engulf it from all around.

Nor it should have the roman numeral VIII written in gold at the very base of it.

You glance up at Kharn questioningly at this, and she merely shrugs.

[1/2]

>>21820834

"It is what happens. An outcome of the procedure. I believe it is harmless, as I also have something similar on mine. Maybe it is ostentation, maybe it is a mark of the Chosen." Kharn shrugs. "They do match the Golden Weapon you are given, I find. Mine has the same numeral as the chainaxes earlier, so maybe it is that."

Maybe. You flex your fingers carefully, and the Soul Gem disappears in a small gout of purple flame - one that leaps from your palm and onto the back of your right hand. Manifesting there as a nearly-flat diamond of the same darkened amethyst, gilded with gold.

At least it still works. That's some consolation.

"Alright..." Kharn begins just as Midori exits from the kitchen, a glass of some clear liquid at hand, ice cubes clinking inside along with her movement. "If you are feeling up to it, we can do interrogation with Wakaba Mirai now, I am thinking. We have let her rest for a while, already." At the russian's words, Midori very nearly tips the glass as she passes it to you, seemingly taken off-guard by the name you don't exactly recognize. You manage to take the glass before disaster strikes, however, and you give the iced drink a sip.

...Huh. No taste, no stinging burn. Just cold, tasteless liquid. And it's rather nice with your dry, parched throat.

You hold off asking about Wakaba Mirai and ask about the drink instead. What is it?

"It's...it's water, sempai," Midori says, blinking, a bit unsure as to whether you were jerking her around or not. "Iced pure water." She says after a moment, and Kharn is similarly confused too.

Well, it's delicious. You should drink more of it.

[2/3]

>>21820841

"...Yes, well..." Kharn clears her throat. "What do you want to do, then, Murderface? Do you wish to interrogate this Magical Girl we captured some time ago, which had tried to kill all three of us with bears - or do you wish to do something else?" She glances at a wall clock, a digital display, near the ceiling. "We have some time before your flight back to Japan, I am thinking."

Flying back to Japan already? You were under the impression that you'd be training with her for a bit more.

"Yes, that was my thought too. But, ah, Kyuubey, you know how he is. He messaged last night, during procedure. Says he wants you back in Japan directly after the procedure. Had to call in a few favors to make sure you get stay here a bit longer than that, so you can recover."

How do you respond?

>>21820848

Kharn, I feel like I'm grasping at straws here. Who is Wakaba Mirai and how does anyone try to kill someone with bears?

>>21820431
I'll make it true.
Obviously I have a lot to fix that "Murderface" did wrong so I might as well get started on it right now

>>21820848
"Could someone give me a quick crash course in my previous life because I'm pretty lost here. What I was like, who are the people I considered important, what are they like, are there any notable murders I have performed, and who is Wakaba Mirai and why did she try to kill us with bears, how did she even try to kill us with bears? Because bears seem like a strange weapon to use.

As for the interrogation, I honestly have no idea what information we're looking for, so I think I'll pass on that one and drink more of this water stuff. Maybe even eat my favorite food. What's my favorite food?"

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>>21820841
>Well, it's delicious. You should drink more of it.

....what the fuck is going on, that's not whisky, this amnesia shit is getting out of hand, and I don't like were it is going

>>21820848
Thank you, we should find out what this girl was sent for. Midori can you please look after Misaka while Kharn and I are busy?

>>21820848
Ask if our boss said why we're being recalled so soon. Rather not walk into a full-on Magical Girl War without knowing about it.

Then ask about Mirai. Our memories of her are a little faded.
Suppose we should interrogate her now, do other things later.

And this water drink! It really is good! Wonder why it seems we never drank such a delicious drink before.

[X] Let's get on this interrogation thing, but fill me in on everything and anything important first.

We need to find out the chainaxes' number before the starter pic is updated?

>>21820848
FUCK. KYOKO WANTS AN USHANKA. BUT CHIAKI WENT ALL AMNESIAC.

>>21820848
Interrogation time. Perhaps she will trigger Chiaki's memories?

>>21820848

damn our ammesia! I wanted to creatively 'interrogate' Mirai by alternately dunking her soul gem into hot and cold water.

I really wanted to get our Ammesia solved before we return to japan. Having to have all our IC plans explained back to us all over again would get really annoying

Well I suppose we should do the interrogation.

Was murderface's to-do list a real thing, or just something an anon was keeping track of?

>>21821018
Well murderface had plans for when she became warmaster which we elaborated upon

>>21821018
Just an Anon-Tracked Matsuda bucket list, as far as I recall, Murderface never wrote it down. And Midori was chasing Misaka around the hangars, so she wasn't around to hear Mami's gift suggestion.

>>21821043
It'd be pretty hilarious if we had Midori keeping notes of this. Murderface would occasionally tell her our plans on being Warmaster, she jots it down into a notepad.

Now that we have amnesia, she'll surprise us with the list one day.

"What is this?" Murderface would say, which Midori responds with "Your plans as Warmaster, Sempai!"

Murderface would read the list with more attention, scrunching up her brows as she does so, and then says, "I was certainly ambitious before, wasn't I?"

"Y-yes, Sempai, you were very ambitious be... before the procedure."

>>21821065
>Midori, did I REALLY say that I wanted to fuck you sideways, silly, and for hours on end in celebration of becoming warmaster?
>…
>…well, it is on the list

And then Midori died a happy magical girl.

>>21820942

>Interrogation

Kharn mentioned something about a "surrogate" body that could be used for Mirai's interrogation. I'm guessing that it's pretty uncanny valley to look at, and even more horrible to realize that you're in it.

Hopefully, it won't come to this, but perhaps we could creatively use some reflective surfaces to lift some of that pride and duty stuff she has going on.

>>21820848
We got time anyways, might as well talk to this bear-girl.

>>21821156

It probably looks like a crash test dummy or something.

Well its going to be weird when we can't remember why we want to interrogate her.

We should try to sneak in "The Freezer" into our interrogation somehow

"Let's get this interrogation over with, but you have to agree I'm in no condition to lead this off."

>>21821274
Oh, and maybe we should thank Kharn for buying us time. Imagine having to do all the re-introductions and grief on a plane.

Oh! Oh!
Let's do a good cop - bad cop routine with Kharn!

>>21820862 >>21820870 >>21820924

Kharn blinks at you. "Well, ah, hmm. It will take a long time, I am sure, but I can probably give a quick summary, eh? Midori here can help fill the blanks, I think." She turns towards Midori, who nods eagerly, seemingly all but champing at the bit to. You follow her back to the elevator just as she sighs. "Ayah, this would have been much easier if Malal was still with us..."

Malal? Yet another name to add to the pile of people you've forgotten.

"Yes, yes, it is very sad. I will see what I can do." Kharn grumbles as she takes out her ID card. "SOUJI! Will be using Interrogation Room! Will be back in a little while!"

The young man's shouted reply is drowned out by the nearly-deafening shriek of metal grinding against metal as the lift doors slide shut. This time bringing all three of you up by a couple of floors (or at least, that's how it felt like).

By the time that the doors open once again, Midori and Kharn had given you a backstory that's a bit...less complete than you'd like. Apparently you're a Warmaster-in-training, now, a rank that meant that you were basically in charge of an entire legion of Magical Girls - a thousand of them - and that the only one ranking above you is the Incubator, pretty much. Your past hasn't been too kind to you, but you can easily tell that from how you've got all these aches and pains as you move - and you haven't been too kind to yourself, either, which you can tell by your voice. And your face. And the calluses on your hands.

Pretty much everything, really.

Midori is a bit more hesitant to talk about herself and her past, but what she tells you is enough: she was, in effect, someone who turned against her own Incubator and allied up with another. Wakaba Mirai was one of her former colleagues, sent her to take care of a green-haired loose end.

[1/2]

>>21821336

All three of you hunted her down in the snow-blanketed wilderness outside, and with a concerted effort you managed to leave her as carrion for the bears she seemed to be able to summon. Kharn, being her very interesting self, took her bleached skull - which she says, you should see sometime, along with the rest of her collection - and her soul gem.

You have the slightest inkling that they're leaving quite a lot out, but Kharn had said that your memory, as it is, will fill the blanks soon enough.

In any case, you're to interrogate Wakaba Mirai - or what's left of her - and see if there's anything new you could learn from her. Who sent her, and to confirm if it was indeed Midori that she came here for - and not something else you should know.

What the elevator doors open to is a small, cramped room, painted an antiseptic white. There is a single desk with an old-fashioned PC in the center, with one swiveling seat. The rather ancient-looking CPU tower beside the bulky CRT monitor bearing one strange soul gem-shaped slot at the front.

"This is the surrogate body for captured Magical Girls," Kharn says as she steps forward, her voice curiously stifled in the small, enclosed room. "We have thought of robotic bodies, you know, something like that to give them a face and motor movement and everything, but that always turned out bad." She reaches down to tap a claw on the mechanical keyboard, and there's a brief tingle of static as the monitor switches on, displaying a small blinking cursor at the very top of the screen.

[2/3]

>>21821101
Nah, Midori wouldn't do that.

>>21821347

"This limits their ability to do anything else other than talk. There," Kharn gestures with a claw to the tower's strange-shaped slot, "...is where you put the Soul Gem which you are to being interrogating of."

"...It looks...a bit low tech, kind of...?" Midori says after a moment, and you can't help but agree. Incubator technology amounts to a rig you probably won't be able to play anything on...?

"Oh, it just looks this way!" Kharn grins. "It is state of the art! Come on, try and see!"

She pulls the chair out for you to sit in, and you do so. It's comfortable enough, and Kharn drops an amber soul gem into your hand. A core of darkness swirling inside the gem.

"I'm not so sure about this, sempai..." The green-haired girl murmurs beside you.

Strangely, there's a faint clicking sound, somewhere inside the room. Like a clock, or a bomb. Well, probably not the latter, but...

[]Slot the Soul Gem in. It's time to find out what Wakaba Mirai knows.
[]You don't feel all too good about this, either.
[]What's that ticking noise?

[X]What's that ticking noise?
Caution first.

Also, this system needs to be changed such that the Soul Gem slotted in will also be submerged in alcohol.

>>21821347
Oh dear god, it's like that Lovecraft story about the things in the hills. Trapping your mind in a container. Eugh.

>>21821350
>[]What's that ticking noise?
ALWAYS ask about ticking.
Jesus

>>21821350
What's that ticking noise?
Then s-s-slot it in!

>>21821350
>[X]What's that ticking noise?
THE PLACE IS RIGGED. IT'S GONNA EXPLOOOODE.

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>>21821350

A PC.

A PC is our surrogate body....

Well I suppose we could threaten hear with the fate detailed in the pic.I wonder if the freezer is worse

>[x]Slot the Soul Gem in. It's time to find out what Wakaba Mirai knows

[X]Slot the Soul Gem in. It's time to find out what Wakaba Mirai knows.

Let's get on with it.

T'was a longass time ago man, when I met man. That man knew a guy, y'see, who hadda brother who didn't ask 'bout no damn clicking ya see.
Longass story short, tha' fellas dead now.

So ma boi, ya always need to rmember 'bout the damn clicking.

Yea

>>21821350
[]Slot the Soul Gem in. It's time to find out what Wakaba Mirai knows.

Let's do this.

>>21821350
>[]Slot the Soul Gem in. It's time to find out what Wakaba Mirai knows.

...."How do we torture her if she's a computer?"

>>21821350

Hey wait....
the ticking sound is strange.
It could just be our shield, perhaps we are out of range of the cries for help and stuff and she wants to talk to us, or it could be the saints trying something.

So.... changing vote >>21821389 to

>[x] What's that ticking noise?

>>21821446
Oh shit, the shield! Perhaps Pinky is feeling a bit better!

>[X] What's that ticking noise?

>>21821350
>[]What's that ticking noise?

Oh my god Chikai, a Bomb!

>>21821481
A BOMB

>>21821350
What's that tucking noise?
Is it only us that hears it?

>>21821359 >>21821370 >>21821446

"Ticking noise?" Both Kharn and Midori glance at each other in silence, before the russian shakes her head. "N...no, comrade, I do not hear any ticking. It is quiet, here, and I hear nothing except for our breathing." She sniffs a moment, before adding, "...and both your beating hearts, but that is another thing entirely. They are not in any way sounding like ticking. Midori? Do you hear it?"

"N-no, Miss Valnikov, I don't," Midori replies, shaking her own head as well. "I...Miss Valnikov, you can hear heartbeats? But how--"

"It is probably something like, ah, noise fatigue, I get them from wielding chainaxes for a while." Kharn cuts the green-haired girl off. "It is okay, Murderface. There is no ticking here, or if there is, you are the only one who is hearing it, in which case it is probably nothing." She grasps the top of your backrest and jiggles it a bit. "Come on, come on! We have interrogation to do!"

Kharn's dubious explanation aside - the chainaxes were indeed loud when she activated them, but it was barely a moment or so - you figure that the clicking noise is probably another one of your worn-out body's many foibles, a small one amidst the many presents that your past self has given you. You shake your head as you reach out carefully with Mirai's soul gem, and gingerly place it into the slot.

"Push until it clicks, comrade," Kharn advises, and you follow obediently, pushing against the Soul Gem with your thumb. There's a bit of resistance, before you hear the click, and the tower CPU whines in activation as the inserted Soul Gem glows a bright amber.

[1/2]

>>21821677

Immediately the once-blank screen suddenly flashes, and a torrent of code flashes past it. Some numbers, some characters, other things you've never seen before fill the small CRT monitor's void, scrolling past in breakneck speed. There's a crackle as the Soul Gem seems to almost rebel at this treatment, but ultimately it seems to bend its will to the strange machine - and the code clears itself after what sounds like a sigh brushing past your ears.

A series of words neatly and carefully type themselves out on the screen.

>WAKABA M.> Where...where am I? What is this? I know I'm supposed to be dead...
>USER>_

"Ah, there we are. It is success." Kharn grins. "Now, ah, you just type your question with keyboard, comrade, and then press Enter. It is like internet talking, only that there is only one girl here, and no sweaty man with beard on neck pretending to be girl. Or something like that, I have heard Souji talk about them." She nods at you, gesturing at the keyboard with a claw. "Go ahead! Is totally safe."

. . .

What do you type?

>>21821681
asl?

>xyzzy
Wait, shit. Uh...
>I should hope that last part wasn't a request.
>Anyway, you're still in Siberia, if you're so curious.
>How do you feel?

>>21821681

>goddamn amnesia

what were your orders?

>>21821681
"You are not dead yet.
"What was your purpose in coming to Siberia?"

Kharn and Midori did mention to us that the weird bear activity started happening much earlier than when Midori arrived, right?

>>21821681
You are dead, Wakaba Mirai. But that's not important.

What were you doing on Siberia? How did you know where to find us?

"That's what I'd like to know. How'd you find us?"

>>21821681
"What were you trying to accomplish here?"

>>21821681
Hot soul gem on soul gem action click now!

Or you know something serious like >>21821723

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>>21821681

It begins

>USER>Your physical form has been destroyed. I think Kharn is busy having fun with your skull at the moment.

>USER>I could either leave you here, in this deathless state forever, you can answer some questions. What was you other mission? Doubt you trekked all the way to Siberia just to kill Midori.

Why is Midori so important that you were sent all the way here after her? Was her life really that important to your Incubator?

>>21821681

>USER INPUT: How many lights do you see?

>>21821812
This. Though I'm sure there was a real reason she came here.

>>21821716 >>21821723 >>21821728 >>21821765

You slowly peck out a question. One that you think should be relevant here, despite the fact that you've got amnesia and everything and that you're not exactly sure how things are besides what Kharn and Midori told you.

>USER> You are not dead. Not yet.
>USER> What were your orders? How did you find us?

You press the Enter key, the button clicking solidly as you do so. Your message sent.

You didn't have to wait long for the blinking cursor to spit out Wakaba Mirai's response.

>WAKABA M> I...I was supposed to bring Midori-chan back. That's what I remember.
>WAKABA M> I was ordered to bring her back in one piece.
>WAKABA M> I didn't know she had the Ninth Warmaster with her, so I tried to scare them off.
>WAKABA M>The bears here were...strange. I could control them just fine, but they were...wilder, more bloodthirsty than the ones I'm used to. Tainted with something, I'm not sure.
>WAKABA M> I needed to get Midori-chan back, but...I...I remember being killed by a monster.
>WAKABA M> Not a Witch. A monster. Something different. I...
>WAKABA M> Who is this? What have you done to me? WHERE AM I?

"She is either panicking, or lying, or both," Kharn murmurs from above you, and you feel a warm, heavy sensation on the top of your head. "It always happens when we put them in the computer. It is a disturbing feeling, or so I am told."

You don't say, you manage to grumble despite the fact that Kharn is using you as a boob rest.

You squint at the screen, and then look down on your keyboard.

How do you proceed?

>>21822017
You are in an artificial body, that monster that killed you was the previous ninth's warmaster

Apparently while we fought you said you were sent to kill Midori not return her

Why not screw with her head a little? Go with something a bit... stranger.

"MIRAI WAKABA, YOU ARE DREAMING. YOU WILL SOON BE VISITED BY THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE WHO WILL SHOW YOU THE TRUE MEANING OF 'YOU ARE THE WORST SECRET AGENT/SPY EVER'."

>>21822017

Darn. My "YOU WILL BE VISITED BY THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE" write-in came too late. :(

When she says that she didn't expect to encounter the 9th Warmaster... did she mean Chiaki Matsuda? Or Kharn?

We should ask Kharn and Midori how well-known our Warmaster-in-training position is. And how recent the rank was given.

...

... Also, ask them what actually happened in the fight. How the hell are we supposed to interrogate somebody when we have no idea what happened?

>>21822017

your physical body has been destroyed, your soul gem has been placed inside a machine which enables us to communicate, i am the the one training to become the ninth warmaster and beside me are the one who killed you (former warmaster) and Midori.

>>21822017
"Who I am beyond being the one asking you questions is irrelevant. You are still in Siberia. You are currently in an artificial body, and you will stay alive for now.
"You were ordered to terminate Hanegawa Midori and bring back her Soulgem; do not continue to lie."

>>21822017
Goddamnit, Kharn.
How am I supposed to tell If someone's lying, when all I can see is a bunch of letters.

How do I install some sort of lie detector?

>>21822017

>USER>Calm yourself, the monster is gone. It cannot hurt you anymore.

Fake Olive branch?

>USER> I can bring you back, but you need to answer my questions. How long where you there? Where you told to come here before or after you were told to being Midori-chan back?

>>21822017
Dammit Kharn, this is not the time for skinship.

will this end in blue screen of death?

i can totally see that happening.

>>21822017
Can we put two girls in there at the same time?

>>21822134
With Kharn it's always time for skinship.
And bitches, murder, lewdness and jolly ranchers among other things

>>21822222
Well, if we were to speak of lewdness....

If Kharn was flexible enough, she could enjoy the full benefits of her magnificent tongue.

Just saying.

Poor Kharn. She must feel lonely without Malal, her favorite boob rest.

To Kharn: Get off me.
To Mirai: You're lying. Tell me why you were really sent here. Now.

Stop there and leave the unspoken threat hanging.

>>21822314

>leave the unspoken threat hanging
>Kharn's breasts

she really needs that boob rest.

You're in Siberia, being interrogated. The monster isn't here, but we can call it back.
Tell me why you were sent here. The truth, this time.

>>21822017
Why were you supposed to bring midori back alive and in one piece?

What Do you mean the Bears were tainted?

I she keeps panicking perhaps we should bring Midori in, and see if they can "Share happy memories" or something.

>>21822355
But Kharn wears a bra.

Right?

>>21822596
It's Schroedinger's bra

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>>21822080 >>21822097 >>21822131

You try to ignore being used as a piece of furniture long enough to ask Kharn about the effectiveness of such an interrogation method. Shouldn't it be better to just put the captive Magical Girl in another body, instead of a machine like this? Without you able to discern if they're lying or not through their body language and expressions, then you're going to be stuck here for a long time, typing out questions that you will never get a real answer for.

"Ah, see, that is beauty of it." Kharn reaches out with one claw to gently tap on the glowing Soul Gem slotted in the tower CPU. "What we see here, the black screen, the white letters...it seems like nothing, when we are here, at the other side of it, right? Wakaba Mirai is in there," She then taps the screen of the monitor with an armored knuckle. "All she can perceive is darkness. All she can see are those letter, her words and yours. All your senses confined to that, you cannot feel or hear or see or taste or touch anything else."

A moment more, and she Kharn back from you finally - the warm weight on top of your head being removed as she straightens up. "It is a very unsettling and disturbing experience, like I have said. Many Magical Girls have been broken in mere minutes, and have never really recovered from it. Now, how can you lie when your entire being is reduced to this? It is very hard."

"That...but that's cruel..." Midori shakes her head, eyes wide. "To be trapped in that thing..."

"Cruel, but necessary." Kharn nods. "At the very least, it is a far cry from using knives, or bastinado, or anything as brutish. We get what we need, very quickly, without any lasting physical damage." A grin. "It should not surprise you at all that Kyuubey thought of this."

...Yes. You shouldn't be surprised. Not at all.

[1/2]

>>21822596
A lot of girls, especially the big tittied ones, don't wear bras that have proper support.

>>21822613

>WAKABA M.> Hello? I know you're here
>WAKABA M.> Please respond
>WAKABA M.> Please

You glance towards Midori. She looks back at you, before shaking her head - while also turning a slight crimson.

"I...well, sempai, what I remember is that..." The green-haired girl swallows hard, as if having a difficult time reading the letters on the screen - or stomaching what they meant. "...Mirai told us that Jyuubey wanted me dead, if I weren't coming back voluntarily. She sent the bears at us. The both of us...w-welll, you took care of the bears, while Miss Valnikov took care of her. That's...that's all I remember, sorry."

You nod at this as you turn back to the keyboard, biting your lower lip. You think you know how to proceed.

>USER> You are in a machine
>USER> How long you're in there depends entirely on how honest your next answers will be
>USER> You were prepared to kill her if she didn't surrender
>USER> Why was she so important? What is the real reason why you are here?
>USER> Lying to me will only make you stay there longer

The Soul Gem sparks again, glowing just a bit more brightly.

>WAKABA M.> No! I'd...I'd never hurt Midori-chan!
>WAKABA M.> She's one of my friends! I don't hurt my friends!
>WAKABA M.> You have to believe me! Please, let me out! I'll...I'll tell you everything I know about the Saints!
>WAKABA M.> MIDORI-CHAN PLEASE HELP ME ITS SCARY HERE PLEASE I JUST WANTED TO GET YOU BACK
>WAKABA M.> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ITS COLD I DONT WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE
>WAKABA M.> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEPLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

[2/3]

>>21822619

"...That did not take too long. I think that is record," Kharn muses, making a show of looking at her cellphone. "But see? It does not take them long to break. You should trust me more often, Murderface." You feel a cold metallic hand clamp down on your scalp, and you barely supress a shiver at the eerie sensation.

You are about to reply when the screen flashes again. Displaying a single line of new text.

>10> I presume this is the Ninth Warmaster I'm talking to?

...What? Who's this faggot?

"...No, that is not..." Kharn frowns, leaning forward again. "That is not supposed to happen..."

How do you respond?

>>21822632
Get Wakaba out right now, before Jyubey fries her Soul Gem.

>>21822619
Hit the machine; Damon thing's on the fritz again.

>>21822632
Remove the soul gem first. THEN respond.

>>21822632
Hit the computer tower

>>21822632
Fucking faggot cat, you're not even a real incubator fuck the fuck off.

>>21822632
Jyubei, I presume?

Yes, I am the Ninth Warmaster. Can you call later? I am busy talking, right now

>>21822632
I swear Kharn, you tell me some many smart-sounding things but THIS time, I'm fairly convinced that shit's broken

>>21822643
Jyubey's probably got a soul link on her or something and can kill her regardless of the machine's status. He was probably controlling her during the fight.

And if you honestly think Deculture is going to give us any real answers to anything I have a bridge to sell you.

>>21822681
>I have a bridge to sell you.
I am interested tell me more

[x] Yes?. This is dog.

>>21822632

>all hopes of salvaging Mirai gone...
>unless we can yank it from the machine?

who is asking?

>>21822681
Well, if he could hijack Wakaba, why didn't he have countermeasures that would prevent Kyubey from synchronizing Midori's Soul Gem to Chiaki's?

>>21822632
It's not polite to ask a lady who she is without introducing yourself first.

>>21822736
Could have been something he started doing after losing Midori to make sure he doesn't lose any more girls. Rather unlikely that an incubator would lose a girl and just do nothing about it.

>>21822632

I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number.

>>21822736
He probably didn't think she was worth it
Or he didn't realize she was going to survive

Coobie is also a smooth little bastard so he could have tricks up his sleeve to work around his siblings powers

>>21822736
It's possible that Midori's case was simply first for a long time.
And he got prepared

>>21822632
Send him an ASCII Dickbutt

>>21822787
Seconding that.
Even as Chiaki we remember to dickbutt incubators

>>21822632
Ask Kharn if we can get Wakaba's Soulgem out now.

Like Hell I'm going to let that fucker fry one of his girls before we can get her to talk.

>>21822632

Wow, we....broke someone.

it feels bad man

>USER>Jyubey I presume,

>>21822799
>>21822787
That would be some amazing skill to trigger instant mastery of ASCII dickbutts

>>21822814
Not the first time but this is probably the quickest.
Mirai is just a little girl still though regardless of time advance etc

>>21822632
Attempt to properly eject soul storage media.

Call incubator a dickbutt

>>21822819
Dude, internet.
http://pastebin.com/EaAdbP1W

>>21822849
TENTH dickbutt

>>21822863
That one isn't connected to the Internet
It is purely soul gem only

>>21822613
>...Yes. You shouldn't be surprised. Not at all.

Did this line strike anybody else as odd? We're not even supposed to remember much of anything, much less Kyubey.

>>21822863
Dude, we're operating some 98-era toaster designed to interrogate magical girls.
On Siberia. Underground. In top secret base.

Connecting internet to that would be some real Sheogorath-twist

>>21822898
We've been remembering things all over, actually.

>>21822898
One thing we without fail remember is Kyuubey is a dick and anything that can be imagined from him when it comes to being a dick is possible.

That like our dislike of Sayaka is ingrained upon our soul

We could have broken the record even faster with some copypasta. Imagine being stuck in sensory deprivation with nothing but hundreds of variations of What did you just say about me you little bitch?

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Yes, this is her. The War master of the Ninth. Jyubey, I presume?

>>21822632
NO THIS IS DOG

>>21822901

At least we are not wasting paper.

For some reasion I can imagine Jyubey rebelling after the Saints decided to soul link themselves to him in an attempt to become a better team.

>>21822632
>The once, and future, yes.

>>21823017

Hah, clever! Let's go with that!

[x] Unplug.

>>21822787 >>21822799 >>21822849

You narrow your eyes at that line, and for no reason at all - or at least, you think so - you feel this stab of absolute hatred at whoever typed it. Your hands curling over the keyboard, you don't even look at the keys anymore as you type out one word. One single word that had to be typed, a single message that needed typing.

>USER> dickbutt
>USER> dickbutt gtfo

"Uh, Murderface?" Kharn murmurs after a moment of all three of you watching the blinking cursor. "What is that being--" But you shush her immediately before she could complete her sentence, a focused anger inside you demanding that you are not to be disturbed. Kharn raises an eyebrow at you, but keeps quiet nonetheless.

A few more moments, and then a reply.

>10> I'm sorry, what?
>10> ...Cute. Yes. Name-calling. Very mature.
>USER> dickbutt gtfo

"Sempai, um, maybe we should try--" Midori starts, but you silence her with a glare. She shrinks back at this, and you turn back to the monitor.

>10>...Please let me talk to the current Warmaster.
>10> It's very important that we get to talk.
>10> And please, try to curb yourselves from the temptation of severing this connection.
>10> Should you do so by removing Wakaba Mirai's Soul Gem, it will detonate.
>10> Killing her, you, and whoever's in there with you. And everything else for a couple of miles.
>10> Let's try to be civil, for a change. I know how the Ninth Incubator's officers operate.
>10> Now, are you going to let me talk to the Warmaster or not?

[1/2]

>>21822017
>WAKABA M>The bears here were...strange. I could control them just fine, but they were...wilder, more bloodthirsty than the ones I'm used to. Tainted with something, I'm not sure.

Oh god, Walpurgisbears.

>>21823127

Kharn laughs. "Hah! This guy, this guy! He is very funny, I am thinking!" She glances at the sparking Soul Gem set inside the tower. "Was just about to try and pull it out, too!"

...Well, is he bluffing, or is that something that could actually happen?

"I am not very sure! But, ah, it is very exciting, yes? Right, Midori?" There's a clank of metal as Kharn rests her hand on Midori's shoulder, the girl having gone quite pale. "Ah, but in any case, we can make a run for it! Elevator doors can withstand bomb explosion, you know!"

That's sort of reassuring.

"Although, if sensors detect explosion, doors may seal behind us to keep damage confined to this room only, instead of base. So, is hard to say either way!"

That's not reassuring at all.

"S-sempai, um...maybe you should talk to him..." Midori's voice is barely above a whisper, but you can see that she's scared.

Yes. Maybe. That's a good idea.

You do that, then. You forgo the name-calling for now.

>USER> I am Chiaki Matsuda
>USER> How did you know I was the Warmaster, I'm still in training
>USER> What do you want
>USER> What happened to Wakaba Mirai
>USER> dickbutt

[2/3]

>>21823135

Kharn laughs at this, while poor Midori is clearly trying not to cry.

>10> ...Are you an idiot?
>10> All Warmasters are registered. Including their successors.
>10> Your nomination was posted online even before my older brother broke the news to you, I bet.
>10> But even if there wasn't, I have enough personnel inside the Ninth Officio to know.
>10> Never mind Wakaba Mirai for the moment. Yes, she failed in her duty, but I was able to reach you, at least.
>10> In any case, shall we talk business? I'd like my Callidus back, please. They're very hard to find, nowadays.

Midori shakes her head. "N-no. I'm not...I"m not going back, Sempai."

How do you react?

>>21823150
>USER>I'm afraid i can't do that, Dave.

>>21823150

The answer is No. Anything else?

>>21823150
Spoils of war, dickbutt.

Very unlikely, dickbutt

>>21823150
>USER> As you say, they are very hard to find, which makes me reluctant to give her up.

We're not going to give her up, but that doesn't mean we can't keep him talking.
This Incubator likely loves to hear itself talk.

>>21823150
Not going to happen dickbutt.
She is my callidus now.
You could make a show of faith and release Mirai's gem and I promise I won't slaughter your entire officio as my first official act as Warmaster

>>21823150
>USER>Counterproposal: no
>USER>no, and fuck you

And after a moment:

>USER>perhaps an outreach program between our offices? with 50% less treachery at least

>>21823150
You could have asked nicely the first time instead of sending Mirai.

Also no, she is my Callidus now. Perhaps you should take better care of any you have left.

>>21823150

she does not wish to return.
>go fuck yourself with a rake

maybe we shouldn't provoke him to much, unless he REALLY wants Midori back.

it also doesn't quite seem like he is concerned with Mirai in the slightest

>>21823150
>Finders keepers, dickbutt. Maybe you should treat your girls better if you want to keep them.

>Or at least stop sending them against me.

Stuff machine into shield? That would lock it into statis right?

Failing that was he offer in exchange if she is so valuable (not that we plan to actually trade)

>>21823150
>She was not very happy in your employ. She would prefer to not return to it.

If she so important you won't blow her up dickbutt

Yo, can we just leave the room with the gem still on?
Let's ask Souji about explosive PCs.
Moreover, Jewbei can't state any conditions If we're not there to see them

>>21823150
>Counteroffer: Go fuck yourself. We don't negotiate with dickbutts, dickbutt.

>>21823150
"Also, you're in a blastproof room and we have countermeasures in place, so you might try conciliation instead of threats."

Would activating our gloves into fuck-huge hands and then just grabbing the soul-gem work?
Might be able to suppress the explosion that way. I assume the Golden weapons are pretty much indestructible.

Whatever else that might be said, I would like to insist that "She's mine now" be part of our reply.

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>>21823299
Now THAT is what I call a bloody good idea

>>21823150
Also:
>I apologize for the rudeness. I try to type "dickbutt" and all that comes out is "dickbutt."
>I just did it again, see? I am so very sorry about it.

>>21823308
>Green Team, yesssssss.

Try to send an explosion back to him threw the gem?

>>21823299
It'd kill Mirai though.

On the other hand her odds aren't looking great either way.

>>21823150
>"And I'd like a never-ending stack of pancakes, but we don't always get what we want. Give me one good reason why I should give her back. Actually, give me one good reason I shouldn't wipe out your entire officio for this.
dickbutt"

its a pity we don't remember pinky otherwise I'd suggest asking her to help us with this dickbutt.

Why does no one want to humor the guy? You're all so honest.

>>21823150

>The girl sent to take her back got her head cut off. That should be a clear enough message for you.

>>21823363
He's an incubator.
We hate them with the passion of a million edition warring grognards

>>21823341
There was some ticking earlier, and we remember a pink haired girl tearing out heart out. Where's our shield?

We should negotiate with 10B, but he's a dickbutt. Mirai's probably irreconcilably crazy now, so we can't pump her for info. Thanks, stupid fake faggot cat.

>>21823363
If Midori wasn't in the room maybe we'd jerk him around a bit, but she's reading over our shoulder and might take offense.

>>21823193
This.
We can make fun of him for even thinking we'd give up an asset after pumping him for info.

>>21823388
They're all dickbutts. It's "dickbutt", not "dickbutt" in our mindsoul.

>>21823308 >>21823174 >>21823196 >>21823198

You're not even looking at the keys anymore. You're...doing that thing where you can type even without looking at the keyes. And really quickly, too, your keystrokes as fast as they are light. Were you something of a shut-in during your past life, or something? Did you spend all day in your room, with the computer monitor your only source of light, warmth and companionship? Did you only step out at the middle of the night to do the assignments you got through email?

You blink as a vision of a young woman sitting in front of her laptop flashes past your eyes. She is in her pajamas, her long black hair tied into two long braids. The computer monitor reflected on the lenses of her red glasses. It's dark in her room, and she's bundled up in her futon's covers.

You shake your head, and continue to type. Must be fatigue from earlier setting in, or something...

>USER> How about no, dickbutt
>USER> no and fuck you
>USER> fuck you with a rake
>USER>maybe if you stop sending them to kill me maybe I'd consider it dickbutt
>10> Can I just--
>USER> Midori is mine and you can't have her

Kharn guffaws again at this, and you turn to snap at her. She's ruining your concentration here.

All you see as you turn, though, is Midori looking away, blushing furiously.

"YES! It is second lesson as Warmaster, Murderface!" Kharn laughs as she pats your shoulder, more painfully than she probably meant to. "Being Warmaster means you are, like, owner of harem! You have all these girls, and you must make sure that they never set eyes on anyone else but you! You must be possessive, like an overzealous lover who will slit the throat of anyone who even dreams of laying a hand on one of your women!"

[1/2]

>>21823501

...No, Warmasters can't be like that. They can't.

Can they?

"It has worked for me all this time!"

>10>...This is off to a bad start.
>10> Look. I'm willing to let slide the fact that my older brother...broke our agreement, as it were.
>10> I don't expect him to remember everything. He's getting on his old age.
>10> He wasn't supposed to entertain the idea of replacing my contract with Hanegawa with one of his.
>10> I didn't even know he could do something like that, the sly bastard.
>10> But then again, he's always been the cunning one.
>10> I admit, I took control of Wakaba Mirai.
>10> Only covertly, so that she didn't lose focus on what I sent her out to do.
>10> I wasn't expecting that she'd actually be with a Warmaster. Two Warmasters, at that.
>10> Still, no harm done, right? You got a bit of fun out of it, I'm sure. It was harrowing at my end. Imagine seeing someone like the Betrayer bearing down on you with her chainblade?
>10> You've got your pound of flesh.
>10> Let us be reasonable and deal like reasonable folk.
>10> I am willing to barter if I need to.
>10> Just give me back my Callidus.

How do you respond?

[x] Tell Kharn to do something about the possibility of the computer exploding.
[x] >My callidus tastes to good to let go of.

>>21823506
How
could we respect a dog who begs and laments pathetically like that?

The answer is: no
Go and whine about It to your older brother

>>21823506
>USER> the bird says no
>USER> she's off your table
>USER> and on mine
>USER> hue
>USER> no but seriously is she all you're after here?

>>21823506

>dealing is fine dickbutt
>but she is mine, if you have something to offer then maybe something can be arranged, but not with midori she belongs to me now
>dickbutt

>>21823506

Answer is still No. Also, I'm getting bored of you.

>>21823506
Kharn 2lewd.

>What agreement?

>>21823506

are Callidus really that hard to find?

throwing away a prominent member of his officio to get one Callidus back, seems a bit fishy to me.

>>21823506
"Your negotiating leverage is nearly zero. Detonating your subordinate has a low chance of accomplishing anything more than damaging the girl you want.

What's more, she's mine now. "Back" is no longer the correct word to use.

Tell you what, dickbutt. You obviously have something in mind for her. Let me have Mirai too, and i'll consider 1 - not wiping out your precious gang and 2 - going with Midori on one and only one mission for you, subject to obvious conditions about the target."

>>21823506
>USER> NAW NIGGA
>USER> GET WRECKED

Also, I find It hilarious that QB is actually a cat old-man.

>>21823506
>USER> Nope.avi

You know, if we don't reach some sort of agreement our plane could be myteriously damaged in travel today.

>>21823597
Mirai is an eversor I think, he has lots of them
Callidus are rare and Midori seems to be quite powerful in her own way

>>21823506
I thought I made myself clear dickbutt
She is mine now, she has no desire to return to you or your organization
The best you can hope is to let Mirai out so that she doesn't want to tear you limb from fuzzy limb until you can't respawn any more

>>21823629
Shit's going to hit the fan regardless of what we do so we have no real reason to listen to him.

>>21823629
That would just make it the perfect time to play with our shield, stop time and throw everyone into a MiG

>>21823506
>Wow fuck you for real
>Like really
>Fuck you

>>21823506
>USER> How about no you dongsnoggling wang acrobat
>USER> Find your own waifu

>>21823501
>You blink as a vision of a young woman sitting in front of her laptop flashes past your eyes. She is in her pajamas, her long black hair tied into two long braids. The computer monitor reflected on the lenses of her red glasses. It's dark in her room, and she's bundled up in her futon's covers.
What if the memories that Kharn insists will return to us won't be that of Murderface, but the memories of whoever we were before?

>>21823721
Maybe we're true Moemura now.

>>21823721
We'll become Moemura, basher of garbage cans, provocative inhaler, and stutter of heart beats.

Kharn would be astonished with our transformation. Midori would probably cuddle up to us. Pinky would nose bleed over us. Iori would fall out of love with us. Kyubey would wonder who replaced his homicidal, burnt out Warmaster. Misaka would still love us. Souji would be unable to sneer at us as he thinks lewdly of our shy nativity.

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>>21823869

I want this

>>21823869
But...but the drinking and swearing and dickbutt! We can't just get off the Murderface Experience; the ride never ends.

You know how long it takes to grow out twin braids?

were not giving her back however.. if you need something done we might be able to come to an arrangement.

>>21824010
The ride - just ended

But please, stay in our amusement park just a bit longer

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

YOU STILL HAVEN'T TASTED THE SPECIALTY OF HELL
flesh of fallen angels

>>21823574 >>21823586 >>21823653

You don't even think beforehand about what to say anymore.

You're thinking as your typing, which is already pretty quick. Quick enough that both Kharn and Midori are looking at you in silent wonder.

>USER> I told you no dickbutt
>USER> She doesn't want to go back
>USER> I'm not going to give her back
>USER> There is literally nothing you can offer me that will change my mind
>USER> maybe some of that water stuff but I think I'm good here
>USER> if you want civility to come back to this conversation
>USER> bring back Wakaba Mirai
>USER> this was going pretty well without you
>USER> but seriously is she all you're after, here?
>USER> respond
>USER> dickbutt

As you wait for a response, you tell Kharn about the possibility of this little interrogation turning completely ass-upwards, and ask her if she has any countermeasures you could use. She nods.

"Yes, okay. Ah...hmm." She brings out her smartphone and carefully taps at the screen. "I have notified Souji. He is alarmed, of course, but he is willing to permit use of our short-range teleporter to get us out of here in case of explosion. As soon as I tell him to, it will activate, and send us to safety."

A...short range teleporter? Well, now we're talking advanced. That's high-tech stuff, right there. You feel a bit safer--

"...Of course, it is a bit untested as of yet, so there is chance of us ending up somewhere we should not be. But is small chance!" Kharn holds the tips of a thumb claw and an index claw a hair's breadth apart. "Very small!"

No, safe feels are gone. No more safe feels.

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>>21824060
This.

We're still in Mr. Bones' unholy amusement park. We've tasted the sweet nectar of carbonated sweet water and there's a thousand water fountains all around us, spraying jets up into the air. The ground is soaking wet, and the splashing is loud in our ears.

There are no bathrooms. We still have a lot of pain to go through before the exit ever appears.

>>21824084

The monitor flickers again, alerting you of a response.

>10> Please stop calling me that. It's rude, and annoying, and immature.
>10> Yes. She is all I'm after. If you would try and use your brain for a second, you'd glean that right away.
>10> Do you think I'm interested in that...that thing that my older brother keeps locked up in that place?
>10> Like some sort of rabid pet?
>10> He's already got most of the other Incubators against him because of what he's done.
>10> Allowing the Betrayer to live was the first of his mistakes.
>10> Do you know how desperate his situation is? YOUR situation is?
>10> A wrong move and you will bring down the rest of the Officios on your head.
>10> Let's not pursue this to its final stupidity.
>10> All I need is Midori Hanegawa back, and I will leave you alone.
>10> Otherwise, you will suffer the consequences.

You're getting irritated at this.

[]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.
[]Shoot the Soul Gem. Mirai is dead. At least you'll be able to shock the mutant cat.
[]Try and reason with the Tenth.

>>21824092
[x]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.

Because fuck that guy.

>>21824092
>[]Shoot the Soul Gem. Mirai is dead. At least you'll be able to shock the mutant cat.
Not that our choices matter in any way, shape, or form. The 10th will detonate the gem anyway and then reveal he has some spec ops team hidden on base to abduct Midori and do whatever other shit the 10th is planning or some other equally absurd bullshit.

>>21824092
[]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.
With our golden fists if need be. Then het on the fucking horn with our own little furball of bullshit.

Suck my dick dickbutt
Yank the gem out.
Tellyporta time boyz 'ere we go'

>>21824092
>[]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.

Fuck you.

>>21824092
[x]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.

It's clear he's in no mood to negotiate. Maybe if we can get Mirai to a place like the Silent Room Jyubey won't be able to hijack her and we can do a proper interrogatin.

>>21824092
>implying the rest of the Officios stand a chance against based coobie

>>21824092
>>10> Please stop calling me that. It's rude, and annoying, and immature.
Oh god, I can taste the despair

>[]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.
Last I checked, the Ninth Officio had girls strong enough to harvest other warmasters

[x] Play scared.

>>21824092
Just
>no
and stop responding.
This farce of conversation is done.

>>21824092
>[]Try and reason with the Tenth.
Some one's gotta vote for, and I'm entirely okay with being alone in voting for it.

Be nice if I wasn't, though.

We should start by apologizing for calling him dickbutt, but we literally cannot help it.

>>21824092
[x]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.

>>21824092
[]Deny him one last time, and rip the Soul Gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.p

>>21824092
[X] Try and reason
Let's start being professional again, shall we? Jyuubey is fortunate that we aren't calling the other Officios in on an investigation for his hostile actions. Infighting is a no-no.

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>>21824092

yeah... this is going to end well

>>21824089
>water

that's not how you spell whisky.... I want the whisky back... bring it back decu..... bring back the whisky

>>21824167
No whiskey, you will take your railroaded amnesia driven character development and like it.

Shoot the gem. Mirai is probably completely insane by now. No need to torture Midori with seeing her former friend in that state.

[]Try and reason with the Tenth.

Hey guys, how about a plot hook? He has much info we couls make us of.

>>21824182
How is us deciding to use the katana against bears railroaded? Everything else is the LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE! Man. Some people.

>>21824092
>[X] Deny him one last time, and rip the soul gem out of the CPU. You've had enough.

Eh, why not. Explosions are fun, I want to see what happens with the teleporter, and fact that guy. But if anything weird happens I blame Kharn.

>>21824223
Not sure If sarcasm

>>21824190
He's literally throwing info at the screen and wondering why does nothing happen.

>>21824226
>fact that guy
what the fact?

>>21824092
>[x]Try and reason with the Tenth.

By all rights, Midori should be dead. You would have discarded her. Yet now you discover that her captors have given her new purpose, and now you're objecting because you didn't have the foresight to plan for Midori's safety.

You did not make your intentions known before her turnover, and are now only voicing your objective. You were willing to write her off as a loss. Now, she is lost to you either way.

Incubators can always make more contracts, correct? Just go farm out other potentials for more Callidus. Perhaps you may even encounter a potential Culexus.

>>21824092

>[]Shoot the Soul Gem. Mirai is dead. At least you'll be able to shock the mutant cat.

With any luck, it won't explode, and she's dead anyway if it does.

>>21824092
>[x] Reason with the Tenth. "Why do you want her so badly? Why should I even trust you? dickbutt

>>21824092
>[x]Try and reason with the Tenth.
"You're not going to get her back. "Back" is not on the table, and has never been on any table except the imaginary one inside your head.

Two of your top agents are in this room with me. One is disembodied, the other works for me now. Your track record at trying to interfere with me is, frankly, pathetic.

There's no reason -aside from the fact that you keep annoying and threatening me - why we can't do business if you need a Callidus for something specific, though, you should probably be talking to my Incubator about that.

But, allow me to make one thing perfectly clear: You. Can't. Have. Midori.

Dickbutt."

>>21824329
This

Makes me wonder why Jyubey wants Midori so bad. From what we've been told, Calliduses are the equivalent of red headed stepchildren in the magical girl hierarchy. If she were a Culexus, that would be understandable since they're rare and powerful as fuck.

Unless those agents Jyubey mentioned having infiltrated Kyubey's organization are also Callidus...

>>21824361
They are rare, and useful, even if they aren't generally appreciated.

>>21824329

Yeah. Why the hell is he talking to us when QB is the one calling the shots for all of his Officio? QB may have said "no", and now JB is trying to get us to relinquish her voluntarily through bluffs.

>>21824372
But why does he give a fuck now?

>>21824329
Seconding this.

>>21824422
I guess It's because he's a fucking kid.
Look at him lamenting like a little bitch.
It's like a child, ignoring his toy until he sees someone else having fun with It and then throwing a tantrum

we should respect his request call

buttdick.

>>21824422
He was ok with her dying, that's part of doing business as an incubator. He is not ok with his dickbutt older brother stealing her from him because that's some shit.

Either way fuck him, she's ours.

>>21824113 >>21824128 >>21824138 >>21824139 >>21824147

Before you type your response, Kharn grips your shoulder.

"Comrade, you are saying no, yes? You cannot seriously contemplate giving Midori over to another Incubator?"

You glance up at her, your eyes narrowed. What does she think?

"...Right." Kharn grins. "Midori, wait for us outside, in elevator." She looks down at her smartphone, tapping on its surface a few times. "The teleporter is set to bring us back next to you. Once we are there, get the elevator to the surface. Do not delay, okay?" Kharn hands a black plastic keycard to the green-haired girl, who nods, swallowing audibly. "We may be unconscious, or something strange, when we reappear, but no matter what you go up! Surface!"

"R-right. To the surface, Miss Valnikov." Midori nods, an expression of determination set on her face. "Sempai, please take care, a-and...and thank you."

You hear her footsteps recede behind you, followed by the creak of the elevator doors opening for her.

"Right. This is suicidal, you know."

Of course.

"We may die, comrade."

You're aware of that.

"You, ah, really like her, then? It is like you to speak like this to an Incubator, but to be so protective of someone else...well, it is new."

You hope it doesn't get to be a habit.

"Hah! Right. Well, whenever you are ready, comrade."

You turn back towards the screen, and type out your last message to the Tenth Incubator.

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>>21824092
>Threatening war on the Warmaster of the Ninth Officio all for a single girl

HRM.

>Rip out the Soul Gem, GTFO DICKBUTT

>>21824549
To be fair, the Ninth pretty much declared war on another officio for a single girl.

>>21824570
PANCAKES ARE MINE!!!!!! FUCK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!!!!!!

>>21824530

>USER> This conversation is over, dickbutt
>USER> You've typed out a lot but not much of substance
>USER> You have refused to explain why I should hand over Midori to you
>USER> First you offer a trade, then you threaten me
>USER> You have the worst track record in trying to intimidate me, and I have amnesia
>USER> If you try anything again I'm hunting you down
>USER> You and your little gang, too
>USER> DWell on that, dickbutt

As soon as you press return do you reach out and grasp the sparking Soul Gem, ignoring the brief sting of electricity as your fingers close over the jewel. With luck, you'll be able to rip the Soul Gem out and kill the connection before Jyuubey can do anything.

You've barely started to pull when you see the screen flicker again.

>WAKABA M.> NO PLEASE NO
>WAKABA M.> PLEASE I WANT TO GO HOME
>WAKABA M.> MIDORI PLEASE DON'T LET ME DIE
>WAKABA M.> JYUUBEY PLEASE

It's then that you hear it. The clicking. It had softened to a barely noticeable murmur earlier, but now it was practically deafening. A rapid, fevered clicking. Not a bomb, or a clock. Something...something with clockwork. Gears grinding against each other. Straining. Gnashing.

You feel a heavy weight on your arm, and you blink at the scarred, circular Shield that had suddenly appeared there, clamped securely. You've never seen it before, but you feel like you should have.

You look up to see the monitor filling with words, crying out for help again and again. Then just letters. Numbers. Jumbled nonsense. One sentence seems to flicker at you from all the chaos, however.

>WAKABA M.> HELP ME

[2/3]

Shit, meet fan.

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Am I the only one who kind of wants Mirai not to die? I mean.. after all it seems as if her Dickbutt asumed direct control and her intent wasn`t Attacker us nor killing Midori.

Don`t let this end in the same kind of desaster as the thing with the twintailed girl in Mami`s apartment.

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>>21824603
>>WAKABA M.> HELP ME
moralfag mode on

>>21824603
Best girl here to save the day!

>>21824635
I feel the same. Not sure how we could accomplish that though. Decu is probably drinking deeply from our tears.

>>21824603

The Soul Gem at your hand turning a dark, complete black, before it explodes. But it doesn't detonate like a bomb, like it was supposed to. You could have dealt with one easily.

The Witch's cackling fills your ears as it swallows up the entire room in darkness - and the last thing you see, besides the flare-bright explosion of Kharn's teleportation - is Mirai's bloody, eyeless face bearing down on you.

The ticking ends.

>>21824635

You may be some kind of pussy whiteknight moralfaggot, but you are also absolutely correct.

We will try our best.