“Yeah, but still, it's not like it'd take her very long.” You say, gingerly peeling back the bottom layer of gauze over the furrow across Ice's arm.

She got it in the closing actions over Tokyo- those last few frantic minutes of witches tangling with air assault choppers around the skyscrapers. Lucky shot, she claimed- the door gunner was firing from behind her while she attacked a different helo. Rosalie had torched the one that hit Ice, and by then it was over- the last few survivors breaking off for the airport after you swept their fighter cover from the sky. She's been wearing a simple combat dressing over it, refusing to 'bother' Goose with it while the base's hospital- and most of the civilian ones in the area- dealt with the other wounded.

She hisses while you dab an antiseptic on the injury. It's probably going to leave a scar, but it's fairly shallow- through the skin, for sure, but only just. “She's helping other people. Besides, you're a pretty good medic.” She says.

You shrug, looking at the injury with a practiced eye before placing a layer of clean gauze over it and re-wrapping it. “Me and my brothers and sister weren't exactly the calmest or most well behaved kids around. We got dinged up occasionally, it paid to know how to handle it without mom finding out.” You pin the olive drab cloth bandage in place and sit back. “There. You ougghta get it looked at by Goose, even if just so it doesn't scar over. It won't be that noticeable if it does, but... “ You trail off.

She looks at you quizzically. “But what, Bishop?”

[] “But... Hey, where'd Merlin get to?”
[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

>>23528558
"But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?"

Ice is our CO, after all.
Maybe bug out and find Merlin after.

>>23528558

>[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

So she WAS injured last week. D:

>>23528553

Speaking of hospitalisations, when does m0use get out of quarantine?

The withdrawal from Tonkers is pretty bad.

>>23528558

[x] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss? And uh, where everyone else get to?"

>>23528558
[X] “But... Hey, where'd Merlin get to?”

[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

>CAPTCHA: alistio says
listen to man

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>>23528553

[X] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

Go find our RIO/Little Sister after patching up Ice.

>>23528558

[x] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss? Won't do for you to leave a scar."

>>23528558
>[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

>>23528558
[x] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

[X] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

[x] “But... Hey, where'd Merlin get to?”

Her absence is sort of unusual considering how she's been.

>>23528558
>[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”
death flag

>>23528758

Techs are here.

For all we know, her parents are as well.

[] “But... Hey, where'd Merlin get to?”
[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

TEMPT FATE

DO BOTH

captcha: vegetable norminut
NO CAPTCHA, MERLIN IS NOT A VEGETABLE

Glad to hear you're only marginally dead.
[x] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

>>23528558
>[] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”
let no man say that Fronk cares not for his squadron mates

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>>23528558
>[X] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”
Also, mfw I'm in time for Strike Witches

>>23528558
>[] "But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?"

[x] “But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?”

“But get it looked at anyway, alright boss?” You say, gathering up the things from your aid bag. “I'd hate to see it scar over.”

Ice shoots a look over at you. “You seem awful concerned with that, Bishop. Any reason why?”

You shrug with practiced nonchalance. “Not any particular one, I guess.” You're not sure if you're telling the truth or not as you say it.

She looks at you a second more. “I... Yeah, ok. If I'm not too busy and Goose has the time, I'll have her look at it. Good enough for you?”

You nod. “It'll have to do, won't it?” You say, leaning back and grabbing your book off the floor.

You manage to read about a paragraph before Ice interrupts you again.

“So, Bishop. You have a new admirer?” She says, mirth evident in her voice.

[] “I dunno if I'd call her that, boss”
[] “It seems so, yes.”
[] Other! (Write-in)

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totally forgot the picture. whoops

>>23529218

[x] "I really really don't wanna talk about ittt~ It's scary..."

>>23529218
>If that what they're calling psychopathic dictator's daughters these days, then yes?

Also Ghost, any news about Mouse? There hasn't been a tankers quest in two weeks and I'm struggling.

>>23529218
[x]Devolve into nervous laughter, and end with a whispered "HIDE ME."

>>23529218
>Pretty forward today, aren't you?

[x] “I dunno if I'd call her that, boss”
[x] "Not when she admires me for a terrible reason" - then explain what she said about the battle against the air carrier.

>[Other]
"I could live without the psycho fangirl."

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I forgot about the psycho daughter/granddaughter of stalin

also my vote for >>23529276

>>23529218
>[] "It seems so, yes. That makes... what, five, six now?"

>>23529218
This >>23529287
We Merlin's PTSD buddy now.

>>23529218
>admirer is a bit of an understatement, really

or
Yes. It makes me too terrified for rational thought.

>>23529310
This

>>23529218
[X] Other! (Write-in)
In a complete deadpan
"It's good to know my fame crosses national borders and the fires of war. Perhaps I will be able to change her crazy ways through the power of love."

[] “It seems so, yes.”

>>23529218
Yes, and the thought makes me too terrified for rational thought

>>23529218
>[] Other! (Write-in)
Of a sorts, but she called merlin a harlot so it'll be a no-sell

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>>23529218

"No... No, it didn't go the way she said. It's not true. I had a job, that carrier needed to die, especially when the Kitty Hawk was already going to be out of action for a while with that damage. I didn't just send those men and women to their deaths. I wasn't just looking for glory. I had a mission. No, no its not true..."

PTSD Fronk time.

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god help us if she can use a land striker and or is apart of spetsnaz

>>23529218
[x] “It seems so, yes.”

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>“So, Bishop. You have a new admirer?”

"Ice, do you think... Love can bloom anywhere? Even on the battlefield?"

>>23529340
>implying they'll be able to get past merlin/katya FREEDOM! team
>implying the US won't assign us some Seal/Delta witches to prevent future incursions

lets face it, this is the war of Fronk's Dick now

>>23529218
>Other

PTSD flashback followed by mumbling about needing to be alone for a bit

>>23529218

[X] “I dunno if I'd call her that, boss. She's creepy.”

Wonder if the techs have found out how Constantina got our comm channels (bet she's a comm Witch).

>>23529386
Well, she WAS jamming Merlin. Her being talented at electronic warfare seems pretty obvious.

>>23529218
>Other

Seriously, why do I keep getting them? Is it something about my sweat? Am I just that good looking?

>>23529338

Forgot about that.

Let the PTSD flow

[X] “I dunno if I'd call her that, boss”

>>23529400
she is bane then! FUCK!

>>23529218

[x]Devolve into nervous laughter, and end with a whispered "HIDE ME."

>>23529409

>Constantina's theme song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWzcCA-kFy8

>>23529276
This

>>23529276
I like this one

Why does everyone want to go all PTSD on Ice? Shouldn't that be something we don't burden our CO with?

>>23529510
Who else do we burden? Merlin? Katya? Slider?
Do you really want to see Slider try to help with PTSD?

>>23529510
We should take it to our XO instead.

>>23529510
I was about to ask the same thing.

>>23529510
Really not sure ...

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>>23529538
>>23529540
I think slider or patty would be a better option. Ice is an 18 year old girl and our CO. Don't wanna add to her troubles. If she hears about it later and wants to talk about it, that's okay, but definitely not her first

>>23529540
agreed

>>23529331
1 vote for this.

>>23529538
man she would yank us out of combat so fast

>>23529579
She wouldn't know about it unless someone tells her though. As far as everyone other than Merlin knows, she brought up nothing of note

[x]Devolve into nervous laughter, and end with a whispered "HIDE ME."

Or

[] “It seems so, yes.”

>>23529218
[] “I dunno if I'd call her that, boss”

>>23529218
[X] “It seems so, yes.”

>>23529218
[X] “I dunno if I'd call her that, boss”

Don't want this lady to get wind we called her an admirer.

>>23529774
I doubt there's much we could do to disabuse her of her ideas.

We should start sleeping with a knife though. just in case Stalin's little girl has pull with Spetznaz

>>23529510
My vote was to open up about what she said, not going all weeping manmoeblob on her.

>>23529794
this is SPETZNAZ we are talking about. We will need more then a fucking knife

>>23529824
two knives?

>>23529218
>[x]Devolve into nervous laughter, and end with a whispered "HIDE ME."

>>23529824
I agree.
We should start sharing a bed with Merlin. And Katya. And Ice.

[] “It seems so, yes.”

Works for me.

>>23529510

Because grimderps want us taken off flight status.

>>23529846
don't forget Slider, our CQC specialist

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[x]Devolve into nervous laughter, and end with a whispered "HIDE ME."

You start nervously laughing, pulling your book back up long enough to read another sentence.

Right as you hear Ice take another breath to repeat her question, you close the book and wisper a frantic, strained “Hide me.”

Ice laughs at that. “I don't think there's much to worry about, Bishop. Flight data reconstruction of your fight with her... well, it's gone up past me, now. If Merlin hadn't stored a copy, we'd have never been able to see it when those ONI spooks got it.”

You heave a sigh of mock relief. You're not actually worried that she'd come kidnap you in the night- well, for the most part, though the thought has occurred to you.

“I'm more worried she's going to get to you.” Ice continues. “She seems... fairly impressed by the fight over the Bering, and right or wrong, a lot of people aren't happy with what happened, and a lot of them want to blame someone. And you're the most visible figure that was there.”

“So you don't think it was my fault?” You ask.

She shakes her head. “No, and you don't need to be questioning it right now. Look, if you need to talk, we're here for you. But I need you to keep your head on straight, or I'll have to pull you and Merlin from flight. And if I have to do that, there's no way I can keep them from sending her back to an Academy.”

[] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
[] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”
[] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953
>[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
>[x] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”

>>23529953
[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”

>>23529953
>[x] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”
>[x] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529877
But then we'd all get CQC'd in our sleep.
>>23529953
[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
TELL HER ABOUT THE MACHINE SYMPATHY

[] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
[] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”
[] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953
[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
[x] "Ok. It's been on my mind abit. I'll let you know if its getting to me."

>>23529953
[x] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

The other choices have pretty obvious answers.

>>23529953
ONI probably just wants to find and enbullet she-Stalin, see what supertoys she's got, etc. Business as usual.

[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
[x] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953

[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”

>>23529953
>[] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
And
>[]Do we actually have anything on her? or her pull with SPETZNAZ?

to grab some backstory in new recurring miniboss

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>>23530004
she needs to teach us CQC

>>23529953
>[] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

The others are pretty obvious

>>23529953

This >>23530004 plus

[X] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

All our squadmates are still alive, so things are going better than expected.

>>23529953
>[] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
>[] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953
>[] "Woah, wait, what? Academy? They're still trying to send Sam back?"
>[] "ONI spooks? They hell they want with the flight data?"

[] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953
>[] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
First: wut ...
>[] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”
Second: Why ...

[] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
"So they still want to see if she can pull strikers or whatever now?"
[] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”
"So Stalins grandkid found sme revolutinoary way to fuck around with radio?"

(I first read this as "they send her back now and i can do shit about it")

>>23529953
[X] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
[X] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”

These two are far too important to ignore. Though the spooks take priority.

>>23530029
This. I also want backstory on best gi-I mean recurring enemy

[x] “ONI spooks? The hell they want with the flight data?”
[x] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23530072
I think the line of logic is Frank is the only thing keeping her from being forced into the academy to try to make her useful.

I'd rather assure her that we're all right.

>>23530077
I think the academy thing is pretty obvious

I think they're going to send her to the academy since a while ago she seemed to join her consciousness with the jet. Remember when the jet got shot and Merlin was the one who reacted in pain?

I'm pretty it's Stalin's GREAT-granddaughter here. Remember how Katya is Sanya's granddaughter despite Sanya being much younger than Stalin.

[] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23530142
yeah, but dudes can keep punping out kids long after women dry up

>>23530096

Seconded.

>>23529953

[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”

>>23530142

He had a daughter, Svetlana who's older than Sanya OTL.

I sort of doubt that anything's changed there.

I just thought of something if she can't go after us she will go after our brother or gods help us our sister and or parents to draw us out.

>>23530142
plus, we're talking cyberStalin here. Who knows all of what's been...modified

>>23530133
No, it's because she managed to manifest shields during the Alaska campaign, which made the top brass intersted in reenrolling her to make her a full fledged witch rather than a RIO.

>>23530247
advanced dildoetronics. He is the million dollar penis.

Actually, fuck. Why am I only talking about the daughter?

He had three children, Svetlana was the youngest. Any one of them could have been the grandparent.

Come to think of it she seems to have defected.

>>23530254
Even though her abilities make her far more useful as a RIO than a witch.
Seriously, Fronk would hardly have gotten anywhere without her.

>>23530286
They probably want her to teach others what she can do.

>>23530286
Because obviously the top brass (barring Nixon) give a shit what Fronk thinks.

>>23530286
That's the point of what Ice was saying: if Frank gets taken off duty, they'll put her back in the academy.

Eh.

[X] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953
[x] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

>>23529953

[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”

>>23529999
I second this

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[x] “Woah, wait, what? Academy?”
[x] “I'm fine, Boss. What happened, happened. I can deal with it.”

You shake your head, mirroring Ice. “No, I'm fine boss. What happened happened, and it's not going to affect my flight performance.”
She nods. “Good. I can't afford to lose anyone.” She says, turning to watch the TV again. It's kind of a shame you don't speak the language, the show looks interesting enough. Something about giant robots and space, you don't know. Animated, though- isn't that stuff for kids? Well, different cultures, you suppose.

“What's this about the academy?” You ask. “I thought we killed that a while ago.”

Ice shrugs. “Merlin's talent is growing faster than anyone expected. No one seems to know what's going on, and it's made worse because she's a new talent and...”

She trails off and shrugs again. “Look, I'm not going to bore you with a lot of theory, Bishop. She wanted to see you anyway, and as long as the pair of you are still flying and Nixon still has the president's ear, you two can stay a team as long as you want to. Don't you also have some reports to fill out for the factory guys?”

[] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”
[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”
[] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”

>>23530594
>[] "Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the hangar?"
Need to see about getting our coat back now that she's got her own from Christmas...

[x] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”

And we skipped out on finding out what ONI was interested in just to find out the obvious (the academy stuff). Boy /tg/'s stupidity is pretty amazing.

>>23530594
>[X] “How about you bore me with the theory.”

>>23530594
[X] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”

>>23530594
[x] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”
>paperwork
oh god no
make it stop

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>>23530594

>[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”

We need to know. Shes our RIO and this'll affect our combat performance. If we know what this is, we might be able to make use of it in the future.

After that:
[x] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”

>>23530594
[X] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”

Let's get the lady's opinion on whether she wants to be a witch.

>>23530594
[x] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”

>>23530641

seconding.

>>23530594
[] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”
It'll be better if we fill out the reports together anyway.

[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”

We have her in the backseat. Knowing what is going on can make the difference between life and death.

>>23530594
[x] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”

If we don't fill out the paperwork, they'll take our new toy away. We'll have plenty of time to talk to Merlin and Ice about magical theory when we're back on the Sara.

>>23530641
>>23530625

Magic theory to make use of in combat.

>>23530661
or at least her company can make it less tedius

>>23530594
[X] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”
Also it's been a while since we made airplane noises with Merlin on our shoulders.

>>23530594
>[X] “How about you bore me with the theory.”
She's the only reason we're still alive. We need to know everything we can about her.

>>23530594
>[] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then...unless thus theory could further our pilot/RIO synergy"

>>23530619
we're never getting that coat back

>>23530594

>[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”

Need to know to make use of.

>[] Paperwork

Ice would be able to help make that go that much faster...

>>23530594
>[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”
>[] “Yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”

>>23530594
[x] “How about you bore me with the theory. THEN

[x] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”

>>23530594
>[x] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”
>[x] “Guess I'll go see Merlin, then. She's in the Hangar?”

We'll fill out the paperwork together!

>>23530672
>Implying that it wouldn't get done anyways.

>>23530790
Not if we consciously choose to ignore it, no.

>>23530750

This.

>>23530594

>[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”

Then

>[] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”

The faster an improved X-02 is in production, the better.

>>23530805
don't blame me if the next update is basically wasted then.

>>23530853
It's an entertainment endeavor, I don't think it's going to devolve into PAPERWORK QUEST: THE ACCOUNTING.

[] “How about you bore me with the theory.”
[] “yeah, I was just getting on that. Later boss.”

>>23530916
Select your destiny:
[] Appeal for an extension
[] Complete the paperwork
[] Make Merlin do it
[] Take it easy.

Seems pretty entertaining to me.

> How bout you bore me that theory

>>23531017
[x] Theory
Knowledge is bloody power.

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[x] “How about you bore me with the theory.”

“I hate paperwork and Merlin can wait a few minutes. How about you bore me with that theory stuff?” You say, leaning back in the couch.

Ice sighs. “You sure? A lot of this isn't even really properly understood, and....” She pauses. “And some of it isn't always taken so well when people learn about it.”

You cross your arms. “Boss, I like to pretend I'm relatively stable. What's going on with Merlin?”

Ice turns off the TV and sighs again. “Alright, look. First thing is you don't let anybody know I told you this, alright?”

You nod.

She shakes her head. “No, Bishop. I need you to tell me that you won't let anyone know you know this. Hell, I'm not even supposed to know- I got lucky and had a friend of a friend in the right place.”

“Alright boss, I won't tell anyone.” You say, nodding again. “It's between us.”

She puffs out a breath. “The current theory on Merlin is that she's growing as fast as she is because of you. Well, you and the jet. They think you're... They think that you've got a male talent. There's a small group of people who want you sent home to confirm that. They also think that Merlin's talent is directly related to your jet- the more combat you two are in, the better you get as a team, the more powerful she becomes.”

“So this is like some final fantasy shit? Experience or something like that?” You say, frowning.

1/2

Ice shakes her head again. “No, no. they think that somehow, Merlin’s made stronger both by the jet, and by how you can operate it. Machine empathy or something along those lines. Basically, you can operate the jet past what it was ever designed to do, and keep it operating there long after it should have stopped. Merlin, somehow, gets stronger because of it.”

She sighs. “Look, it's just a theory, at best, but right now it's one of the two that makes the most sense. The only other explanation is that as the machine she works with gets more advanced, Merlin gets better at what she does. Or maybe it's the more she works with a specific machine- no one knows. But you have to keep this to yourself, ok?”

You nod. “You got it, boss. You keep me and her flying, and we'll keep doing whatever it is we're apparently doing.”

She turns back on the TV. “I'll try to keep you up to speed on what's going on, if that means anything to you.”

“Yeah,” You say, standing up. “It does mean something. Thanks boss, I owe you.”

She looks up at you. “I'll hold you to that.”

[] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.
[] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.

YES

ICE +1


[] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.

>>23531453
>[] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.
PROCRAAAAAAASTINATION!

[] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.

You know, I want more information on Konstantina

>>23531453
[x] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.
We could probably use Merlin's help with the paperwork anyway, if only for motivation.

>>23531453
[x] Talk to about whatever Merlin wanted to talk about over paperwork.
May as well make headway.

>>23531453
go see widdle Merwin

Rope her into helping us with the paperwork

[x] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about then the paperwork.

That partially confirmed what some of us knew and even now people are skittish about it.

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>>23531444
ghost

ghost please

final fantasy I doesn't even hit the states till 1990

>>23531453
[x] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.

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>>23531453
>[x] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.
Your a Gnome, Fronk.

>>23531453
[X] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.

To the Hangar!

>>23531453

>[] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.

Gotta get those MP X-02 cranked out!

[x] Drag ICE to help with paperwork

[X] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.

>>23531453
[x]ACQUIRE MERLIN AND GO ON A PAPERWORK ADVENTURE

>>23531495
It was 1987 wasn't it?

>>23531453
[X] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.
WE GNOME NOW

>>23531453
>[X] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.

>>23531503
>Fronk rounds a corner and walks directly into a boxing glove on a spring Slider left

>>23531453
[x] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.
Going to see Merlin won't do her dependency on us any favors. If she needs us, she'll find us.

>>23531585
Don't you want to find out what she's getting up to? Or are you too busy chasing after some other girl to care?

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>>23531561
Yes, IN JAPAN

>>23531453
>[] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about, then drag her off for paperwork.

>>23531615
but
we're in japan

>>23531612

Different Anon.

Work first.

And babying her is not going to help her PTSD. We'll need to slowly try to work and wean her off fronk. Or she'll not be able to function.

>>23531637
Could you repeat yourself all I read was "bullshit I'm saying to cover my waifufaggotry"

And I'm going going after merlin out of lolwaifufaggotry, just that whever she's doing is bound to be more interesting than paperwork, which is NEVER INTERESTING UNLESS INTERRUPTED.

>>23531615
Who's to say Merlin isn't an Otaku who imports games?

>>23531612
>Or are you too busy chasing after some other girl to care?
OH PAPERWORK SAN

YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN FOR ME

>>23531671
Paperwork-chan, your piles keep growing as I work on them

>>23531629
0/10, apply yourself

>>23531663
Does she know japanese?

Are we Merlin?

the answers to both are the same

>>23531671

we need to say this at some point after working on paperwork long into the night. then kiss it

>>23531695
My pen is moving by itself!

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>>23531657

>mfw my waifu is actually katya and not paperwork chan

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>>23531657
>And I'm going going after merlin out of lolwaifufaggotry

>>23531714
how much for the self moving pen.....

>>23531714
If you keep writing like that you might finish me!

Katya is best girl.

>>23531713
>Katya outside the door quietly horrified

We need an artist on this scene.

>>23531760
Then in the morning we find ashes of the paperwork.

>>23531760
>Constantina collects the combined paperwork of the entire soviet beureucracy to try and get us to jump ship
>America responds with its own strategic paperwork reserves

/tg/
never change

>>23531453
[x] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.
Get that actual work done.

>>23531778
>>23531760
>>23531798

Ghost hurry we are being silly!

>>23531798
All the while our squadmates look on in horrified fascination as truck after truck full of paperwork arrive.

[x] Maybe I ougghta get that paperwork knocked out.

For paperwork-chan!

>>23531798
Our one true Soviet woman will achieve victory eventually

>>23531453

[X] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.

She can help out with the paperwork later.

>>23531862
the god damn spy is here

>>23531844
And then we just make papier mache out of it.

>>23531875

So many papier mache children

>>23531875
No, no, we make a fortress.

A Massive Fortress of Paperwork, with the towers of Trip-la-Cate towering up to the heavens while we sit on our throne of invoices and cackle maniacally, lord of all bureaucratic procedures the world over.

>>23531924
No, no. Papier mache Merlin. A REAL LIFE PAPERWORK-CHAN!

>>23531939
and we name it.
FORT KICKASS.

>>23531939
>Massive Fortress of Paperwork
>This quest's Pillow fort

YES!

>>23531959
But then the real one will set fire to our works. She might decide that she can't stand the idea of being replaced.

>>23531962

it shall be a manly fort. no napkins, no Coasters, no utensils. just whiskey.

and pretzels.

no gurls aloud

>>23531972
Either that or paperselfcest. That's a thing, right?

>>23531874
I march into the den of capitalist oppression unafraid, pig. Someone must direct Frank onto the true path, towards his glorious destiny in the service of Mother Russia.

>>23531989
That would lead to paper cuts in hard to explain places.

>>23531975
>no Coasters
OVER THE LINE!

WE CANNOT ALLOW SODA RINGS TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TABLE OF LIFE INSURANCE

>>23532004

And Hot Russian witches.

>>23531989

MERLIN IS NOT FOR LEWDS!!

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>>23532031
Definitely.

>>23532031

PaperMerlin is, though.

>>23532025

Amen comrade.

>>23532025
Indeed comrade.

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>>23531989
It'd bring a new meaning to scissoring, that's for sure.

>>23531453
[X] Wait wait wait. So I've got machine overclocking, makinh the plane more resilient then Merlin gets stronger because of it...
Boss, what happens if we find a way to get Merlin to make the plane more powerful using in a feedback loop?

>>23532081
CARLO-I Mean ERICAAAAAAAA

>>23532100
>feedback loops
>through a person
>ever a good idea

>>23532100
baaad idea

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[x] Let's go see what Merlin wanted to talk about.

You drop your book off in 'your' room- currently shared by Maverick and Goose, both of whom are out at the base hospital, currently. You also grab your jacket- YOUR jacket, since Merlin's finally taking to wearing the one you got her, though she does complain sometimes it's not broken in as well yet. Still, you know for a fact it's warmer- the lining in this one is about gone, and you're going to have a bitch of a time getting it replaced when you get around to it.

Your scarf from Georgette around your neck, you head off to the Hangar. Inside, your ground crew- newly flown in from Alaska- have your jet opened up, one engine hanging from an overhead gantry crane as they go through it with a trio of techs from GE. Another crew is doing the same with the twin's jet, with your squadron's few striker techs slowly going over the girl's tomcats and the spare hornets.

An external power cart sits next to your bird, powering the avionics as Merlin works in the back seat, her jacket hanging over the edge of the cockpit. With the doors closed, the Hangar is actually relatively warm- a nice change from the bitter cold outside. The storm apparently has everyone hunkered down and waiting for round two- you certainly don't envy the transport pilots that have to fly in this shit, let alone the guys at sea.

You walk up the ladder the crew rolled up to your jet, leaning over the edge of the cockpit and right next to Merlin.

“Hi Frank!” she says, quickly hiding a Hershey's bar in the pocket of her flight suit. “Did Ice tell you why I wanted to see you?”

[] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”
[] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

>>23532258
>[] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”
WE GNOME NOW.

>>23532258
[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

>>23532258
[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

>>23532258
>[] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”
YESSSSSSS!!!!! YES!!!

>>23532258

>[] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

Too good to pass up.

And is this even common knowledge?Crap man.

MC Young really must have made a splash.

[] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

>>23532258

[x] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

>>23532258
[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

Might as well ask her herself.

>>23532258
>“Did Ice tell you why I wanted to see you?”
[]Nope

Is this about my sudden fan club of secret admirers?

>>23532258
>[X] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

>>23532310
Doubt it, Ice pretty much said it was top secret "I can tell you but then I'll have to kill you" shit.

>>23532258
>[] "Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure."
Has to be this.

>>23532258
>[x] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

Later insist that Ice was talking about making a squadron garden if Merlin gets suspicious

>>23532310
No, read closer. Ice never said "Gnome".

>>23532258

[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

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[] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

Say, I've noticed we haven't interacted with best witch lately...

>>23532258
[X] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

Feign ignorance.

>>23532350
The traitor whore? What about her?

>>23532258
[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

>>23532258
>“Nope. What's up kiddo?”

>>23532258
>[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

>“Hi Frank!” she says, quickly hiding a Hershey's bar in the pocket of her flight suit.

Wench be holding out on us. She better fork it over next update.

>>23532361
If American Pilot can get Russian Pussy without serving Motherland, he will have no reason to join glorious worker's struggle.

[x] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”

It could be passed off as a joke, that and Merlin's our trusted partner. If we can't tell her, then we can't tell anyone ever.

>>23532350
You're right. Where IS Slider?

>>23532350
I hope we get to talk to her before writing the reports. She is our wingmate, after all.

>>23532361

Bah, she is too good for the likes of you.

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>>23532361
You got me. I laughed.

>>23532347

Ice never said it.

So how the hell does Fronk know about it unless from other sources. AKA, public knowledge.

>>23532391

You keep telling yourself that.

>>23532389
Ice never said "Gnome". She said "Male Magic", and only as a probable. Don't go running off half-cocked here. We ain't a wizard yet.

[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

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And here come the waifuwars


[spoilers]KATYA IS WOMAN FRANK DESERVES![/spoilers]

>>23532414
It's a meta joke. If male magic is still a "hush hush deeper than Top Secret" topic, a specific local name for it sure as hell isn't common knowledge.

>>23532467
But she is not the woman he needs.

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>>23532467
>Not Constantine-Ice-Slider for the CIS
You disappoint me.

>>23532486

If it was, Fronk would be wtf, I'm magical? like MC Young.

His calmness implies he KNOWS.

>>23532510
indeed, he needs glorious soviet women to help breed strong warriors fr the human race. Constantina is clearly the answer

>>23532258
[X] “Something about lawn ornaments? I'm not sure.”
KATYA X FRONK OTP

>>23532258
[] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

technically we not yet gnomes, (havent heard the word itself etc)

>>23532548
Don't want the kids to have the crazy gene, so she's out of the running.

>>23532524
This... this has potential.

Once the last two are brought to the side of the Glorious Motherland of course.

>>23532590
Nor relation to Uncle Joe.

>>23532545

I bet Young set up something like "The Gnome Institute" postwar to fuck with everyone.

Can you imagine the opening speech?

"something something dicks magic men let's all go get smashed, any Brewer Wizards in the house?"

Minna probably runs the place and Young just does stupid shit for publicity.

>>23532447
The plane was telling Merlin he was making it do impossible things.

>>23532548

This comrade has the right idea.

>>23532590

YOU DON'T KNOW LOVE WHEN YOU SEE IT.

>>23532545
Or he's reacting like Ice was joking with him. "Male Magic? Very funny, Ice. We both know that isn't real."

Sliderfag here, I still don't see why there is even a discussion to be had.

Seriously have you seen those fucking hips?

>>23532652

Nah, I don't think so.

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>>23532640
>>23532590
there is clearly only one way to settle this.

A TOURNAMENT ARC!

>>23532669
Brother, they will not listen. They never will.

>>23532669

They *all* have dem fucking hips in the artwork.

Even Merlin. Somehow.

All of the other waifus are good, but the sexual tension between Maverick and Fronk needs to end. Even if it's a one night stand, they've got to bang.

>>23532718

Wow, we've even got a Maverickfag here.

>>23532669
I agree, but unfortunately the other groups are far more vocal about their choice.

>>23532694
>>23532669

Comrades, join with us in the glorious CIS alliance >>23532524

Together we will crush the traitorfags

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>>23532630
yes!

also we need a picture of Constantina looking crazy

>>23532754

I see this CIS alliance of yours doesn't mention Katya.

NEVER!

>>23532718
All ten sentences of it?

>>23532754
>allying with Constantinafags

We'll be fine on our own thanks.

>>23532778
She is the traitorfag, pay attention

>>23532764

Maybe it's just me, but for some reason MC looks like Kyon in that picture.

And that's horrifying.

>>23532778

The point

-------

Your head

>>23532787

Really says something that I've chosen her over your choice doesn't it?

>>23532793
*Shrug*

Big whoop.

>>23532810
it says that counting trees is a popular activity for you and your compatriots

>>23532951
Stop that. It's an idiotic way to type.

>>23532910

Good thing we're American eh?

Official Waifu Power Tiers
>Wyvern Tier:
Wyvern
>God Tier:
Ice
Katya
>Bro Tier:
Slider
Maverick
Katsumi
>Little Sister Tier:
Merlin
Goose
>R.I.P. in peace Tier:
BlackCat
That Russian Witch Katya Shot
>Shit Tier
Ayumi
Bitchtits
[spolier]Constantina[/spoiler]

>>23533009
haha tags

>>23532976
For now you are, but the Glorious People's army shall sweep aside your corrupt governments and bring you into the worker's paradise soon enough

>>23533009
silence capitalist pig

>>23533009
Do not mourn for the BlackCat will always be with us. Close to our heart.

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>>23533041

>>23533060
Ready to kill us at moments notice.

>>23533067
snake has the smallest knife I've ever seen strapped to a chest rig

>>23533072
As it should be with former loves.

>>23533072
we ironman now

>>23533009
We can always get a Russian threesome. Just imagine the CRAZY sex from both sides. Then again it might devolve into double yandere sex which can also be good depending on how we handle it.

>>23533093
That's his paring knife. He carries it on tactical eating missions.

>>23533072
Well hey, we just need to call up a certain genius billionaire playboy philanthropist industrialist engineer, and get him to make us a machine to keep the fragments in place. And then get him to build us a jet that we can control WITH OUR MIND. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5DsLow4SVQ

>>23533100

No objections.

Where the fuck is ghost?

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[x] “Nope. What's up kiddo?”

“Nope. What's up Merlin?” You say, slowly reaching across her to grab her coat- and the candy no doubt contained within.

She snatches it down and wedges it on the far side of the cockpit wall from you.

“So I was playing with the sensor data from... from yesterday.” She says, hesitating a bit. “I think I figured out why she was able to jam the sensors so well, and get into our communications network so easily.”

You shrug. “She's a signals witch?”

Merlin looks up at you and nods. “Yeah, but Frank, she's a lot stronger than any of the rest of them. Katya was down here helping me earlier, and she couldn't even jam one sensor, let alone our whole suite. And forget the radios, she couldn't get into those at all, even when I told her the frequency range.”

“Well, that's helpful, but how do we beat her?” You ask, looking at the data shown on Merlin’s main multifunction display. It makes almost no sense to you, but you're also well aware she's been using her own magic- as is evidenced by the wings on her head- to play with the system through the witch suite.

1/2

Merlin frowns. “I-I think I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work. We'll need to fight her again before I know.” She looks back over at the screen, re-playing a segment of the sensor data. “See, this is when we first ran into her. Most jamming you can kind of see, even when it's there- it's a hole in the radar picture. We normally don't worry about that anymore, because we've got the other stuff. But, see, look at what she does. She doesn't just make a cloud of radar noise or anything- she can hide like she's not even there.”

“A stealth witch?” You ask, confused.

Merlin nods again, focusing on the display. “I think so. I... I don't really know, and I need to ask Ice for help, since she... she actually finished the academy. But I think we can beat it.”

She looks back up at you. “I'm really sorry I couldn't beat her last time Frank. It won't happen again, I Promise.”

[] “You did fine, Merlin. Don't worry about this one, ok? Let's go find Katya and get some food.”
[] “I know it won't Merlin. Hey, did you fill out your stuff for the tech rep yet?”