>>24362579
Take a roll of toilet paper, and toss it towards the woman?

Maybe throw it over the stall?

If she doesn't get tipped off, look for the other guy.

You decide to continue the facade a bit longer. You grab a roll of toilet paper and go into the other room, rolling it under the stall.
((Forgot my trip, ha ha))

"Thanks, dick." She calls out while you move back to the room with the unconscious man.

'John' She called him. You grab the large man and shove him in a toilet stall before propping the door closed. You make your way out of the men' locker room and note you still have at least one more enemy to deal with, and you have no idea where the information is. You decide to look for the other person. You make your way back towards the shooting range, the other man's flashlight making it easy to find him. He is a small, older gentleman dressed in a black suit, just like the others. He is looking at the small targets and in the tall grass, likely for the data that the chief told you he got and hid. He has no idea you are here, but you do not think you can sneak up on him with so much open space between the two of you.

Wat do?
[]Charge and take him down, you could probably clear the distance easy.
[]These bastards might have killed the boss and are armed. Take no chances, shoot him
[]Go back to the woman's locker room.
[]Look at the small storage lockers nearby
[]Go back to the men's locker room
[]Go to the commander's office
[]Other, please specify

>>24362969
Charge and take him down.

Hey, do we still have the authority to arrest people?

...Did we ever have that authority?

I will wait a while for a bit more people, if no one shows I will just try again on wednesday

>>24362969
[x)Look at the small storage lockers nearby

If we don't have a silencer or if he has a buddy nearby, we're going to get swarmed if we try to shoot him.

>>24363208
Yeah that's a good point.

Weird that this thread's so slow, normally these seem to get a pretty good following.

>>24363208
Let's go with this.

>>24362969
[X]Go back to the woman's locker room.
Might as well knock the woman out when she gets out

You decide to forgo taking anyone else out. The fact that the woman in the locker-room is going to figure out someone spirited away her buddy alone means you are pressed for time. You start rooting through the lockers, hoping if the asian man turns around your own suit will at least make him think you are one of his team mates. You root around your own locker you used and find a small thumb drive. Jackpot.

"John? John! Where the fuck are you? Hey, Mr. Nakamura! John's missing, I think something is up!" You hear the woman shout.

You manage to barely dodge to the side and hide under a small bench as he turns towards you and shines the flashlight your way, just missing catching a glimpse of you. Close one.

You see a pair of scuffed up shoes come into view as you lay down and wait. You see another pair of shoes come into view and stop.

"John is missing? Hrmmmm.... Where did you see him last?" Mr. Nakamura asks, his voice giving you a headache.

"Ah, well, I saw him in the locker room when I went to take a piss and then he threw me some paper, so just a minute ago." She tells him as he hmms and haws.

"You are certain it was John who threw you the paper?" He asks making her pause.

"Well..." She continues and then you hear the sound of a slap.

"Stupid girl, find him or we will use you are meat for Hamelin's projects" He threatens.

"Y-yeah, sorry." She apologizes while running off, the man sitting on top of the bench you are hiding under and sighing deeply.

Wat say wat do?
[]Wait for them to pass, they will never find you here.
[]Take out the old man melee style
[]Open fire, you could probably drop the woman before she gets out of view, and the old man will be easy
[]Other, please specify

>>24363506
>[x]Wait for them to pass, they will never find you here.
The headache-inducing voice alarms me.

>>24363506
>Hamelin
THE PLOT THICKENS

>>24363602
Yeah I'll support this.
The only point in fighting these guys would be getting information from them, since their type is disposable.

>>24363506
[X]Take out the old man melee style

It would be one less goon and we could potentially gather information from the woman

>>24363707
I think this guy's a couple steps above 'goon' since he's wearing a suit and apparently just straight up slapped one of his subordinates.

>>24363602

Thirding this. If we're getting headaches from him being in range, there's no telling if he'll be able to tell the same thing with us. If he's infected, we don't want him knowing that there's another one of his kind running around.

You decide to wait it out. You do not want to risk being discovered, and starting a gunfight in the middle of a shooting range is not your mission. You hear the man above you rustle slightly then start dialing on his cellphone.

"Sir, there is a complication."

A pause

"No, the information is not found yet. John has gone missing and we are not sure..."

A second pause.

"We have no way of knowing how much data has been taken, but we have one of ours taking care of the leak."

You really wish you could hear what was going on the other side of the phone. Suddenly your headache intensifies.

"Sir, if it doesn't work out then we always have G.U. we can use. With their power-" He starts but pauses.

"G.U̴.̵́ ͢i̶̧͟s͟ d̵e̛s͝ì̸͞gned͏̶ ̷̧m̕a͢in͢͝l̸ý͡͏ t̴̶͝o͢ ̕i҉̵̛n҉̧t̨͏e̛͝r͡͠f̧̕͘a̸͠c̛͞͝ę͢͝ ̧͟w̧įt͏̛h ţhe̢͏ ̷us͜er҉s ́͞a̢͟ǹd̀͞ m̛à͜͜n̷͢ipu̕͞l̢͝à͜͞t̵̴ȩ ̀͟th͟e̶̷m.̸ ̴͞T̵h͟͞ey̛ ̶͘ar͞ę̷ ̶ę̧p̛i͡t̀͜à̴p͢͟h̸ ̢ừs͞er̨̨s ̕͞o͡n҉l̸̕͡y,҉ a̛ńd̵̕͘ ̡̧ẃ̕i͢th͏o͞u̧t̸ c̸̀͡o̸͜n̴͢͞t̀r̡̨ól͞l̶͜e̸͠d̸͝ ̕i̶͞n̕f̴̢e͟c̵t̵̶̸i͡o̢̡̢n̵̢͘ ú̶s̴ę̵l̛͟e͢͝ss̀͢͠ ̧̧͡i̧̨̢n ҉t͠h̢e ̷͟f̶̸ié̶͏ld̸̷.͞"̴ You think you hear

"Of course sir, I just meant it might be prudent to be ready for-" You head feels like it is cracking open, but you do not hear the reply.

"Yes sir, I will look into it at once." He responds before hanging up and sighing deeply.

A few moments later after the woman has not come back he stands and walks away, likely after her.

If you want to run, now is your chance.
[]Go for the bike and get out
[]They may have info, try and take them down
[]Other, please specify

>>24364025

>[x]Go for the bike and get out

We don't want to risk them seeing Anon's face. Proceed carefully.

You decide to play it safe and make your way to your bike. You carefully creep by when you glance over and see the gas and electricity main. You are surprised but they seem to still be running. Ý̶ơ͢u ͠͞ig̶n҉͘ore͝͏ ̢it̵̸͢ and make your way over to your bike. You put your helmet back on and walk your bike slowly out of range before starting it up and driving away.

You are about a block away when you hear the explosion and stop. They must have blown the place to cover their tracks, bastards. You drive back home.

When you get back to your apartment you put your gun away before collapsing on your favorite chair. You look att he thumb drive before tossing it by your tower and preparing yourself a cup of coffee laced with your pain killers.

Your head hurts pretty damn bad.

Wat do wat say?
[]Contact some one(Who?)
[]Check out the data
[]Check email, etc.
[]Log into the world
[]Sleep, you have had a long day.
[]Other, please specify

>>24364320
>[x]Contact some one(Who?)
Haruko. Get her to come to our apartment and look voer the info together. Also, to talk to her about the situation.

>>24364320
[]Contact some one(Haruko)
We should tell her whats been going on and have her check out the data with us

>>24364383
>>24364414

Seconding this. Walk over to Haruko's apartment and ask her to come take a look at the data we found. If we really wanted to play it safe, we could try unplugging our computer from the internet while we browse over them.

>>24364320
Huh.
Did they just give up on finding Jack?
If they did, there might be a slim chance he's still alive.

You decide you should bring Haruko in. You make your way down to her apartment and knock on the door. "Ah, hold on a bit." She calls out before you hear the familiar sound of the too many locks on her door opening up.

"Oh, hey Anon, what's up?" She asks, her hair damp.

"I have some things I need to talk about. Can you come up to my room?" You ask causing her to raise an eyebrow at you.

"Is this a social call? I don't do those very well." She replies but stops smiling when she sees your expression. "Yeah, okay." She finishes grabbing her key and following you up the stairs.

As you walk up the stairs you decide to start explaining things to her as best you can. "The chief is dead, or in a coma." You let this sink in for a second before continuing. "He told me he met his contact and they gave him some information about CC Corp, but evidently they caught on he told me to get the intel at the old JSDF training ground we trained at. While there I found a thumb drive and managed to avoid getting caught by three goons in black suits. They mentioned that Hamelin guy and seemed to be looking pretty hard for the data. I managed to get the intel and was just about to go over it when I came to get you." You make your way up to your door and open it.

She is quiet the whole way up and sits down on your sofa. She furrows her brows at you and frowns deeply. "Do you not trust me Anon?" She asks making you pause.

"What? Of course I do, we are partners." You explain making her shake her head.

"No, I am the girl who you sometimes keep in the loop because your job requires it of you. First you get this job and go into a coma, then you get infected with some crazy thing and start fighting some things I do not understand, and now this happens?! Jesus fucking Christ Anon, why are you keeping me out? What have I done to piss you off so badly?!" She yells glaring at you.
(1/2)

Well shit

Wat say, wat do?
[]Cut her out and go solo, safer for everyone that way
[]Mend this fence, no man is an island
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24364836
>[x]Mend this fence, no man is an island

>>24364791
[X]Mend this fence, no man is an island
It wouldn't hurt to tell her we can't keep her up on everything since we experience things that she can't without the infection

You do not even have to think about it. You sit down across from her and sigh. "Yeah, you are right, I fucked up. I keep fucking up because of a staggering inability to learn from my mistakes and I am sorry. I am used to going it alone and I am afraid of dragging other people down with me. I need you to be my partner, you are the only person who can put up with my shit, and I kind of think you are an awesome person. There are some things I can't talk about or explain because you are not infected, but that is no excuse. I am sorry Haruko." You say locking eyes with her as you do so.

She is silent for a few seconds before frowning. "Fine. You are like a dumb ass boyfriend who keeps cheating on me and I keep taking you back, but fine. We are cool. Just stop cutting me out or I swear to god I will move in with you and follow you around." She explains and you think momentarily that might not be so bad.

"Right, the data then." You say plugging it into a monitor and looking it over.

The password is easy enough to break and the data inside is... interesting to say the least.

Detailed payment records about CC Corp's employees and projects. You see several projects without explanation, but ones that catch your eye are AIDA integration project "Hamelin", Project GU, and 'AURA'.

"What does this mean?" Haruko asks

"It means these fucks are trying to fuse AIs to regular people, probably without their knowledge. I have heard GU before but... Without the chief it will be hard to build a case. We need more information, but we are pretty much on our own." You tell her causing her to nod.

Wat do?
[]Talk about Lotus and your plans with her
[]Call into the office, you need a new chain of command
[]Other Please specify

>>24365304
>[x]Talk about Lotus and your plans with her
Also, we should probably assume the office is compromised as fuck.

>>24365304
[X]Call into the office, you need a new chain of command
So what's up with the chief? Is he dead? Laying low?

>>24365443
>>24365455

Call in or don't call in. Radically different effects

>>24365455

The CC-corp lawyers said that they might be replacing Chief with someone more to their own liking. Which either means that the new person will be ineffectual or one of CC-corp's goons.

I'd go with:

>[x] Talk to Lotus and your plans with her

>>24365522
Officially you are on paid vacation time, have been since the first thread or so

You decide against calling into the office. If the chief has been taken down, then that means you can be damn sure there is some one on the inside. Or something, you shudder as you think of Snark.

"Since we are being honest with each other, I should tell you I met up with Lotus' player today. Her name is Ryoko, and she wants my help in getting the coma victims to wake up. She has some theories, but is pretty sue the key to waking them up lies in The World." You tell her.

"The key to saving the victims is in the world? As in, the video game? Seems sort of hard to swallow Anon, why didn't she come to the police or some one about this?" She asks.

"She seems to have some trust issues, albeit well placed. I agreed to help her, since it seems this power can be used for something." You explain with a smile.

She thinks things over for a bit before nodding. "Alright partner, what's the plan?" She asks

Good question

Wat do wat say?
[]We keep going into the world, something is going on there
[]Look for chief, maybe it isn't too late
[]Contact someone(Who?)
[]Other, please specify

>>24365634
>[x]We keep going into the world, something is going on there
We're gonna be big goddamn heroes!

>>24365634
>[x]We keep going into the world, something is going on there

That's where all the action is happening right now. Besides, there are worse things to do with paid vacation time than stay at home and play MMO games all day. Hopefully, poor old chief was prudent enough to purge any evidence of us working on this case.

"We have to keep going into the world, it is our only way of investigating now, and it is the where the action is happening right now. Besides, I can think of worse things to do than be on paid vacation and stay at home playing MMOs all day. It is time to be big goddamn heroes." You tell her to which she smiles.

"It been over ten years anon, let Firefly go." She chastises making you look off into the distance.

"Not for me is isn't... not for me. Never for me." You explain causing her to go over to your coffee machine and pour herself a cup.

"Fine then, where should we start? We are sticking together this time Mr. 'I forget about my partner I am sort of sexually attracted to'" She asks as she takes a sip.

Wat plan?
[]Look into this GU
[]Try to find Hamelin
[]Look for more AIDA
[]Put on your headset and get Snarks opinion
[]Other: Please specify

>>24365859
[X]Put on your headset and get Snarks opinion

We haven't checked the threads we made about lost grounds and rumors about that in a while so we should do that. We also forgot about the bunny suit so now might be the time to remind Haruko

>>24365859

>Haruko

Looking for more rumors of AIDA sightings or unusual/glitched NPCs or Player Characters or zones would probably be a good place to start. Like those Lost Grounds rumors. I also heard something mentioned by one of the goons back at the station about an "Epitaph" in connection with "Project G.U.". We should look into that as carefully as we can... maybe starting with seeing how Epitaphs would connect with the World. I already know one guy who might be of some help in getting us some leads to look into.

>[x]Put on your headset and get Snarks opinion

Ask him about EVERYTHING.

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"Looking for more rumors of AIDA sightings or unusual/glitched NPCs or Player Characters or zones would probably be a good place to start. Like those Lost Grounds rumors. I also heard something mentioned by one of the goons back at the station about an "Epitaph" in connection with "Project G.U.". We should look into that as carefully as we can... maybe starting with seeing how Epitaphs would connect with the World. I already know one guy who might be of some help in getting us some leads to look into." You explain causing Haruko to nod then look at you oddly as you put on your M2D.

"I am going to ask the figment of my imagination his opinion." You tell her making her shake her head.

First you look through the threads you posted about rumors and lost grounds and see a reply.

Rumors:

re: "Ze Black dots, I seen them. They are, how you say, attached to a man I see. Then anoother man, he show up and fight him. Then the blue fire. Very... hot. I am at Δ Hidden Forbidden Bulwark until noon. Come see me if you wish to talk."

You now have a new lost ground, the Morrigu Barrow Wall.

You log into the world and stand in the Mac Anu gate room. You focus inwardly at the place where your headaches seem to come from and after some prodding manage to get a response.

"Snark, tell me everything." You demand as the black dots form the familiar looking young man in front of you.

"Everything? I don't mind. My favorite color is violet, I find oranges to be morally offensive, both the color and the fruit. I would like nothing more than to punch who ever invented acid faded jeans and find the sounds of 'The Police' to be soothing in a way I am not totally comfortable discussing." He answers while tilting his head

Wat?
[]Not that, other thing(Specify)
[]Here is what happened, what can you tell me
[]Haruko says hello
[]Other, please specify

>>24366300
>Ze Black dots
God damn french man

>>24366300
>[]Here is what happened, what can you tell me
>[]Haruko says hello
>[]Really, oranges?

>>24366300
Keep listening, this is interesting.

>>24366300

"We should really find a time where we can really relax and just hang out. Maybe Haruko can go, too. I'm not completely sure if she thinks that you're a separate entity or if you're just the coma talking. Speaking of hanging out, there's a corporate conspiracy going on, and I need to ask you a few questions about some Really Important Business™. Is that OK?"

>[x] Here is what happened, what can you tell me about Project G.U., Hamelin, and Epitaphs? Do you know how this could connect to CC-corp?

You think over how to ask him while he continues.

"I find spears to be vastly underrepresented in the fantasy genre, have unlimited access to the pornography of google while connected to you, but possess little to no interest in any of it which is probably a shame, had I enough of a care to think about it." He answers causing you to raise your hand indicating for him to stop

"Oranges?" You ask to which he nods.

"They know what they did." Is all he replies.

"We should really find a time where we can really relax and just hang out. Maybe Haruko can go, too. I'm not completely sure if she thinks that you're a separate entity or if you're just the coma talking. Speaking of hanging out, there's a corporate conspiracy going on, and I need to ask you a few questions about some Really Important Business. Is that OK?"

"Certainly it is okay, you are the one talking to what could be a figment of your imagination. Maybe you never woke up from that coma. Maybe I am some bad Thai food. Did you have Thai food today?" He asks to which you shake your head. "Probably not Thai food then."

You give him a brief rundown of your day.

"What can you tell me about Project G.U., Hamelin, and Epitaphs? Do you know how this could connect to CC-corp?" You ask, your questions finished.

"Hamelin is sort of a dick. I have never heard of GU before, and as for Epitaphs... they are those things. The non-black dotty monsters that Raum and Lotus summoned, I have no idea what they are to be honest but they tasted different than AIDA. Like... they resonated, or called or something. It is hard to describe in your limited sensory input." He explains which you relay to Haruko.

"Anything else?" He asks.

Wat say wat do?
[]Ask some thing else
[]Try to contact friends( Online: Shimabuku, Luna, Lotus)
[]Lost ground? Guy said he had info...
[]Other, please specify

>>24366691
>[x]Ask some thing else

What exactly is AIDA? I know next to nothing about it other than it is signaled by black dots, and can possibly cause people to go crazy when infected with it. And confers terribly unbalancing abilities to their player-characters while they are infected.

>>24366757
This and what Snark knows about lost grounds.

>>24366691
>[x]Lost ground? Guy said he had info...
Only if its the correct time to meet him, if not then contact Lotus and:
>>24366757

"What exactly is AIDA? I know next to nothing about it other than it is signaled by black dots, and can possibly cause people to go crazy when infected with it. And confers terribly unbalancing abilities to their player-characters while they are infected." You ask making him give a helpless shrug.

"What exactly is human? That is a terribly metaphysical question, the likes of which I am not certain I totally capable of answering. I know we were born from wake, from something else being created. We act as a hive and the more we are the smarter and more powerful we are." He answers while you contact Lotus.

"What about lost grounds?" You continue making him shake his head.

"Never been." He replies.

You get a reply from Lotus.

"Well met Chen. You have some new information?" She asks

The guys says he will be there until noon, so you could go meet him. On the other hand you could also get haruko and Lotus to come with.

You also promised to tell Shimabuku everything

MANIA is now online

Wat say Wat do?
[]Please write in

>>24367060
We have a party limit of three right?

>>24367060
[x]Message MANIA 'ay to gurl want sum fuk?' Then collect Haruko, Lotus, and Shimabuku, probably best to leave Luna out, and head to Frenchy in the lost ground. Make sure Haruko wears the bunnysuit there, Frenchy will love it while our sides implode.

God damn it took forever to catch up.

>>24367060

>Wat Say

Do you know of any other entities, AIDA or otherwise, that could tell us more about these things without attempting to drain us of our vital essences?

>Lotus

Shit just got real. I'll explain later. For now, there's a person that I think we should meet up with and talk to. I think he knows a place we could start looking into about our problems. Meet me there. (also, give Lotus the location of the guy with the Lost Grounds information)

>Haruko

Tell her that we found a possible place to start our search. Also tell her the time and place that the person is.

>>24367177
You do, but you can go as a group of two parties or more if you want

>>24367177
>>24367276

Perhaps we should see if Shimabuku is interested in coming to the Lost Grounds as soon as we get the field info?

>>24367276


>>24367211 here, I'll change the party layouts to Us with Haruko and Lotus then, while Shima and Luna are trapped with MANIA. Hue.

Also, can we still support others in separate parties, like just cast healing or buffs on them? I'd gladly miss out on the XP they get.

>>24367060
Invite Mania and Lotus to come with and have Haruko and Shimabuku form a new party with the other guy. We might as well ask Haruko if she wants to be infected again since its easier for her to be in the loop this way. I also have to vote against messaging Mania this:
>>24367211

>>24367381
You can heal and buff and the like, but you will not get any xp, no. Since the anime has a group of 100 pks in a group, I figure it is doable.

>>24367381

I am unsure if letting Mania into the inner circle is a good idea or not. She was seen talking to a ninja-person from Moon Tree, and they seem to be bad news. They may be principled enough to report people that appear to be hacking (AIDA users, maybe?) or other unscrupulous activities. A report in the wrong CC-corp admin's ears could make life very difficult in The World.

Laptop crashed. One moment

>>24367389 Here, I have to agree with:
>>24367478
Lets have a party of Haruko and Lotus with Shimabuku taggging along with the losts ground guy.

There goes my chances of delicious Mania fearboners.

Do you think we could convince her to get in the bunnysuit?

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You decide to send a message out to Lotus and shimabuku.

Subject:Explanation

"I will be going to the Lost Ground Δ Hidden Forbidden Bulwark in order to find out more about the AIDA phenomena(Black dots) and Coma victims. I will explain everything on the way there." As you send it you tell Haruko the same.

"Thought it might come to this." She sighs pulling out a pair of M2D glasses from her sweatpants pockets and plugging them into the mobile terminal. "Let's go then, 'Chen'" She tells you as she logs in.

DURGA is now online.

You send a party invite to Durga which she accepts and then one to Lotus. You figure Shimabuku will just tag along.

"Yo, Chen!" Shimabuku greets you as he walks in through the gate as Lotus arrives.

She gives a small nod as way of greeting before you set up a chat between the four of you. "Okay, the area is a lost ground. Some one on the forum said the block dots which send people into comas appeared and he saw it. They are able to damage you in the real world, and people infected with them can cause damage done to your character be done to you in real life. CC Corp is able to keep everyone quiet about this, even the government, any questions?" You ask as Shimabuku gapes at you.

"Yes, I have one. Why isn't that Mania girl here, I like her." Snark asks causing you to give a glare at him.

"Also, one of the black dot things is in my head and gives me the ability to eat other black dots. Lotus here has a different, but similar power as did Raum. Mania had the black dots in here which is why she was able to hurt you Shimabuku." You finish making him seem collected for a few moments.
(1/2)

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"Huh, kay. Cool. So we lookin' for these things now, yeah?" Shimabuku asks pretty good at going with the flow.

"Yes, let's go." You tell the accessing the chaos gate and warping to the Morrigu Barrow Wall.

The four of you arrive at a large plateau in front of a massive wall which seems to stretch on endlessly. In front of the triangle shaped sign is not the frenchman you expected, but rather something which could be worse.

He stands at a solid six feet, and has long dark hair with tanned skin and a chiseled jaw. The first person you think of when you see him is 'Fabio' from those books your sister read before she was into k-pop.

He turns to look at your group, his hair constantly blowing and shifting in a non-existent breeze and his white silk shirt unbuttons on its own and blows carelessly as well. He looks at your group and clears his throat.

"Hallo, I am so... excited to meet you. I am Vividor, you come seeking me about post, yes?" He asks, his accept perhaps more odd then the frenchman's.

Wat say wat do?
[]Tell me about the black dots
[]Tell me about the person in blue flame
[]What is with the sign
[]Your... your hair...
[]Snark
[]Other, please specify
(2/2)

>>24368022
>[x]Your... your hair...

Followed by asking for his member address

>>24368022
>[x]Your... your hair...
>[x]Snark

Snark, are you seeing this guy's hair? I mean, Snark, do you sense anything "off" about this guy?

Followed by EXPOSITION DUMP!
>[x]Tell me about the black dots
>[x]Tell me about the person in blue flame
>[x]What is with the sign

>>24368022
>[]Tell me about the black dots
>[]Tell me about the person in blue flame
>[]What is with the sign
>[]Your... your hair...

>>24368022
[x]Tell me about the black dots
[x]Tell me about the person in blue flame

"Greetings, I am Chen, the creator of the thread you responded too, yes. I'd like any information you have on the black dots you saw, as well as that fire you mentioned."

"Your... your hair..." You pause watching it flap carelessly in the breeze.

"Yes? What oof my hair? It is, how you say, very very pretty, yes? Look at my abs. Look at them." He begins gyrating his hips while holding eye contact with you.

"Snark, his hair. Is there anything off about him?" You ask mentally.

"He feels a bit like Shimabuku. Sort of going at their own pace." He responds.

"Greetings, I am Chen, the creator of the thread you responded too, yes. I'd like any information you have on the black dots you saw, as well as that fire you mentioned." You answer trying to keep your composure.

"Yees, of course. I can remember like it was yesterday, because it was. I was here, at ze wall. Trying to use raw awakeened male sexuality to pry it open and return ze gods to the world. As was my duty. I took a rest to summon an eagle from the noble canyon to rest on my arm, so I could have it whisper my name to the sky when ze sign." He indicates the red triangle.

"I see a sign carve through, like how you say... magic and man burst through. He surrounded by black dots, which seem to surround him. He pause and from behind, in the triangle, there was blue light and a boy comes out with two blades and cooverd in blue fire. They fight, and the black dot man take blue boys arm. Then suddenly, they are, how you say, gone!"He proclaims while shifting his gaze to shimabuku and continuing his thrusting.

"Yea, could you maybe... not do that?' Shimabuku asks causing the man to suddenly be soaking wet.

"Do what?" He asks.

(1/2)

"In the sign? Huh..." Snark asks, you see his avatar walking through the man and examining the sign.

"How did you not get discovered?" Lotus asks causing his gaze to shift to her.

He stands there for a few seconds before looking down at his chest. "Look at my pecs, you want to feel them, yes?" He asks making her shake her head.

"I hid, turning my handsomeness inward to prevent it from radiating out. I was save." He answers

Wat now?
[]We are done here
[]I love you and everything you stand for, gimme your member address.
[]Snark needs more time, let's hang out
[]Other, please specify

>>24368567
[x]I love you and everything you stand for, gimme your member address.

Hard Gayblin as a player character? Well why the hell not?

>>24368567
>[x]Snark needs more time, let's hang out

Could you describe how this boy with the two blades looked like? Or that other man that said boy was fighting?

>>24368567
>[x]I love you and everything you stand for, gimme your member address.
For despite our penis we are feminine and must worship this manly god

>>24368657
I'll second this.

You see snark poking and prodding the sign.

"Could you describe how this boy with the two blades looked like? Or that other man that said boy was fighting?" You ask making him give a dramatic sigh and put his hand over his heart.

"Ze boy, he not have much, how you say, uniformity. He look like a patchwork man with parts sewed on with orange and blue all over. Ze man, I no get good look at him. I remember he have white and black coolors, and very tall. Tall like me, but not so goo' looking" He answers as you see snark shrug and stick his arm in the sign.

He makes an odd face and pulls back, and when he turns to look at you he seems the same, sans arm. "Hey Anon, look! I've been disarmed! Ha ha ha ha!" He laughs, evidently finding it amusing

"I love you and everything you stand for. Let's be friends." You tell the overly macho man as he leans against a tree like it were a pole and he a dancer.

"I see, you wish to also find, how you say, way of being vary vary goo' looking? It shall be so. I must go now, I have been too long without seeing my reflection. I need it." he tells you before gating out of the area.

You are now in the field surrounded by your team mates

"Uh... good to see you making more male friends there Chen." Durga offers trying to look supportive.

"You made a weird face while looking at the sign, is everything alright?" Shimabuku asks.

Lotus continues to stare impassively at you

Wat say, wat do?
[]Write in

>>24368928

>Snark

Find out anything about that sign, Snark? It doesn't look too friendly to AIDAs. And if that guy was correct, that other patchwork boy with the blades was fighting off another guy infected with AIDA as well. Think the sign and him could be connected?

>Lotus & Durga

What did you guys think of Vividor's story? That part about that one boy with the twin blades could be something worth investigating.

Also, Lotus, could you check out this sign over here on the wall and see if you can see anything special about it?

>>24368928
>To Shimabuku

Let me tell you about my imaginary friend...

>>24369407

Seconding another mild infodump on Shimabuku. I kind of want to know if he wants to join Chen/Lotus/Durga on their quest to save the coma victims, but I don't want to call him out right away. He needs time to think o nthis.

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"Hold that thought for a second." You tell them before looking at snark as black dots form around his stump ad remake his arm.

"Find out anything about that sign Snark? Doesn't look to friendly to AIDAs. And if that guy was correct, that other patchwork boy with the blades was fighting off another guy infected with AIDA as well. Think the sign and him could be connected?" You ask causing him to nod.

"This Sign was made by a different hive, a massive one, could be the primary one. There were some more of the primary hive inside so I let them eat some scraps with no data in them. My core is fine. It is some sort of transport... like an AIDA chaos gate. No way of knowing where it leads unless we go through." He explains.

You then look to Lotus and Durga

"What did you guys think of Vividor's story? That part about that one boy with the twin blades could be something worth investigating.

Also, Lotus, could you check out this sign over here on the wall and see if you can see anything special about it?"

"If... if he got killed by the black dots, then doesn't that mean he is in a coma now? Not like finding out about him will do us any good." Durga offers while Lotus walks up to the sign.

"I do not see anything special Chen." She tells you making you shake your head. Worth a shot.

"Okay Shimabuku, let me tell you about my imaginary friend. His name is Snark, and he hates orange, both the color and the fruit. He is a black dot monster who lives inside my head and eats other black dots. We are trying to stop CC Corp from sending more people into comas because they get off on it. Why they get off on it, I have no idea. That is sort of our thing, you in?" You ask causing him to seem reflective.

(1/2)

"Is the scary sadist chick going to be there?" He asks causing you to shrug

"She may be involved with Moon Tree who kind of sort of scare the crap out of us, so maybe." You explain making him shrug

"Why the hell not, in for a penny and all that." He explains.

You now seem to have some time.

Order of business?
[]Make a guild
[]Tell them all you are a sexually ambiguous James Bond who sort of works for the government
[]Contact(Who?)
[]Explore the other Lost ground Luna told you about
[]Other, Please specify

>>24369868
Lets go through that Gate Snark was talking about.
... Wait that might backfire horribly..

Might as well check out the other lost places.

>>24369868
Maybe we could join Moon Tree? Figure out what is up with Mania and the ninja and also figure out if they're involved with CC Corp? We got an invitation from some chick didn't we?

We might as try to go through the gate as well

>>24369868
>[x]Explore the other Lost ground Luna told you about

Might be worth seeing if there are any more of those signs. Or other stuff. Lots of portentous stuff happens at Delta Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground.

>[x]Other

RL-speak to Haruko, make sure mics are muted:

"When do you think we should break it to them that we are (or were) agents investigating coma victims?"

>>24370260
When or if.

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You mute your mike and tap Haruko on the shoulder. She does the same and looks at you. "When do you think we should tell them about our jobs as agents?" You ask making her instantly shake her head.

"A little bit after the end of the world, why?" She asks.

"Just thought we should be clear on when we should break the old man's orders." You say.

You resume playing.

"Sorry about that, had to take care of a coffee... thing." You tell them, Lotus nodding to you. "There is one more place I wanna check out. The Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground." You tell them and you all gate away

You are now standing on a pathway that leads to a massive church bathed in twilight. The group looks around, and you notice snark shudder. "I do not like this place, not even sort of. It feels all.. bleh" He explains looking around.

"Last one there has to party with Mania!" Shimabuku shouts running up the the cathedral.

"Such a child." Lotus sighs while walking after him, you and Durga bringing up the rear.

You enter a massive church with ambient music playing in the background. Before you is a stand, where it looks like a statue used to be but no longer remains. You are the only ones here.

Wat do?
[]Look around, see if you can find anything.
[]Leave, if snark is uncomfortable something bad must be here
[]Other: Please specify

>>24370516
>[x]Look around, see if you can find anything.

Give the other guys a heads-up that our imaginary friend doesn't have a good feeling about this place.

>>24370516
>[]Look around, see if you can find anything.

"Spread out and look around. My imaginary friend says he has a bad feeling about this place..."

You spread out to see what you can find and...

roll 1d100!I take best of first three

Rolled 34

>>24370946

/tg/ dice, we offer you this post as a sacrifice. Please accept this paltry offering from us wretches, in the hopes that our fortunes will be high.

Rolled 20

>>24370946

Rolled 77

>>24370946

Rolled 21

>>24370946

Well lets call it here and continue from this on wednesay. Thanks for playing everyone!

As always don't forget to vote!

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