>Gerhard does a slight bow to the two princesses, and then turns to you and Takamaru.

>"I believe that they'll be here for quite a while, so is there anything that I could get for the two of you?" he asks.


"Umm... how about book on portrait sketching? Or something like a beginner's magic guide?" you ask.
"Hmm... Sylvie actually checked out just about all of the beginner magic guidebooks we have yesterday, but I'll see what I can do," Gerhard does a slight bow, and then turns to Takamaru. "And would you like anything?" he asks.
"I am unable to read, so that will be unnecessary," Takamaru replies.
"Ah. I'm sorry to hear that, reading is such an important skill to have... but no matter. Reinhold, I'll be back shortly."

With that, Gerhard walks off into the forest of bookshelves and disappears as usual.

"Hm... portraits?" Princess Luciana turns to you, a sly look on her face. "That's an interesting hobby you have there, Mr. Reinhold..."

>how do you respond?

>>27425355
>"Scraps of paper and charcoal from camp fires were all I could afford or scrounge in the army. It became an outlet."

First?

Rolled 5

>>27425355
Just something I do in my spare time, not very good at it I'm afraid.

>>27425355
[x] "You know what they say about idle hands."

>>27425429
>>27425355
Agree with this.

I just recently took it up, but I like it. Sketching people seems more of enjoyable than other things. And I don't have to leave the castle so I'm never to far away from my duty.

Also fuck yea reinhold. This should put me in a better mood. My chipped tooth is still aggravating me and I can't go to the dentist till Friday

>>27425355
>"I confess I am no great artist. However, i endeveor to find willing models to pose tastefully so i can practice and improve my skill. It has been hard to find them lately."

>>27425545
Something like that is rather out of character.

>>27425429
Something like this is better.

>writing

Perhaps we should draw back on the sketching a bit.

Relying on it as much as we have been lately makes the character a bit two dimensional.

>>27425618
Too many spergs for the classroom, so sense gets outvoted handily.

At least we seem to be over the whole "hur rhurr lets fuk princess!!"

Rolled 2

>>27425618
We're a soldier, who was raised by hoes in a fisherman village

I don't think we have many hobbies besides using a sword

>>27425618
The reason we are all over it right now is because we still need to sketch Nicollete tonight. After that im all aboard the magic train

>>27425644
they will start that again, if given the chance.
any one here feel that Marianne will grow up like Catherine the Great?

>>27425429
I like this one.

>>27425618
ok lets discuss on his other talents that was taught to him while he was a boy then.

is it better to lick from the bottom to top? or from top to bottom as an initiative?

>>27425691
The magic stuff is a bit dumb, honestly. Or rather, the way many people have approached it seems to be. Asking Sylvia to teach us was a bad idea, as several people noted at the time.

She's an apprentice, not a teacher, she has her own duties, we have our own duties, there are qualified teachers we could actually ask, etc etc.

And even with that aside, there's little reason to believe that we have the aptitude to be some great battle mage. I suppose there's not really any harm in approaching someone like that wizard knight to ask about things, but people have approached this as if we'll become an archmage by learning from Sylvia, which is an absolutely foolish assumption on many levels. People just need to settle down and, for once, not try to make the quest's protagonist a master of everything who ushers in social revolution.

>>27425618
hehe
draw back on the sketching

>>27425713
i am hoping for a queen victoria at least.

>>27425771
well magic and even magic theory may be useful to dabble in

we aren't trying to become archmage Reinhold but it would be helpful for us to know things like defending against mages or even minor defensive spells

>>27425771
learning magic for reinhold, atleast for me, is just a way for him to understand its strength and weaknesses when on a fight, not necessarily practicing it.

>>27425770
it really depends on the customer, personally i like it when they kiss the top first.

>>27425771
I never meant meant archmage fireball material, just a few cantrips that would make life easier for us. And yet again, when not guarding the princess we do have some time to burn

>>27425771
then we will have to drop in and pay a visit to her master then and see if we can learn a spell or two.

>>27425771
we asked Sylvia to get closer to her.
also this>>27425834
>>27425831
guys have it right.

>>27425904
Besides, a spell of Sense Poison never hurt anyone.

>>27425939
>nat 20 on Sense Poison
>"You detect every spider, everywhere, forever."

>>27425904
or a "stop from bleeding out" or a "cure light" spell can be invalueable.

>>27426008
>Reinhold is never able to sleep again.

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"It's just something I do in my spare time," you answer. "I'm not all that good at it, though."
"But still, that's not the kind of hobby that I'd expect from a master swordsman like yourself..." Luciana replies. "...though I'm sure that you have plenty of willing models, thanks to your newfound fame..." she says teasingly.
"Eh? It's not like that, I usually draw stuff like the scenery. plants, buildings, that kind of thing."
"Oh? So what's that book for, then?" she asks, now sounding a bit disappointed.
"Well, Nicolette lost a bet with me the other day, so I was going to sketch her later today..." you reply.
"Nicolette? Because of a bet, she... oh my!" Luciana says to you, a massive grin on her face. "Marianne! Your bodyguard certainly is the bold one, I think you might need to watch out!" she says, nudging Marianne with her elbow.
"I very much doubt that he's -that- stupid," Marianne replies, sighing. "And Nicolette is still a lady, despite how crude she usually is."

>say something
>laugh it off

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>>27426008
spidy sense indeed.

Rolled 4

>>27426036
"I don't understand what is with royalty and sketching pictures."

>>27426036
"Why does everyone automatically assume that it's going to be something risque?"

>>27426036

Laugh it off. Trying to be witty back will get us caught up in her game.

>>27426067
this, say it in a totally deadpan look and monotone voice.

"also we are just friends at the moment."

>>27426090
Disengaging rather than trying to be a clown is often wise.

>>27426036
>>say something

"Not like that."

>>27426036
>say something
"Nicolette a lady you say? (act like you are thinking, but obvouly you are hamming it up a bit) i wonder if we can find a proper dress for her to wear when i draw her. " i fully believe nicolette rarely wears a skirt, much less a good dress in her life, she is so much a tomboy. THIS WOULD BE GLORIOUS!

>>27426036
>laugh it off
"Haha, oh, you wish."

>>27425545
>>27426144
I assume that you are the same guy. Stop. Please stop. You make terrible suggestions and you are not eloquent.

>>27426036
[x] "Hah, no. This is mainly just for practice, so I won't be asking her to do anything like that."

>writing

>>27426173
look, we (the players/anon) know princess Luciana knows how to take it easy and be playful. so does the MC at this point. it's hard to find the right way and words to make innnuendo with her to work together with the MC to mess with princess Tsundere. and the bounse of seeing Nicolette wear fancy, girly, and probably higher class of cloths than she would wear normally. ALL TASTEFULLY DONE! no lewd!

>>27426327
This just screams "I want to make this a waifu game" comment. Am I the only one?

>>27426327
other guy is right
>>27425545 Is bad and out of character.
>>27426144 tone is just hard to read and doesn't fit. It's out of character as well our humor is mostly one liners.

>>27426440
No, it's a bad idea.

>>27426452
I don't want one, im saying that comment screams it

>>27426440
probably you. ghostdivision (of the strikers 89 fame) more or less has a lock on the "make a waifu out of the major female characters" thing.

"The Grapeist"

>>27426440
nope you are not the only one. I hope this doesn't turn that way. It's just not in character and I like our character. We get our job done the best we can. Also our character is no where near a ladies man.

>>27426443
in that case, care to offer a one liner that will fit here? Luciana seems to be a bro and playful, Marianne is lacking social understanding in how to be playful but she seems to keep her self in a shell. if we do this right, it might be harmless but enjoyable for all.
IF...
our QM Archelon allows this.
seriouly, Marianne stated she sees Nicolette as crude. if we can let the maids dress her up and doll her up with makeup. it might change her mind a bit. so Marianne won't look down on so many people.

"I don't understand why everyone always assumes that it's something risque..." you say, trying to laugh it off. "It's just a portrait sketch, that's all."
"Hmm..." Luciana looks at you intently. "Mr. Reinhold, perhaps..."
"Er... yes?"
"...you're a lot more purehearted than I took you for at first," she says, starry-eyed. "To have the opportunity to be all alone with a pretty girl and not want to do anything more than..."
"Luciana, that's enough," Marianne cuts her off.
"Aww, you're no fun!" Luciana says, pouting.

Just then, Gerhard shows up, taking care to avoid another misunderstanding with Takamaru.

"As I thought, Sylvie did indeed take all of our beginners' magic books. I apologize for that," he says with a bow. "However, I was able to find 'a beginner's guide to the joy of portraits,' by Georges Saint-Pierre."

He then places a rather large book in front of you before bowing again.

"If you need anything else, just call and I will be there."

With that, Gerhard seems to fade away into the scenery of the library, leaving the four of you (seemingly) alone.

>read your book
>say something
>[OTHER]

>>27426618
>read your book

i hope its not full of porn.

>>27426618
Read

>>27426618
Read da book. Let Lucianne continue if she wants, but we have pointers and skills to brush up on before we tackle the painting tonight

>>27426618
Read the book but take care not to zone out.

>>27426618
>>say something
that's a BEGINNER'S Guide? Damn.

>>27426560
Wrong thread

>>27426618
>Reading a book written by GSP
>Not learning about our ground game

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>>27425331
I hope i didn't miss much, this is my favorite quest.

>>27426657
>implying rein gets flustered easily by naked women.

>>27426618
Reinhold, overcome by a desire to draw starts to doodle all sorts of swords; Longswords, shortswords, broadswords, and even a claymore or two.

>>27426618
[x] Read.

>>27426720
Then Takamuras long curved sword catches Reinhold's eye. Obsession takes firm hold in his mind's eye as he starts to draw this foreign blade

>>27426707
>Rein walks in while nicolette is changing
"WA!? REIN!!!"
"you should reconsider the color of the underwear your wearing, you look better in white"
"!!!!??"
"also laces are so last year"

>>27426618
Read. and maybe point out that some of the risque pictures aren't really that bad.(from brothel experience of course).

>>27426707
>>27426755
In all honesty i can see him doing that and knowing alot about how a women can charm a man and maybe vice versa.

>>27426720
That's a little phallic don't you think, Doctor Freud

>writing

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>>27426618

>>27426784
get your mind out of the gutter

>>27426666
i second this

>>27426784
I dont know what your talking about good sir, Reinhold is a pure hearted young maid

>>27426784
I have a feeling he has experience with phallic objects.

>>27426800
Who because of his expose to such lewd things as a child made him extra pure.

>>27426780
>>27426755
oh god, now i am imagining him sketching lingerie all day...

>>27426749
Takamura: "Reinhold..you have interest in my sword?"

Reinhold blushes as was so focused he didnt even notice Takamuras gaze
"Ugh...yes, your sword caught my eye its simply the most exotic blade ive ever seen"

>>27426834
Hell slutty and flirty girls probably do nothing to him.

>>27426853
They probably bring back bad memories even.

>>27426839
Takamura: "I usually dont let other men hold my blade...but i suppose a fellow warrior is the only kind of man who can truly appreciate it"

Reinhold grabs the hilt and takes closer inspection of the blade
"Its only sharp on one edge and the curve is exaggerated much more then the swords im used to"

>>27426822
>>27426800
Playing Reinhard has been like tap dancing through a minefield for me, because most horrible jokes are a bit too real for him.

"Well, it could've been worse. We could've been raped."
"5 copper for basic play, 25 for simulation. Half off on Forceful Fridays."
"... God dammit, Reinhard."

>>27426834
we should totally be a fashion designing master swordsman at some point.

>>27426927
Actually, I don't think anyone but us know's we grew up in a brothel.

We told the Princess we were an orphan, but not where we grew up.

>>27426898
what probably turns him on are shy and bashful and/or innocent type of girls. the exact opposet of he whose he grew up around.

>>27426941
Yeah, I meant in a metagaming sense. Challenging to get into his head.

>>27426927
No one knows our background except maybe the king and maybe the monsters in the castle.

>>27426947
Either this or he like girls that get to the point and are straight forward.(so lewd mage or tomboy knight have a chance)

>>27426921
Takamura: "You seem to have quite the interest in my blade Reinhold"

Reinhold looks into Takamura's eyes and says
"I don't know, I think mine is a fairly healthy interest and curiosity towards swords"

>>27426941
>>27426976

well.. maybe some nobles might recognize us, but it has been quite some time...

>>27426963
True, I think that's part of why we're quiet most of the time.

"Heh, that reminds me of that time I saw Stretchy Sarah take three men."

Doesn't really work in royal conversation.

>>27427019
"And her mouth was still free to berate me for doing things wrong."

people are talking more about the MC than the waifu's?
well this is a first.

>>27426927
>>27426963
TG actually RP'ing in character?

Even when it comes to waifuing?

I am amazed.

>>27427047

Ninja'd.

>>27427016
Oh god, i don't know what we would do in that situation.
>>27427019
That got a chuckle out me and the only way i can see him saying that is if he is talking to old friends or explaining his past.

>>27427016
Nah, we were in a small fishing village brothel, not the one in the capital.

>>27427047
also majority are more interested on the male NPC's for quite sometime.
i guess this quest is quite universal.

>>27427002
Reinhold: "Lately ive been feeling my sword might be inadequate, perhaps i should get an enchantment of penetration, though sylvie told me she could put a 'sturdiness spell' on my sword"

Takamura's unease grows for Reinhold has been handling his sword for some time

>>27427043
"Funny enough that was a pleasant memory since some one filled that hole up quite quickly." cue chuckle

>>27427019
"You want any help with the wash?"

"Oh, you don't have to."

"No, it's fine, I have lots of experience. Well, mostly washing tearstains out of pillowcases, but I imagine it's similar enough."

"Er."

Be careful introducing your homebrew settings to /tg/; we just might take a liking to them.

>>27427065
Some nobles could go traveling or are trying to hide that they went to one.
>>27427097
It is mainly because we don't much information about the mc and there is still alot of the world we haven't touched upon.

>>27427125
>tearstains
Anon please there was a lot more worse stains that we had to clean up then tears, hell tears probably meant less cleaning for us.

As you'd much prefer to avoid any more of Princess Luciana's innuendos, you open the book on sketching that Gerhard brought you. It starts with the absolute basics, and then moves on to different forms of shading, line weight, foreshortening, and several other techniques. As you never actually read a proper book on this before, there's a lot of things here that you'd never even thought of before. You almost feel like an actual artist!

Every so often, you make a point to check on what Marianne and Luciana are doing... though it's mostly giggling about such-and-such character or various rants about plot developments in the books that they're reading.

And Takamaru... just stands beside a bookshelf, never letting down his guard.

This continues for several hours, until Marianne closes her book and stands up.

"As much as I do enjoy reading, I'd like to get some tea now," she says.
"Oh? Teatime already?" Luciana replies. "I'd -completely- lost track of time! I guess time really does go by faster when you're with friends~" she says, hugging onto Marianne's arm.

You expect Princess Marianne to have some backhanded comment in response, but she simply looks at Luciana and sighs.

"Come on, let's get going. I'd prefer not to have the tea go cold before we even get to the courtyard," Marianne says as she walks towards the door, Luciana still attached to her.

>how do you react?

>>27427103
Reinhold then takes out his sword, curious to compare them side by side

>>27427166
Stand up, put book down and get back to guarding.

>>27427166
bring the book and follow

>>27427166
Marianne seems to sigh so often...

>Open the door for Marianne and Luciana
>"Trust in your servants, Princess. They are more competent than you give them credit for."

>>27427166
Put the book down, bring it with us if possible, and go ahead of them. Takamaru will take the back, keep our eyes open.

>>27427166
Bring the book with us.

>>27427170
Reinhold: "Yours certainly has the reach Takamura, but mine has the weight and girth to support it"

>>27427166
Let them go. They probably want to catch up and besides, we're in the royal palace. What's the worst that could happen?

>>27427166
Close the book and follow them (or take it if we can). Can't let Reinhold go slack on work or hobbies.

>>27427166
follow silently and bring the book with us to study more.

>>27427194
>>27427193
a combo of these gets my vote.

>>27427166
[x] Leave the book. We can pick it up later. Re-engage WATCHFUL PROTECTOR mode.

>>27427194
this
>>27427193
Then this

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>>27427201
"...now let's see if you can /handle/ it."

>>27427201
>>27427247

Reinhold: "NICOLLETTE on the other hand has more reach then both of ours combined!"

>>27427166
we leave the book, we can get it later. fallow the princess. act all professional but keep a keen eye on how the princesses are interacting with each other. i swear Marianne is acting so much diffrent than normal. either that, she's completely happy and is slipping OOC.

>>27427193
This please, we need our threadly dose of being snarky.

>>27427260
this is reaching /d/ territory

>writing

>>27427260
Reinhold: "Though regardless of reach or girth, Arnaud the butler surely has skills to rival the greatest of nations"

"I asked arnaud on my knees, begging him please to teach me his ways"

>>27427316
It was alread /cm/ and /hm/ territory.

>>27427366
/lgbt/ is our goal here

>>27427351
Reinhold: "You should have seen Monique shrink at the very thought of going toe to toe with the infamous Arnaud"

Too gay for me, I'm out.

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>>27427316
i make a couple of posts that most anons think we're trying to be lewd but only want to get necolette into a fancy dress when MC draws her. everyone blows up and complains we're OOC.

a whole Bunch of posts about MC and Takamaru going down to Yaoi town and no one complains.

pic related.

Rolled 18

>>27427166
Can we take a piece of scrap paper and pen,

test what we read?

>>27427398
>Too gay for me
Nigga this website loves trap and just a little text between anons is too gay/

>>27427398
At what point did you thing /tg/ stood for anything other than Totally Gay?

>>27427404
It mainly the anti waifu guys.

>>27427404
Reinhold: "You should have seen me deck Monique with such force he bled all over the floor, too shook up to even walk on his own"

>>27427404
That's because the gay innuendo is obviously a joke, and not a serious suggestion as to what we should say. Or at least any rational person should regard it as such.

Personally, I think its pretty funny.

>>27427426
they are shitting up this thread. i wish they stopped so we can have some plot advancement.

>>27427455
they do have a point, but they are almost as bad as the waifu guys.

>>27427430
Reinhold: "Though lately ive had my fair share of beating, Nicolette gave me such a beating with her spear, giving me a blow to the head to powerful as to ring in my ear"

"But in the end i showed her that my soul was as unbending as the steel of my sword and brought here to her knees"

>>27427471
Could you stop please?

You are officially beating a dead horse.

>>27427471
>>27427481
Reinhold: "But the most memorable moment in that duel was when I used my secret technique on her, dubbed 'THROW SWORD ATTACK'!"

>>27427471
dude, stop, you're going to push the thread to post limit faster with your crap spamming.

...the entire thread just went bold.
That's odd.

>>27427523
looks the same to me

>>27427523
All of 4chan is like that.
Moot fucked something anally.

>>27427523
The font? It's normal for me. Sounds like a browser issue.

>>27427523
I thought it was just me

>>27427523
That happened to me when I was using Firefox.

>>27427540
Nevermind, it's fixed.

>>27427540
>>27427541
What are you guys using? I'm on Firefox.

>>27427523
ಠ_ಠ
that isn't good. STOP THE GAY SPAM! the almighty moot is not happy with it!

>>27427523
That's happened to me before. Just ignore it and it should fix itself eventually.

>>27427523
That's been happening periodically throughout the week. Nobody seems to know why.

>>27427558
who's moot?

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You close your book and leave it on the table, then move to open the door for the two princesses. You then follow them to the courtyard, fortunately without any of Luciana's usual teasing comments.

When you reach the courtyard, you do your usual thing of checking that it's safe before holding the door open for the ladies, and then you follow closely behind.

"Aah, the courtyard's as pretty as always! Your gardener certainly does a wonderful job!" Luciana says excitedly as she looks at the garden.
"Yes, it is a pleasant sight," Marianne replies, walking to the table and taking a seat.
"I guess that the warmer climate down here makes for better growing weather..." Luciana says as she examines a rosebush and then takes a seat besides Luciana at the table. "Yet another thing for me to be jealous of, I guess."
"I'm sure that the flowers you have back in Marconetti are just as nice," Marianne replies.
"Yes, but they take so long to grow, and then they don't last very long..." Luciana says to her, pouting.

As the two princesses go on about gardening, Arnaud enters the courtyard. This time, however, he's balancing a teaset on each hand.

>>27427588
>[1/2]

>>27427556
I was on Firefox, happened to me, too.

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>>27427576
the admin and site founder. he is the near god of 4chan and his word is LAW. do not annoy him.

>>27427556
I'm using a phone and it happened to me.

>>27427576
Hello new friend.

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>>27427576
How new are you?

>>27427666
Been hanging around since May, but I haven't really gotten to know much about the place. I've only tagged on to a few quests and such

>>27427576
Wrenloft, Wrenloft plz.

>>27427588
I was planning on noting how the king selected us to guard his daughters chastity or maybe insinuate the king has a harem but meh

>Inb4 Nicolette thinks we were planning on sketching her nude as well, and disrobes while our back is turned after she arrives for the sketch.

>>27427576
Some guy. Don't worry about it.

>>27427678
At least you didn't start out or get tainted by /b/.

>>27427678
okay then some advice people tend to not like namefags. Tg is just about the chillest board there is. I'd suggest losing the name at some point if you go to some of the other boards. Also lurk moar.

>>27427707
Hey, /b/ serves a very important role as a containment zone for newfags to get all their newfaggyness out in.

>>27427693
I'm preeeeeetty sure we went over this with them to calm Sylvie down when she was having her spaghetti attack.

At least I really hope we did.

>>27427717
It's /tg/, never capitalize the T and never leave out the slashes.

>>27427719
true, but they usually spill over to other boards after they get bored with it.

>>27427588
>[2/2]

"Eheh, I must admit that it was rather difficult to open the door like this," he says, laughing.
"Oh, Mr. Arnaud!" Luciana turns towards him ansd clasps her hands together. "It's so nice to see you again!"
"Likewise, my dear Luciana," Arnaud replies as he places both teasets onto the table and proceeds to place a cup at each place. "I take it that your father is doing well?"
"Yes, though not quite as well as you are," she replies, smiling. "Back pains, arthritis, the usual. It's hard to believe that he's actually younger than you, from the way I've heard him carry on..."
"Yes, well age affects everyone differently," Arnaud replies as he fills the cups with tea. "I simply got lucky."

Arnaud fills Marianne's, Luciana's and then your cup... but stops when he actually gets a good look at Takamaru.

"...oh? An Eastern swordsman is your bodyguard, Princess Luciana?" he says, a surprised look on his face.
"Yes, Father's taken an interest in that part of the world so he's been hiring more and more people from there," Luciana replies.
"I see. Would you prefer that I prepare you some green tea, Mr..."
"Takamaru. And no, what you have here is fine. Thank you," Takamaru replies.
"Ah, no problem then!"

And so, Arnaud finishes pouring the Takamaru's tea and then places the teapot on the table before leaving.

>say something
>drink your tea
>[OTHER]

>>27427719
That feel when I never went through the /b/ phase just went straight to /tg/.

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>>27427717
But if Wrenloft stops namefagging, who will we yell at to charge up the luck-o-meter so he can roll a nat20 at the single most important time imaginable? You can't just yell at anybody to charge up the luck, it has to be Wrenloft.

>>27427727
Well we didn't actually spell it out we just reassured her we didn't have anything weird in mind

And given Nicolette's personality she might just decide that it is fine to do a nude or she might do it just to screw with Reinhold

Or because she wants to screw Reinhold

>>27427750
>>drink your tea

>>27427750
>>drink your tea

>>27427750
>drink your tea
Just drink tea.

>>27427750
>Ask on what occassions Luciana's and Marianne's fathers have met in the past (if ever)

Polite conversational tone, find out more about fathers, talk about a subject mentioned already.

>>27427750
I swear Arnuad has been everywhere
Dude is like Old Archer from Maoyuu

Ask Takamaru about the green tea he was offered, what is it like compared to the black tea we usually drink

>>27427750
>[OTHER]
make small talk with Takamaru while we drink our tea.
"Green Tea? i never tried any of that. i wonder how it tastes."

>>27427727
>Ask if Luciana's and Marianne's fathers have ever met each other, and on what occasions.

Polite conversation, go searching for background info, and on a subject everyone who's talking is familiar with.

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>>27427750
Drink your tea, Professer.

>>27427750
>>drink your tea

>>27427751
Perhaps you should be there now?

>>27427750
Drink the tea, after the princesses each take their first step of course. Folks don't stand on manner too much here, for royalty, but it doesn't hurt to remember ours.

>>27427751
It can be helpful for understanding the board but it is good to avoid picking up their habits

>writing

>God, stop asking to draw everyone, you're playing him so two-dimensional
>better never say anything, ever.
>suddenly afraid of consequences for every single action, ever.
>turns a talkative, witty character into a reticent wall of silence

Oh, /tg/.

>>27427894
Yeah. I kind of get sick of how often we just choose to sit quietly in all these things.

>>27427894
Why cant they just accept that Reinhold wants to hoist the rainbow flag?

>>27427894
We always mostly just spoke when spoken to while on duty.

>>27427907
its the job

>>27427912
Reinhold probably doesn't want to hoist any flag.

>>27427916
Oh I know why we do it. It's perfectly reasonable too. It's just also boring.

>>27427912
Because the vast majority of the howling voices that make up his consciousness don't want to?
Instead we seem to want to fuck the castle, our weapon or TURKEY LEGS instead

>>27427907
For the most part we really don't have much we need to say while the Princess is just going about her daily routine except when we have a witty quip, but we can't exactly go around shooting out turbo-puns at literally every opportunity to open our mouth since that would get old for everyone involved very fast.

>>27427932
They want to sketch phallic symbols and ladies holding phallic symbols

>>27427946
No, that was one guy beating a dead horse. So far we've drawn a beat up pile of wood and are planning to draw a relatively attractive female.

>>27427930
Might be boring as gameplay I guess, but it's still a good read. If you're here solely for interactivity then yeah, this probably isn't the quest for you.

>>27427957
I want to do this soon.

Also, I want Reinhold to be more pure. He should be the purest quest MC

>>27427962
Oh I'm not upset or anything. I still enjoy the quest. It's just that making the same exact non-choice thread after thread after thread gets pretty tiring. Wish Archelon would either streamline it or /tg/ would actually try to be talkative.

>>27427962
Well, for now anyway.

I imagine at some point we'll be met with sudden explosions of gratuitous violence, complete with death, screams, panicking civilians, and fire, probably lots of fire. Its really less a matter of IF and more of WHEN, because you know it has to happen at least once.

>>27427962
We'll start being more interactive soon, you'll see.

>>27427968
>pure
>orphan raised in a whorehouse

I have some bad news for you...

>>27428008
No! He is the purest!

>>27427968
Well I want Reinhold to have casual sex with Nicolette and possibly also Sylvie and/or Monique.

>>27427968
I don't think we have enough seals for that.

>>27428008
>orphan
>Not being sold for 5 pieces of silver

>>27428031
>Monique
>Monique
>Monique

No want. No want.

>>27428008
Hey, this world has been shockingly noblebright thus far.

Until informed otherwise I'm operating under the assumption that any horrible things during our childhood fell on the "builds character" side of the spectrum, rather than the "horrible trauma/ruined innocence" side.

>>27428031
Reinhard is a chaste, purehearted man. He is waiting for his true love. This is his youthful rebellion against his whorehouse upbringing

>>27428044
Nonsense. We're going to pull his hair and call him a pretty girl.

>>27428037

Ah god damn anon my ribs just exploded.

>>27428049
Reinhold. HOLD!!

I have a similarly named character in a D&D game. I get em mixed up all the time.

He's an antipaladin

>>27428037
>silver
"Why waste good silver on mere boy i'll pay 10 pieces of copper instead my good sir."

>>27428045
Pretty much this. He's a good, pure warrior. He's probably never even held a girl's hand.

>>27428087
"His arse has never known the touch of another man, and his heart is that of a pure yound maiden, or so ive been told..."

>>27428094
Well I wouldn't go THAT far, at our age that would just be strange.

>>27428111
At our age, it's strange to be a master swordsman. The reason he is so good is because all the headspace and time that could have been spent on women was instead spent on swords. His head was filled with nothing but swords.

>>27428095
>"His arse has never known the touch of another man
Well I wouldn't go THAT far, at our age that would just be strange.

>>27428120
His whole life was a world of swords.

>>27428095
"aye that does sound good, but i can't in good mind buy such an uncouth boy at that price. who has has an ass of a young maiden.....I'll raise the price to 20 coppers"

You quietly drink your tea as the princesses have a conversation about flowers, the merits of different kinds of teas, various people they don't like (fortunately, your name wasn't included), and various other things that you weren't really paying attention to.

They carry on for a while, but eventually the tea runs out and Marianne takes it as a sign that it's time to go.

"Oh? Where to now, Marianne?" Luciana asks as Marianne gets up from her seat.
"I guess it's up to you? I'd be fine with the library, but I don't know if you'd be happy spending the entire day in there," Marianne replies.
"Hmm... I know!" Luciana says, clapping her hands. "How about you show me around the castle? It's been a long time since we used to run around here as little girls, I'm sure that it's a lot different now!"
"It's actually pretty much the same, but I have no problem if that's what you want to do," Marianne replies as she heads for the door.

You then meander through the castle, with Marianne explaning each and every room that you pass as Luciana greets all the various servants who she recognizes from when she was younger. Though it's rather mundane, you find it to be a pretty good refresher on where everything is.

>[1/2]

>>27428142
"You drive a hard bargain sir, but il not part with his ass for anything short of 50 coppers"

>>27428161
"that is a mighty deal indeed, but i will only accept it on the condition that the boy be groomed and have his petty pride beaten out of him, by the time my coach arrives for the lad"
looking at Reinhold
"soon my boy we shall see how much of a women ye can be."

>>27428149
>[2/2]

As you're passing by the library number four, you hear footsteps approaching.

"Princess Marianne!? Ah, there you are!" Melanie says as she runs towards you, finally stopping in front of Marianne.
"...Melanie?" she replies, clearly surprised.
"Y... yes," Melanie coughs out, doing her best to catch her breath. "I... I have a message from the King..."
"Eh? From Father?"
"Yes, he wanted me to tell you that he'd like to have dinner with you and Princess Luciana tonight, for old times' sake," Melanie says, finally back to normal.

You glance over at the Princess, and her expression is one of genuine happiness. From the few days you've known her, you never expected that she was even capable of it.

"Finally able to have dinner with your father... that's wonderful, Marianne!" Luciana says, a warm smile on her face.
"Y... yes," Marianne replies, trying to regain her composure. "Melanie, did he say when?" she asks.
"Umm, he's actually in the dining hall right now," Melanie replies as she adjusts her glasses. "Would you like me to tell him that you were doing something else, or..."
"No, we'll be heading down right now," Marianne replies.

Still smiling, Princess Marianne does a total about face and heads towards a nearby stairwell.

>how do you react?

>>27428236
Awww shiiieeet!

We king now!

>Be cool, baby.

>>27428236
Be extra professional.

>>27428236

"...Just to be certain is there anything I shouldn't do among the king? I would like to know now then afterwards."

>>27428233
"Its a deal, Reinhold thank the nice man hes just bought you for ten times what Stretchy Susie costs"

>>27428236
Give us a smile

>>27428272
*Reinhold stabs the man through the stomach with his sharp steel sword, spilling his intestines everywhere*

>>27428236
Ask if there's anything in particular we should keep in mind for our behavior in front of the king.

>>27428287
Narrator: Thus begins the tale of Reinhold, the Swordsman with pure blood stained heart of a maiden

>>27428236
We get to meet the king and from what little we know of him, he seems like a super cool guy. I'm gonna go with "excited but trying to play it cool".

>>27428236
>"Finally able to have dinner with your father... that's wonderful, Marianne!" Luciana says, a warm smile on her face.

What in the blazes.

Be extra careful, ask for pointers.

>writing

>>27428236
Fetch our dinner sword.

>>27428455
your butter knife, as requested, sir

>>27428455
fetch our fancy wear and puff out our chest Ifoine negans

As you walk, you turn towards Princess Marianne.

"Um, is there anything in particular that I should or shouldn't do in front of the King?" you ask, doing your best to hide how EXTREMELY NERVOUS you are. "Just to make sure beforehand."
"Just don't do anything stupid in front of him and you should be fine," Marianne replies without even looking at you. "He has a lot more tolerance for foolishness than I do, after all."
"...will do," you say with a salute, though it's not like she sees it.
"Ehehee~ so it's your first time meeting the King, Mr. Reinhold?" Luciana turns to you, a teasing grin on her face.
"Yeah. He's the one who assigned me to this post, but I've never actually met him in person," you reply.
"He's kind of like... Sir Vincent? But less scary, and more... I don't know... loud? I'm not quite sure how to put it," Luciana says, placing her hand on her chin. "He's pretty much the total opposite of my father, though."

Luciana then places her hand on Marianne's shoulder and leans in close.

"You're suuuuuuper excited to finally be able to have dinner with your dear old Daddy, aren't youuu~" she says teasingly.
"...could you please stop that?" Marianne replies, blushing profusely.
"To be honest, I've always been jealous of your relationship with your father. I'm my father's seventh child and he's all stuffy so we've never been all that close, but you get your father all to yourself~" she says, giggling.
"Yes, I do feel sorry for you," Marianne replies as she tries to cover her face.
"Aww, you're blushing! Mr. Reinhold, isn't she just adorable?"

>how do you respond?

>>27428586
"She certainly has her moments."

>>27428586
>it's a trap
>Cough awkwardly and avoid eye contact

>>27428586
"Of course Princess Luciana."

>>27428586
"Well, it's certainly nice to see her so excited."

>>27428586
"I hm what? Sorry princess, a bit distracted. Got some, got some serious bodyguarding to do. Can't, uh, can't have anything happening on the way to meet the king."

>>27428586
Ask her if having dinner with her father is a rarity. Obviously as King he'd be considerably busier than the average father, but Luciana is making out like it never happens at all.

>>27428586
"Of course".

>>27428586
"The utmost."

Seems to me we got some Electra shit going on.

>>27428586
"She is beyond adorable Princess Luciana. I have not yet found the words to adequately describe her."

>writing

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>>27428586
So Marianne has a father complex.

Wonder if we can use this to level up our relationship...

>>27428744
Of course! All we have to do is be her father!

>>27428744
Dress up as her father and visit in the dead of night...

Speaking of fathers did we actually find out who Sylvie's father was or not? I can't remember

>>27428586
>"He has a lot more tolerance for foolishness than I do, after all."
>Marianne blushing when her relationship with him is brought up
>The king is the kind of guy who takes a look at someone and goes 'you know what? I think I'd like to have that guy guarding my daughter with his life.'
Brace yourselves men. This guy is probably going to be chewing through the scenery like a fat man goes through twinkies.

Come one people, archelon is obviously trying to point out that it's quite strange that the King doesn't seem to regularly have dinner with his daughter, twice in consecutive posts.

"You do not meet with your father often?" we could ask.

But that way lies a trap. Might be better to spring it now.

>>27428789
He didn't just look at us. He's the kind of guy who goes "You know what? I'm going to have a sword tourney to find my daughter's next bodyguard."

>>27428782
I'd bet it's Sir Vincent.

>>27427894
>God, stop asking to draw everyone, you're playing him so two-dimensional
I'm pretty sure that (>>27425618) was a poorly-executed pun.

>>27428801
We already knew that, as evidenced by not having met him before now. Seems like it could be a painful thing to bring up. We could ask that at the next convenient moment I guess though.

>>27428808
That's the sort of feeling I am getting but then if it seems to evident I think it can't be right

>>27428789

It's going to be Brian Blessed isn't it.

"MY GOOD BOY, I HEAR YOU HAVE FIT IN WELL INTO YOUR NEW JOB."
"Yes your maj-"
"EXCELLENT EXCELLENT NOW LET'S EAT."

Alright guys, place your bets! Is the King going to be:

A: Killed horribly
B: Revealed to be secretly evil all along
C: Killed horribly then forced to be evil by a necromancer and/or demon using his soul as a meat puppet

>>27428782
he's the head mage

>>27428801
>>27428818

Let's ask it after dinner, to give the princess a chance to talk about herself to us.

>>27428825
A

>>27428825
All of the above. He was killed horribly a long time ago and this is his horrible meat puppet self.

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>>27428825
D:Initiates world conquest to prevent his daughter from being married off in some Hapsburg plan.

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>>27428825
Guarding the king while hes on a ride we encounter a giant dragon

We decide to face the dragon so his majesty can get back to the castle and call fo reinforcements

But its too late, by the time they arrive we are a pile of burned flesh, barely protected by our enchanted armor

The only thing to be done is to fit us in some enchanted full plate armor to help suppress the constant agony we suffer from our flesh

"*COUGH* What? I-*COUGH* I don't think I caught that," you reply nervously, trying to avoid playing into another of Luciana's games.
"Boo~ you're no fun!" Luciana replies, pouting.
"A-anyways, is it really that rare for you to have dinner with the King?" you ask Marianne, trying to change the subject.
"...yes. He's normally quite busy throughout the day so I don't really get to see him as often as I'd like," she replies.
"Which is -all- the tiiime~" Luciana chimes in.
"ANYWAYS," Marianne says with a sigh, "I normally skip having a proper dinner and just have some food sent to my room because I don't see much of a point in having dinner alone. But this is a special occasion, I suppose."

After some more teasing, you finally make it to the dining hall. Marianne hurries through the open door, followed by Luciana, you, and Takamaru.

>[1/?]

>>27428899
Bet you guys that the king is hypnotoad

>>27428899
"Aww, well you could have dinner with me and Nicolette and Sylvie at least."

>>27428942
>eating with the proles

As if the princess would eat more than a meal with us.

>>27428857
what anime is this from

>>27428899
Wait a second
Does the king not eat?

>>27428956
Google it, bro.

>>27428956
Fate/Zero. That's Broskander aka Alexander the Great.

>>27428957
When he's not having a formal dinner with an important someone or other he probably just has a quick informal meal in between important King business. At least that's the logical conclusion I'm drawing from what we've been told so far.

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>>27428957
Not in public, anyway. Typically he'll just have a criminal sent down to the treasury-lair every other week.

>>27425771
Wanting some magic to enhance our abilities as a guardsman and swordsman does not mean we want to become a jack of all trades or battle mage. I don't know why people keep making that mistake.

>>27429010
Eh, we should just become even better swordsmen. Break beyond the conventional

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>>27428857
>>27428976
Just fair warning, that pic is not in any way representative of the overall tone of that show, with the exception of a few scenes here and there.

Pic related is probably a more accurate one-image summery of what you can expect.

>>27429014
A couple of healing spells and the ability to block, dispell, or counter magic are kind of important though, the first to save ours or the princesses life in case of attack, the second in case we're attacked by a mage.

Sword isn't the answer to everything, it's just what we're good at and some supplements to our swording are not amiss.

>>27429034
Or we could enchant our sword so we can use it to chop spells out of the air before they hit.

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>>27428899
>[2/2]

Sitting at the head of the table, you see a large man. Not -quite- as huge as Sir Vincent, but still quite large, with short blonde hair and a full beard. He looks nothing like Marianne, but you can tell from his clothing and where he's sitting that this man is the king of this country, Thierri Valentin Yves Granache.

"Haha! There's my adorable little Marianne!" he exclaims as he rises from his seat and races towards Marianne, lifting her in the air with ease. "It's nice to finally be able to have dinner with my baby girl!" he continues, a wide grin on his face.
"F... father, could you please put me down...?" Marianne says, her face beet-red.
"Ah, sorry about that. You know how I get, I just couldn't help myself!" he then turns to Luciana. "And Princess Luciana, it's always nice to see you! I do hope you're not too mad at me for turning you down, though..."
"Don't worry, I was actually expecting it," Luciana replies. "I can't deny that I'm more than a bit disappointed, though."
"Can't help being a heartbreaker, even after all these years..." the King says, "Your eldest sister still has a grudge against me, you know!" he says, laughing.

And then he turns to you.

"And this is the legendary swordmaster Reinhold!" the King says, taking you hand in his and giving it a FIRM shake. "I know that Marianne can be a handful, but I do hope that you can hang in there!"

>how do you reply?

>>27429062
>Aquaman
I FUCKING KNEW IT

>>27429034
>>27429059
What are you talking about. We just have to cut the spell.

>>27429062

Do fish have anything interesting to say or is it all just gobley gook?

>>27429068
No, not cut.

Parry.

We will parry magic.

We will parry fucking everything.

Including tornadoes.

>>27429062
"Oh it's no problem at all. I'm enjoying the job so far."

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>>27429059
>Gandalfr style anti magic

Please no. Magic resistance because FAITH or PURITY is the way to go.

>>27429065
I am laughing so hard right now.
Was torn between using either a picture of him or Iskandar this time, but Aquaman's blonde so yeah.

>>27428825
none, he is going to live long enough to see his great granddaughter/son.

>>27429062
"Well, I've always been the one for a challenge."

>>27429062
No your majesty, she has been no trouble at all. And thank you again for allowing me to keep your daughter safe sir

>>27429062
"If you don't mind, sir, *why* is Princess Luciana holding a grudge against you?"

>>27429062
"It is a ğleasent position for me. The food is more than enough to make up for when princess is not in a good mood. And she is not nearly as bad as most people think her to be. Thank you for choosing me to be here."

>>27429062
"Your daughter has proven to be an...enlightening experience."

>>27429062
>Thierri Valentin Yves Granache
>not Thierri Valentin Yves de Granache
So the country is named for the royal bloodline and not the other way around? I wonder if that means the kingdom's young or if its name changes. Certainly rules out a system of de jure territories.

Anyway, "I'm doing quite well so far, I think. Though maybe her opinion on that might matter more."

>>27429096
fuck, I meant

"Princess Luciana's sister"

>>27429096
It was her older sister and it's for turning her down.

>>27429062
Whatever small challenge it may be to guard your daughter is offset by your generosity my King.

>>27429089
man. i heard the whole thing in his voice. its so amazingly good

Im a loyal servant of the crown sir, its my honour to guard the crowns princess.

>>27429102
This!

>>27429096
Because he turned her down, it was in the last thread.

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>>27429086
>Relying on passive skills to beat up mages

Pfff, Noble Phantasms and Class Skills are for babies. The mage can't curse you if you stab his magic to death, then stab him to death.

>>27429115
see >>27429110

And it's just conversation to elaborate.

>>27429062
this >>27429102

>>27429062
"I still haven't received my monetary prize, your lordship"