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>>27442581
Time to hoof it for our "friend"


Kinda quiet tonight huh.

>>27442581
Time to get our Heal on.

>>27442581
Go and play Team Medic. We need those Waifu Points.
For now.

>>27442581
As curious as I am at the sound, now does seem like a excellent chance to get our Waifu points up. At the rate we have been going so far, it's would take forever to reach 1.0 waifu

>>27442581
First things first, lets go see what's wrong with Anon-kun. The kitchen can wait.

Running to Anon's aid. Writing.

>>27442581
Heal the bastard, while channeling The Medic. Our name sounds just Germanic enough that we can get away with it, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc

>>27442581
Guess we gotta help Anon this time.

Can our Ki Skills make out/see what it is from where we are?

You spare another glance to the kitchen, jogging to the front entrance. Weird. You're not getting any ping that there's something wicked or anything strong in ki that way either. So, probably not an antagonist over there. You actually don't know what the range on your evildar is, come to think of it, so who knows. Maybe it's Riritu.

"Miko!" Konoko shouts, a little exasperated. Weird. Oh well.

You hurry to the anteroom, and see Anon collapsed just on the lip in to the house, held in Konoko's arms, face puffed up in bruises, blood dripping from his nose, and god damn it he lost his shirt again. Why does he keep doing this? He looks up at the sight of you, giving a smile- not missing any teeth you notice.

"S-S-Sorry...Miko-chan. I just had to find out..." Then he slumps over. What a little bitch, the damage is entirely cosmetic.

"Anon-kun?" Konoko shakes Anon. He makes some kind of moaning noise, but is otherwise unresponsive, "Anon-kun, are you okay?" Konoko glances left then right, then leans in and whispers something to him. No response. Konoko nods, shoves him off of her lap, and stands up, "Yep. Out cold."

"What'd you say to him?" You ask, stepping forward. A bit miffed that you didn't get a chance to say some sort of emotional lament.

"Just something he wouldn't be able to ignore," Konoko mumbles, looking down at him, then looks up at you with a frown, "You gonna make out with him now, or what?"

"Sleeping beauty? Well, yeah, it's my schtick."
"He doesn't know about your...Magic yet though, right?" Konoko seems worried, "You can change that, right?"
"He was totally checking me out in the reflection, he knows what I'm doing, and I don't have the points to cover an asspull- wait, why are you so worried about this?"
Konoko blushes, looks away, "I don't want to do a 'she stole your first kiss Anon!' scene this early."

Fair point. You glance down at Anon. There seems to be a scrap of torn paper in his back pocket. Strange Konoko didn't notice.

>Your move.

>>27442936
Time to snoop. Examine paper.

>>27442936
Would a kiss on the forehead still work?

>>27442936
Do the kiss but at the same time grab the scrap of paper.

>>27442936
Since the damage is just cosmetic, making out can wait. Time to snag summa dat paper.

>>27442936
>"I don't want to do a 'she stole your first kiss Anon!' scene this early."

Nonsense, it is medical procedure! You don't get all flustered when the doctor touches your fiddly bits during a routine physical do you? Is the same thing!

Also, look at that scrap of paper. Time to snoop!

>>27442986
I liked the tier idea from the original thread, if you guys still want to stick with it.

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>>27443005
Maybe we shouldn't be so blatant about grabbing the paper in front of Konoko?

I really don't trust her.

>>27443013
Yeah, that works. Since this doesn't appear that bad, just a smooch on the forehead or hand would probably be enough.

Quick heal on the forehead and paper nab. Writing.

>>27443034
Why? She seems pretty on the level. And she clearly trusts us as proven by quest mechanics.

>>27443078
Not him, but Konoko has been around or had an "accident" whenever the world has tried to go darker.

She's not exactly innocent, not guilty either, but her being sentient makes her suspect.

>>27443105
I...what? I don't really see what you're getting at, to be honest. Also, the world has had an attempted dark shift twice. The first was her because she thought we were trying to kill her and we talked her down, and the second was probably Riritu who seems to have her own weird agenda.

>>27443176
What I'm saying is, that to a certain point of view, Konoko is the one who might want the world to be dark so she can kill of everyone but her and anon. Or maybe anon too.

Riritu seems to be a standard insert character and not sentient, so she's a mild annoyance at worst if we play it right.

Just my view though, could be wrong.

>>27443262
Riritu is gaining waifu points. With, in all likelyhood, somebody other than Anon. Probably us. Plus she tried to influence us. She's probably sentient.

>>27443300
Meh, 50-50 until we get more.

Repeated blank influences seem scripted, not sentient.

You don't notice details for no reason. As tempting as it is to avoid the plot hook, probably best to follow the yellow brick road for now. You grab the paper, glance at it. Looks like some kind of lab report stuff.

"Don't worry about it, I don't want to deal with that crap anyway," You turn Anon over face up, "A quick kiss on the forehead will do the trick. Not instant healing though, it's some of that boost over time crap."
"Hmm," Konoko frowns, "Well, later on, surreptitiously tell Anon that you had to argue with me about it anyway. What's that thing?"
"Paper?" You shrug glance at it again. 'Codename: Mar-'. How convenient that it's written in English, in JAPAN. You sincerely doubt that will be a plot point, "Some kind of lab kind of crap."
"Can I see?"
"Sure," You pass the paper over to Konoko, then clasp your hands. You shut your eyes, gather your will for a moment, do the generic 'mystic magic' shit. You mumble some mystical kinds of words ("Chakra, Siddharta, Onimusha, Gargamel...") until you're properly glowing enough.

Then, you lean over Anon's face, pulling a lock of hair from your eyes, and place your lips on his forehead.

Your ki sense goes off immediately. You open your eyes. So, this guy won't be one of those guys that has low mystical potential and then grow in to it, you guess. His aura is going off like a bonfire- and you're finding it difficult to separate yourself from him. He's draining you of ki- you break the connection immediately, shivering at a sudden chill.

Oh, one of THOSE relationships. 'Damn this curse that we can never be together!' Not all bad you suppose. You back away, shivering, staring, as Anon is suffused in a glow like a blacklight. God, what an angsty motherfucker. But sure enough, you see his wounds sealing, bruises fading, blood running back in to his wounds. Still passed out like a wuss though.

"Uh, Miko?" Konoko glances over to you, raises an eyebrow, "Are you okay?"

Anon's vulnerable.

>Your move.

>>27443262
I personally don't see any evidence for that. The impression I'm getting is that she's kind of a rookie at this whole thing and really just wants to make it through this story without anything horrible happening to her.

>>27443333
Again, perfectly logical. But we'll have to wait and see.

>>27443331
"Great, he's some kind of magic sponge. I can already tell this is going to be a pain in the ass."

>>27443331
>>27443370
This.

"No, besides being a peeping ass he's an angsty spotlight hog who sucks kii. On the bright side I have a reason to stay away when I can."

>>27443333
She might be a rookie but I think she is more desperate than anything
Maybe her last few attempts went badly or she nearly lost her existence / sentience and she is worried that we re going to just steal the show again from her

>>27443395
>>27443370
Communicating.

>>27443402
We can share points though. JOLLY COOPERATION is a total possibility. So, why would she worry about that?

>>27443457
Because maybe someone went jolly cooperation and then decided to backstab her afterwards and take the top spot for herself?

>>27443481
That's entirely possible. Doesn't change the fact that she trusts us, though.

>>27443523
I dunno, she only sorta trusts us.
I mean, we did get off to a bad start.

"Well, I don't have to stay near him," You grumble, standing up, "He's some kind of ki sponge or something. Twenty bucks says he complains about having a dark soul that needs to be filled with light eventually."
"Really?" Konoko raises an eyebrow, folding up the paper you gave her and slipping it in to her pocket, "So...You get near him, and he-" She frowns, "There's really no good way to say this with out you snickering about an innuendo, is there?"
"When have I ever been anything less than serious?"
"Right, whatever. You get near him, you get feeble and he gets strong, right?"
"Only if I open up a ki link, Konoko. Weird. You'd think this would have been foreshadowed more."

"Yeah, weird," Konoko grabs Anon-kun under the armpits, "You grab his legs, let's tuck this jerk in to his bed."

A part of you was tempted to try to take the quick way out your private Hell, and just having Anon suffer an accident. But you rightly figure the narrative would probably put a stop to that. With a grunt, you grab his legs, and haul the asshole in to his room.

He liked to put on the airs of being well read- you glance across the room. Dark, a computer with three monitors taking center place by the bed, but the rest of the walls were covered in books. Window was taped shut too, with some kind of wall scrolls blocking it off. The bed mat was large- double sized, strangely. You try to focus on the titles, but apparently Anon hadn't decided at this point- science, occult, famous deep authors, oh there's Proust, go to for pretension.

The pair of you throw anon in bed, and get him tucked in.

"Right, so, he should probably wake up in the middle of the night and be all mumbly revealing tragic backstory, you wanna get that, or should I? Cheap waifu points," Konoko points out.

Well. There are other things you can do in the middle of the night than just throw away your dignity. Especially since you have a plot reason to stay away from Anon. Like finding that tapping.

>Your move.

>>27443331
>Anon's vulnerable

Stab him in the throat

>>27443549
She must trust us at least a fair bit. According to the pastebin our ability to siphon points from her is due entirely to her trust in us.

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>>27443575
Check the tapping. It is certainly a good idea.

>>27443575
I wanna hear tragic cheesy backstory

>>27443575
Tell her that as a childhood friend, you're pretty sure it's her role to stay up all night worried sick.

Maybe ask her if she can talk us up some?

Also tell her that judging by this room, there's no way this jackass had plans of staying as a lighthearted sports manga.

>>27443575
You get it, I'll play up my exhaustion. We both win.

>>27443575
Let Konoko have those cheap points.
It might get her to be less paranoid if she's got a good buffer of points.

>>27443575
"You take him. I really don't want to deal with that bullshit."

The new thread has the potential for a much greater payoff.

>>27443575
>a dark soul that needs to be filled with light
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>>27443643
>and nobody else has posted the clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8qG4AlK1qk

>>27443692
God damn, that's a horrible VA job.

>>27443634
Your image cuts off the best bit!

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>>27443643
>i dont want no angst son.
Finding some tapping. Give me 3 1d100 rolls, you want greater than 40 on two of them.

>>27443692
You have my infinite gratitud.

>>27443692
Trust me, I was definitely thinkin' it.

Rolled 28

>>27443727
>tap tap tap

>>27443727
>GratitudE.

I clicked submit, noticed that, and then just could only stare. A horrible feeling.

Rolled 60

>>27443727
Time to investigate us a mystery.

Rolled 47

>>27443727
For the dice gods

Rolled 81

>>27443727
Alright.

>>27443727
someone post the whole image

>>27443754
>>27443749
2 successes gained. Writing.

>>27443703
>horrible
Dude, it's an AWESOME VA job. Awesomely stupid, but that's pretty much the very essence of Devil May Cry.

>>27443831
I'd accept it if the sound quality was decent, but it's not. Besides, if they wanted to do Awesomely Stupid, they'd want to go a bit more overblown before the voice crack.

>three monitor computer
Can we do some HACKING! later?

>>27443978
We can rule that THE LAB did some weird OTAKU-TECHNOMANCER-MATRIX bullshit but that's not just stretching the narrative, that's trussing it up like a lamb and fucking it until our dick is raw.

I bet we can go for that. We can siphon Waifu Points out of his bank account, cent by bloody cent.

"You take it, you're childhood friend, right? That's your role- sides, I'm still a bit wonky from that plot twist," You sway convincingly, "See? I'm so tuckered out. I'm gonna go grab Cringer and go to bed."
"We still need to talk about that name," Konoko does not approve of cross show references apparently. She grabs the skin above the elbow, and twists it, wincing, tears springing to her eyes.
"He cringes all the time, it fits! Stop being such a killjoy."
"Yeah, okay," Konoko kneels by Anon, sniffing now with proper tears flowing from her eyes, "Whatever. See you in the morning."
"Night, Konoko."

You step out of the room, sliding the door shut. As soon as you do, you hear the kind of stuttered mew that only running kittens can produce. Cringer jogs up to you, all three eyes focused on you in worry. And you note, he has a mess of tuna around his mouth. Sloppy eater.

You grab him, pick him up, put him on your shoulder- immediately he dives for your silly hat, nestling under it. Convenient. Wait, you were wearing a hat this whole time? Whatever. He's warm up there, purring up a storm.

Time to go investigating. You begin in the kitchen- night fell fast around here, a good sign. You don't have much of a chance of finding crap in the day, aside from clues of its passing. You lean in at the window, and see it there- the clear impression of a finger print.

It would have to be human then.

You step out in to the garden, and immediately Cringer stops purring. Also a good sign, you've found someone.

Up on the roof, leaning over the tiles is a dark blur- a strange shape. Lazy fucking description. You focus. Roughly the shape of a human head, behind the peak of the roof.

"You came. It's a voice like static, shaped in to words. A formless noise, only notable for interrupting the background, not through any spirit of its own."

It just described itself, you realize. Accurately, too.

In the garden, you're at the boundary of Anon's attention.

>Your move.

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>>27444000
I thought we were going to be super-competent at things we practice at? or was that just a discarded plot point?

We could have a scene or two of us fumbling sillily while anon 'teaches' us, then a scene where we correct him on a computer thing, and after that we type keys super fast and maybe even have goggles.

>>27444000
We were going with scientific lab under an ancient temple run by an evil cult, right?

>>27444021
Yeah, now what do you want?

>>27444043
>>27444031

Not a clue. Who gives a shit, though, it's not like we're striving for any sort of artistic integrity.

I don't know if it'd be of huge benefit, though. My concern is we could invest our waifu points/Big Reveals into something that will produce a stronger, more tangible return than something nebulous like "HACKING!" in a world that isn't Shadowrun or CP2020.

>>27444021
I'm tempted to get a broom and shoo it away like you would a racoon.

>>27444086
Somebody forgot to clean the gutters of mysterious strangers.

>>27444021
"God fuck Jesus baby boxing fucking Christ. I'm trying to have a moment here, what do you want?"

>>27444021
"Why did you call me?"

>>27444021
360 moonwalk outta there.

>>27444021
Another sentient?
Attempt to get to the very edge of Anon's attention, so that we can talk.
"Who are you and what do you want?"

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>>27444021
>"You came. It's a voice like static, shaped in to words. A formless noise, only notable for interrupting the background, not through any spirit of its own."
OH GOD IT'S A MISAKA!

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>>27444078
Writing.

>>27444104
I just realized the (not so) subtle irony of taking the lord's name in vain as we're named "miko."

Sorry big man! The narrative demanded it.

>>27444174
Miko are Shinto anyway, anon.

>>27444200
Eh. Whatever. Cosmology's whack.

Clearly we were made in a Catholic lab by the dinosaur space christians from Pluto.

>>27444200
From what I understand, people in Japanland have some mishmash religion of shinto, buddhism, and christianity.

>>27444221
Yes. The antagonist from the beginning was actually a velociraptor with a hologram projector.

>>27444243
Shinto and Buddhism, yeah, but Christianity is pretty rare, and what little influence it has is more through pop culture than anything else. This is why damn near any time Christianity is portrayed in an animu, it's usually a pretty... odd... take on it.

>>27444250
Makes sense to me.

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>>27444120
I still say we should have named the cat Dog.

Or Trombe in anticipation of the day it becomes a battle cat mount, though that would undoubtedly run the risk of the cat overriding Anon as the protagonist, at which point we would probably switch over to collecting Tuna Points or something.

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>>27444294
>collecting Tuna Points or something

Static talking is going to get real frustrating, real damn quick.

"It's real god damn late at night- and I'm not a fan of self narration. Which, by the way, is real damn unoriginal. Make this quick."

The static picks up in noise, causing you to wince a bit, before it forms again.

"She hesitates to speak, shivering as much from fear as from cold in the crisp night air-"
"Why don't you speak like a normal person?" Your patience is running thin. That last plot twist is really setting your nerves on edge, making you moody.
"...She can not explain here. You have to follow me, she says, not without a degree of hesitation. She is afraid of this house."
"Afraid of the house? Why?"
"She recalls a memory... One of the few ones she has-" The static peaks to an agonizing high tone, before subsiding, "It was how I lost. I was displaced. I upset...She breaks out of her reverie, tears and sweat flowing freely. She can not say any more. Can not say any more. The one that did this is distant now, but will return. Not much time."

You glance around the garden. Anon's room has a dim yellow light in it. Perhaps a candle?

"Would you mind being more specific?"
"She can not. She needs to flee. You hear the scrabble of tiles, as she crawls away shivering in terror-"
"Knock off the Misaka act!"
"Meet me at the diner, alone, she pleads. It is the last thing you hear."

The static fades. Leaving you scowling. Your cat mrrs, crawling out from under your hat, trying to get down to the ground. You grab the fluff ball before he scratches your pretty face. Cringer stares up, all three eyes focusing on you with rapt attention.

Going to the diner would cost you waifu points. Especially if you had to go alone.

...Or, you could use that good for nothing antagonist you made in the first meeting, and have a 'borderline kidnapping' scene. Would be dicey making sure he didn't ACTUALLY kidnap you though.

Then again, it's probably a trap anyway.

>Your move.

>>27444358
"Investigate" a noise out front of the house. Get "chased" to the diner where he mysteriously disappears since it has lights on.

>>27444358
>We can spin this. tl;dr: Blame it on the cat and say we need to get kitten formula before he tries to suck our face off nursing. That'll hold up.

This seems like a sound plan. We can take Konoko if he gives us shit.

>>27444358
Bet you guys that was a narrativistic remnant of a sentient that was forgotten about/replaced.

Personally I'm all for catholic raptor scientist kidnapping.

>>27444414
Smart money's on that being his dead sister revisiting us all The Ring like. Calling it now.

>>27444358
$10 says that the villain we created is our brother who we lost our memory of.

>>27444434
Or both. He actually killed her because she was getting too popular with the audience.

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>>27444412
Cat or antagonist?

Antagonist would be make the cost for following this thread only 0.03 waifu points, versus the cat food quest costing 0.06. However, the antagonist might be a bit harder to control, and will require a roll.

>>27444452
Is he actually not a bad guy, and it was all just a misunderstanding resulting from him trying to protect us?
>we Index now

>>27444358
I vote to use the Waifu points and go alone.

>>27444497
I'm gonna stick with cat. Konoko should've gained some points, so we can dip into her pool and keep us level.

>>27444497
I think we can swing .06. Especially if this thread pans out. Go with kitty cat.

>>27444506
Drawing on her for something like this might be taken as somewhat rude, particularly when we're not telling her what we're up to. After all, we could just not follow this plot thread.

>>27444506
We might want to inform Konoko that we seem to have access to her pool BEFORE we use it. Gotta build up that trust!

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>>27444497
Go with the cat.

>>27444500
Yup, he's trying to protect us from Anon who is actually the bad guy because he's destined to suck Ki out of everyone and end the world.

Follow the neko.

Writing.

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>>27444524
Eh. She's a big girl.

>>27444546
Let's not abuse Konoko's trust. That seems like a bad plan.

>>27444524
Speaking of informing Konoko of things, and of things in this house worth being afraid of, consider that we have still not investigated the dark presence that we sensed upon entering the house for the very first time, and Riritu did say that she's close to us, or something to that effect. There are investigations still to be done on-site here.

>>27444525
>Anon who is actually the bad guy because he's destined to suck Ki out of everyone and end the world.
That's a BAD idea. That's basically Spiral Nemesis, which gives him an excuse to escalate and go full Simon.

>>27444556
Yeah, I wasn't here last thread, but I was surprised that we didn't share with Konoko that obvious foreshadowing.

>>27444561
Enh, we need a way to get out of anon's shadow eventually. Maybe not the best idea, but it's something.

>>27444553
We tell her it's for the greater good and the liberation movement. Who wouldn't understand?

>>27444587
I think our best bet is to just reveal him as the dickwaffle he is.

>>27444603
Well, really, I'm sure that everybody would like to play it on the safe side when concerning our friendship with Konoko, so I don't think that there will be that many who would support your idea.

>>27444624
What a brilliant, realistic, and well thought out plan that is. All in favor, say aye!

You gently rap your knuckles on the door, sliding it open a smidge. Konoko's sitting back against the wall in tank top and pajama pants, chewing on pocky and flicking paper wads at the sleeping form of Anon. You see there's quite a pile forming on him. She's got good aim. And a nice exposed midriff. Ooh, abs. She lets fly one missile that bounces off of Anon's forehead dead on. She glances up at you.

"Nice shooting," You whisper.
"Yeah, just hoping the asshole would wake up sooner," She scratches at a rather unladylike spot, "I'm seriously bored. Also, this pocky tastes like shit, but it's all he has."
"No pancakes?"
"What?"
"Never mind. Real quick, I gotta head out to the diner- tell Anon I'm picking up cat food."
"Diner? Cat food- wait," Konoko checks her voice from yelling before leaning in, hissing, "What's going on?"
"Following a spooky voice's directions. I need some plot development while you're scarfing pocky and waifu points."
"Y-" She glances back at Anon. Still snoozing. She leans in and hisses, "How the HELL are you supposed to know about kitten food?"
"You told me?" You raise an eyebrow, "Duh."
"And where will you get the money."
"You gave it to me."
"Grf-" Konoko scowls at your flawless logic, "Fine. Just try to tie it back to sports crap, okay?"
"Sure, sure, no problem. Sides, this'll help that 'put upon' cliche you wanted to follow."
"Be still my beating heart," Konoko mumbles, resuming her previous position.

Then, a thought comes to you. You really actually haven't expressly mentioned about being able to draw waifu points from her, when in need. You hesitate behind the door crack, trying to think- but unbidden, the word slips from your mouth.

"Wait."

"What?" She glances up at you.

She looks up at you. Demure. Orange hair- short, kind of brushed up. Pale, trusting blue eyes. She's sentient, like you. Which could mean serious trouble. Or a friend.

>Figure we should lay this argument to rest now.
>Your move.

>>27444684
Tell her. As much as she's a rival we need a friend to really trust atm.

>>27444684
Full disclosure about our Waif Point pool.

>>27444684
Full disclosure.

>>27444684
Tell her. With possible application of apology/thankfullness hugs as appropriate.

>>27444684
Full disclosure. If we're lucky we can give Anon some red herrings about a possible harem end by playing up the "we love each other like sisters" angle.

>>27444684
>Full Disclosure.

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Straightforward. Writing, with slight delay for food break.

>>27444732
Apologize for how long it took us to tell her? Yeah, reasonable enough. May want to give a reason why.

>>27444684
You know, if she's so bored, she could spend her time idly defining currently-undefined elements of Anon's room. I bet she could come up with some highly entertaining stuff for:
-Those books
-Contents of closets
-Contents of drawers
-What's under the bed
-Browser history on computer

Might be worth suggesting.

>>27444755
At .06 it's a not a huge deal, but it's worth offering to split it with her, as well as letting her know what's up.

>>27444774
Is that possible?

Though that might not work if he's sentient.

>>27444807
To be fair, it's almost a full 1/3rd of her total points.

>>27444815
Ooh, that's a good point. It'd be a good test to see if he's sentient, or if he's just too dumb to notice,

>>27444807
We should treat Konoko's points as for use in emergencies only.

Because 0.06 isn't that much, we shouldn't dip into Konoko's pool of points for something so trivial.

>>27444822
This plotline benefits us both, though. Konoko gets some solo time caring for Anon and doing her thang while we investigate our end. We both spend and we both gain.

At any rate, I'm simply suggesting we pitch it and see if she bites. As is, like I mentioned, I'm fine if we eat it...but there's no reason to not check if we have to bite the whole thing.

>>27444833
Indeed.

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>>27444684
>"No pancakes?"

>>27444834
I can't really agree with this. While what you're saying is logical, it isn't something you would do with a friend. You're negotiating, and if we want to improve our friendship with Konoko, we should avoid doing that. The only time we should negotiate (and the only time it is appropriate to do so with a friend) is when we're arguing over something important (like whether or not to kill Riritu).

If she offers to pay the cost of the trip for us, yay. If she doesn't, it's alright. That's how friendships work.

>>27444896
I think we're going to have to agree to disagree about this particular point anon, since we seem to be approaching it fundamentally incompatible ways.

>>27444930
>>27444896
I don't think we should ask her, but because that's too big of a gamble on her end to in good conscience ask her to take. But, if she offers there's no reason not to take her up on it.

>>27444961
I believe it's not unreasonable for us to offer to split it because both characters have something to gain. Konoko gets some much needed Waifu Time with Anon, and we get some time away from Anon while we're sure Konoko is baby sitting.

>>27444995
We've got over half again her points, though. But, that's just me. Not saying you're wrong, just that I see things differently.

>>27445034
To wit I agreed, we seem mutually incompatible. It's not wrong, and neither of are somehow lesser for having contrary opinions, but like I noted we're going to need to agree to disagree on this particular point.

>>27444995
>I believe it's not unreasonable for us to offer to split it because both characters have something to gain
If we'd asked earlier, I'd say sure. At this point we've already decided on what we're going to do without even asking her.

If there's a bigger point cost later that will benefit both of us, we can ask to split first so she can have some input.

Might be worth discussing if she wants to split with us on fighting/causing any world alignment changes (since they're split second decisions) when we get back.

>>27445054
I don't think we're past the point of no return, once we full disclosure.

>>27445050
I'm actually a different, third guy. Sorry I was unsuccessful in getting that across, I never have been very good at communicating subtly through purely text.

You're getting soft. You take a deep breath, look away. You're not sure if it's just soft hearted or soft headed. But she needs to know. You roll your eyes.

"Uhm. Look, Konoko- when we had our agreement."
"Yeah?" She narrows her eyes, "You're not backing out, are you?"
"What? God no, don't worry about that. It's just- you're the childhood friend, right, safe and secure?"
"Sure."
"Well."

You've been around for a while. You remember things- which is more than most sentients. You've been in many stories, long enough to learn that the Happy Epilogue is a myth, that there IS such a thing as a world beyond +5 or -5, and that protagonists CAN be killed. A lot of it's hazy- hard to dredge up through the narrative. You had to work hard to get to this point, to the point where there's this core of your being that can persist through the ends and the beginnings. You've had a long road to come this far.

You could lose it all so easily.

Yet, Konoko trusts you. You made an agreement. No hiding. You swallow the last of your doubt.

"When we made an agreement, we didn't just make an agreement agreement, a regular agreement bound by our senses of honor."

Konoko raises an eyebrow, but otherwise doesn't snark. This is going to sound corny, no matter what. You glance back to the garden, where just moments before there was the static voice. 2 of 7. Five more sentients are in this story, not including yourself.

"That feeling you get? Whenever you look at Anon, and he smiles at you, and you feel like you're just a little bit more there, more defined?"
"Waifu points, yeah," Konoko snorts, "I'm not a moron."
"I can...Borrow some of those from you."

She stares at you. Blank faced. Fuck, you're getting bashful. That was an ellipses back there. You glance at Anon. God, damn it. You lean through the door, whisper quietly.

"I can take your waifu points."
"What?" Konoko finally gets it, color draining from her face.

>Konoko connection. Severed.
>Konoko connection. Reestablished.

You wince, preparing yourself for her fury as she looks down, lips pursed. Her eyes go back and forth, as if reading the floor. She closes her eyes, breathes out.

"I...I see, huh," She chews a lip for a moment, then looks up, "Can this work both ways?"
"Sure, yeah," You don't hide the relief in your voice, "I can teach you."
"Good. Yeah," She's looking at Anon. Probably making sure he isn't waking up, "Makes sense. We need every advantage we can get, right?"

Oh thank goodness. Konoko is cool. You were worried there for a moment. She carefully sidles over to you at the door.

"I realize, there was a lot of stuff going on Miko- you didn't really have the time. But let's make this a two way street sooner, rather than later, okay?"

"I'll see what I can do, but for now?" You point at the kitten on your head, "I got side plot to develop. Say, mind loaning me-"
"Not happening."
"Right, sorry."
"See you later, friend."

You walk away. That went well really. You can figure out the two way point exchange later, but Konoko was remarkably relaxed. Gave you a bit of a scare there. You can get the rest of it settled later tonight- or at school.

>Lost 0.06 waifu points! New waifu level 0.29!

You grab a shopping bag for a prop, and slip on some shoes- after a moment's thought, you get yourself in your original outfit. Narrative mojo doesn't affect MUCH when it comes to metanarrative throwdowns, but any edge is better than none.

The streets are dark here- cherry blossoms drift under foot as you walk for the diner. The further you get from the house, the more the color drains away, and things get black and white. But then suddenly it reverses. Details. But all wrong, jumbled. Messed up.

You hear crowds talking about the beautiful maid that caused a stir in the diner, when no one, not even the anonymous ghosts are around. You see sun light glinting off of light poles lit for the dark. You feel the cold bite of winter, and really wish your arm pits were covered. Details. All wrong, but details are this way.

You hardly recognize the diner when you get to it. It's sunny with warm light inside, what parts you can see against the glare of the street light, despite it being night time. The shapes walking in front of the diner stretch thin like images through a fish eye lens, before filling out on the other side, and disappearing the moment they pass the diner's corner. You taste burnt coffee on the air. You think to yourself, unbidden, that somebody left the coffee on too long. Check for table three.

Something's wrong in this diner. You hear Cringer above you make that high, peaked moan that cats make right before they start hissing.

You've come this far. But something here makes you hesitate. You don't have many points. It'd be hard to come up with an escape on the fly, if need be. Courage, or prudence?

>Your move.

>>27445164
Courage. Might as well see what old static wanted from us.

>>27445164
No risk, no reward. Let's do this. Can't hurt to scope possible escape routes, though.

>>27445164
Prudence. We don't want to lose too much.

>Konoko connection. Severed.
>Konoko connection. Reestablished.
She took that pretty well.

>>27445164
No reason to waste 0.06 waifu points by chickening out now.

We can probably burn 0.1 for a new fighting skill if things get really dire.

>>27445229
She took that too well.

Okay. Entering the diner.

Be careful.

(After finishing up my dinner and attending another need) Writing.

>>27445245
You might be just a tad too paranoid.

>>27445245
Not at all. We told her about it, didn't attempt to use it without asking her, and did so right after giving up a potentially lucrative opportunity for points to her.

I'd be rather surprised if she took that any other way.

What would happen if a non-independent sentient tries to waifu another non-independent sentient?
Would it instantly fail, like Riritu does?

Also, can we draw points off Riritu? It's not like she's using them, or wants them.

[x]prudence. We run back home. Then we tell Anon-kun all about it, and how scared we are (hiLARious over the top fear of ghosts), he comes in to protect us, and reveals that it was nothing suspicious at all. We gain Waifu points from all of this. And then in the background some little thing shows that there was really something to it after all.

-----------------
bets that the voice is his sister and he's not a nice anon-kun at all but is a "secretly evil but pretending to be good and doing a bunch of white knighting as a result" anon

>>27445271
We can only draw points from Konoko because we made a...friendship I guess, with her and she trusts us. So, no we probably can't get points from Riritu yet.

>>27445271
>Also, can we draw points off Riritu?
Not as of yet. Need social link.
>It's not like she's using them, or wants them.
That's a lot of assumptions there, Anon. I doubt she'll even have waifu points if she's not sentient.

>>27445284
The Anon-kun who's currently out cold?

Besides, the static's fear is likely of Anon-kun. Bringing him out here is just going to scare it off.

You know what we need? A mcguffin. Some magical thingamabob intrinisically linked to us but that reacts to Anon's overwhelming "potential" such that he can wield it far better than us.

Rolled 75

>>27445310
I think that's what we don't want actually.

Our main goal is to be independent of anon.

Macguffin's have a nasty habit of bringing people together.

>>27445310
Eeeh, Anon's asspulling enough power for himself without us dropping a magical superweapon in his lap. I don't really want that psychopath to get too powerful.

>>27445304
Scaring it off so that "there's nothing there miko" is his response is kind of the point. It will earn us waifu points as he thinks he tripped a relationship advancement trigger

>>27445301
>>27445304
It shouldn't be too hard to establish a social link with Riritu. All it requires is a bit of tolerance to her Kuroko antics.

>I doubt she'll even have waifu points if she's not sentient.
See
>>Riritu's Waifu Level: Unknown. Increasing.

This is something to think, too. How can her points be increasing? Even he should know, based off the only time he saw us interacting with her, that she doesn't swing his way.

>>27445328
I was mostly thinking along the lines of a rock that glows at his touch or something. And then HE can spend the narrative points to make it actually do something, while we milk the mystery plot of what it is (and being linked to a source of power for him) for waifu points

>>27445350
We can even spin that into the sports plot Konoko wants. We tell him we'll have more of an idea of what the stone does if we join whatever sports thing Konoko wants.

>>27445350
He might have a functionally infinite supply of points for all we know. He seems to be able to do whatever he want with the narrative so long as it retains consistency. And that still comes with the problem of leashing ourselves to him.

>>27445334
At best that means we need to go investigate our clue again later, and at a time when Anon-kun is actually awake and likely to notice a a prolonged absence.

At worst we find no clue, lose plot point for a few waifu points and end up looking even more like a damsel in distress, plus interrupt Konoko's chance to play nurse with Anon-kun.

If we were going for waifu points, staying back and playing nurse worked better and cost us nothing.

>>27445346
>Riritu's Waifu Level: Unknown. Increasing.
Damn, I forgot about that. I think she's sentient, and just pretending - I don't see her being an NPC. The continued attempts to influence us are weird, but might just be to convince us that she's not sentient (or is very dumb).

>>27445350
>And then HE can spend the narrative points to make it actually do something
Narrative points are to go against the world and change it.

An artifact which is already created wouldn't take narrative points to work. Making it do more than it currently does (unlock a power-up) would.

>>27445346
She's Waifu'd to us, is I think what was going on last thread. That's my speculation, though, but how else?

Lurking.
>>27443402
>>27443333
As anyone in the military, out at sea or working in a hospital will tell you, scared people are both stupid and dangerous to everyone around them.
Riritu might be an enemy, but Konoko is a liability which is a lot worse.

>>27445410
I was figuring that she was an antagonist waifu and got points from impeding anon.

>>27445427
So what, she's SIE?

>>27445433
Or the typical reformed villainess pre-reformation.

>>27445416
And we just gave that liability reason to stop bing a liability and an even bigger liablity at the same time.

>>27445410
Demonic contract?

Has contact with Anon-kun we don't know about?

Another main character (villian possibly) who can dispense points like Anon-kun?

If we gave out waifu points, shouldn't Konoko have gotten some by now?

>>27445416
I have a hard time trusting the word of someone who doesn't know who Bill Murray is.

>>27445400
WRT to the magical rock: I meant that literally ALL IT DOES is glow at his touch. We could probably do that with straight up magic without any Waifu points spend. That's how much investment WE put into it, but meanwhile he's going to drive himself nuts trying to figure out a way to unlock it's true power. Worst comes to worst, he figures out much later that it just lights up at his touch ... then we admit that it was just a "training tool" to get him to hone his abilities.

Actually, let's not even GIVE it to him, let's do a very poor job of trying to hide it from him, and then he'll either try to look into it or we'll "accidentally" drop it so he'll pick it up.

To play into Konoko's thing, we could have it light up somewhat brighter on sports fields

>>27445416
And abandoning her after she put her trust in us would make us selfish bastards little better than Anon.

Also, tomorrow morning let's playfully wake him up by tickling him with a feather or something

>>27445464
No, I don't think so. Konoko and us are partnered. I think Riritu is slaving to us because she can't dominate us in a way to ensure her survival (in the literary sense) in the story.

>>27445465
I wasn't being serious, and yes I do realize that baiting is a worse offense than ignorance.

>>27445478
>And abandoning her after she put her trust in us would make us selfish bastards little better than Anon.
No, you're right. There's no way out of this, we just ride this train and try to jump into a conveniently placed river once it goes out of control.
>>27445453
2deep4me

>>27445465
That was such a shit thread. Good thing Janitor deleted it.

>>27445497
I like how in any other quest I would call you a faggot for suggesting this, but in this one I'm forced to begrudgingly agree that this would be a good source of some easy waifu points that plays up our social retard angle.

>>27445473
Giving him the rock might make the powers be discounted. I think trying to keep him on the track of school stuff is a much better distraction. It'll limit his searching and mischief making to outside school hours, moreso if he's watching us or Konoko practice.

There are two of us, so if we can waste his time and keep him from doing dangerous stuff, we come out ahead.

>>27445507
>I knew /tg/ was dumb.
>I never knew they were THIS dumb, seriously.
Whatever you say.

>>27445529
Oh, and also, let's have us or Konoko stick with him as much as we can from now on. He went searching for the lab on his own, and we wanted to stay away from that crap for now.

>>27445552
There's only so much we can do though. He is still the protagonist and we can't really fight him.

>>27445551
>Whatever you say.
Indeed.

>>27445516
>>27445497
This is good. Have Konoko cook and us pull the "Moouu~ Anon-kuuuun~, we even made breakfast for yooouu so get uuuuuppp!!" routine.
Social retard moe + Deredere points + "These two are getting along splendidly, I'm so happy"-aspect = GLORY.
Since he's been given the power and this seems to be a late-night show it's unlikely he'll be up to train before we get to him.

>>27445601
>Social retard moe + Deredere points + "These two are getting along splendidly, I'm so happy"-aspect = GLORY.
I feel like a dictator going into battle.

>>27445616
That is surprisingly accurate.

>>27445497
We could also play up the fear angle a bit where we make it obvious that we are avoiding him due to his souldrain and then we have a heartfelt, sappy confession where we talk about what happened when we kissed him on the forehead.

>>27445593
We can slow him down and keep him from going searching for trouble if we're there.

He'd have to trample over our objections completely to go looking for trouble if we're with him, and he wants us to like him. Plus, waifu point opportunities while the other is searching for stuff.

>>27445529
We can tie the rock into the track school stuff if it reacts to him, sports, and especially him playing sports. Aim for a ridiculously over the top Prince of Tennis style shennanigans

>So slow. Sorry folks.

You push the diner door open. It twists. Hard.

"She is standing in front of you, curled up in the ragged remains of what might once have been a school uniform- she's young, young and pretty-"
"Oh knock it off," You growl, trying to get orientation.

The diner more resembles a crater- at the edges, a sunny room, filled with uninteresting patrons having conversation- but at the center, the floor falls away to somewhere else- the edges reflective and shining. No light emanates from it, but it's blinding to look on nonetheless.

Down is a bit controversial here, and you have to grab at tacky crap on the wall to be sure you're not falling in to the hole. God it hurts to look out. Blinking away the stars in your eyes, you squint at the figure opposite.

It's like someone took a sander to a girl. You see the corner of a blue ponytail- a dimple from a mischievous grin- a soft, pink fingernailed hand holding on to a pinker hello kitty cell phone- plaid skirt-

But everything else is in that same gray you can see when you enter areas the narrative hasn't described. You squint at her, but she hurts your eyes to look at. You look away.

"She is somewhat offended at the rude, rather plain girl's tone- but wearily resigns herself to forgiving her."

The static sounds acidic to your ears.

"Okay, can you drop the self narrating already? What do you want?"
"She gathers herself up, trying not to weep at the tragedy of it, and explains that she is-"
"Anon-kun's younger sister Konoko, yeah, I already guessed that," You glance around. Huh. You were supposed to be here. Good thing you got out of here before whatever the Hell this is happened.

"She starts at this revelation, staring at the girl who would look better with a bit of eyeshadow and a bit of a work out, you know what happened to me then?"
"Doesn't take a genius. You hate the house, Anon's missing a sister, and somehow, Konoko ended up with your name- er, the existing Konoko. Not you."

"She brings a hand to her chin in contemplation, I see then, she murmurs sagaciously-"

"Enough chatter, the beautiful red haired girl angrily growled," You growl, "Cut to the chase, freak."

The lights dim for a moment- and you see with a bit more clarity the ragged edge of the girl. She casts a long shadow, a good eight or ten feet. You stand your ground. She's not even really here, as far as narrative goes. She's a ragged remnant that needs to die.

"Konoko wonders at how long her patience can hold, as she grits her teeth in frustration."

You roll your eyes, "I'm sorry, Konoko," You do your best to copy her monotone, but fail.

"Konoko humbly accepts the apology of the red haired girl. She starts simply, idly scratching at a table, I wonder if you recognize this diner? She points to the place behind the bar, where cat ears remain untouched."

"I started here, yeah. What of it?"
"A bittersweet grin crosses her face, So you're the one responsible for my home. I thank you, she says in a fashion not entirely grateful."
"Get on with it."
"She loses her grin. Clearly, she's dealing with a woman with no patience. The outline draws nearer," And sure enough, the outline of a girl comes a bit closer- you catch a glimpse at a red eye, through the grey, "She will keep it short, and simple. You're not alone, she hisses that last word, Another went off script and eliminated me, taking my role. In a manner identical to your entrance."

"No they didn't, Anon doesn't have a sister."
"No, she agrees, There is no sister- that would have been too obvious. But in Anon's prologue, I was suddenly and inexpertly cut out, to make room for another. She shakes her head, barely holding back tears of fury, And I had just been created too. The world was positively aligned, she whispers, I thought I was safe."

>>27445749
>I thought I was safe.
Shiiiiiiieeeeeet.

>>27445749
>I thought I was safe
Well this isn't good. Could this be connected to that dark feeling we have gotten several times earlier?

>>27445762
this ain't no slice of life

>>27445749
THIS IS SOME SHIT, TWEN

WE'RE INNA WARZONE NOW

>>27445765
Aw shit, the pings on our bad mojometer and Anon seemingly knowing what was doing it but never telling us is about to become real important, isn't it?

>>27445749
>Another went off script and eliminated me, taking my role. In a manner identical to your entrance."
>taking my role
Shit. Could it have been Konoko?

Might explain why she was so jumpy if she thought we'd do the same as her.

>>27445765
>Could this be connected to that dark feeling we have gotten several times earlier?
Anon said he knows what that is. This is waifu business, so either no or Anon knows more than we thought.

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So this Konoko is a retconned leftover from a previous iteration of the Story that found its way back to ours?

>>27445771
Happens in Alignment Positive SoLs too. Pic related is an example.

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>>27445775
suddenly bombs rain from the sky

"Wait. You got knocked off while things were happy and cheerful?"
"Indeed, she nods excited, Now you understand! And no one noticed!"
"Do you remember anything about who did it?" You think, try to remember anything like this across your past lives- nothing. That's not supposed to happen.
"She...She shakes her head sadly."

"Great," You frown glancing around, "So, that's it then? 'Look out, somebody's mad?'"
"Not exactly, she confides, She also has something of use- if you would deliver something? She asks."

"Drop the vagueness. What do you have?"
"She frowns at her new found ally's bullying attitude, but resigns herself that beggars can't be choosers."
"I get it, I get it, what do you have, and what do you want?"
"She pulls delicately at the strand of the pit, drawing out something shining, burning with an inner beauty. You don't have to be a mere romantic interest, she offers with a smile. You can be something more..."

She's offering you a role change. No more sucking up to Anon. No more worrying about how to be cute and adorable and sexy without tripping one of Anon's unwanted fetishes. This wouldn't be cheap.

"What price?"
"She holds up a hand. Alignment down to negative three."
"You're twisted."
"This story, she quivers in fury, Threw me out like garbage at the slightest problem. She points, If you do this, you can recover from that easy. But first, I want to see them suffer. All of them, suffer. Especially, Anon."

Well, Anon you don't have much qualms about.

But...It'll be hard to be cheerful sports fun with that. There might be another way- none that you can see right now, admittedly. In this fucked up place you might come back wrong if you step too hard.

On the other hand. A quick vow, and an independent source of power? Hard to say no to that.

>Your move.

>>27445798
No. -3 is some bad shit. We promised Konoko to try and keep it up.

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>>27445798
NOOOOOOOOPE time to drop this deal like a bad habbit

>>27445798
Ask who exactly she is asking for us to align against. Anon only? All sentients? Anon and specific other waifus? Whoever was responsible for her death?

>>27445798
That's a price too high.

>>27445798
No deal. We ain't no Griffith.

>>27445798
OH MY GOD YES THIS IS IT

THIS IS IT

IT'S HAPPENING WE'RE GOING FULL SIN CITY/LUNA PARK/LA NOIRE/RESERVOIR DOGS. WE PINT SIZED SLASHER NOW.

I think this is an excellent opportunity. I for one am ready to embrace glory and assume direct control of this story.

The sports story can be Urban Brawl or Blood Bowl or even just a pit fight. Konoko will manage.

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This is getting sort of intense.

>>27445798
nope nope nope

>>27445779
>>27445789
>Anon says he knows what it is.
Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb here. What if Anon did it? What if Anon is the character fucking with the world? This could get out of hand real fast.

>>27445798
That price is TOO DAMN HIGH

That said, confide in her that eventually, we're going to replace anon as MC, and she's welcome to, ah, rehabilitate him once he's off-screen

>>27445798
I note that she doesn't say WHAT role we'd get. And that's if she can even ante up. Then let's not forget that she essentially dredged up this new role from the pits of hell.

That said ... we could probably just TAKE the shiny.

>>27445798
Ask if there was a way to somehow bring her back?

Or, while we can't really make EVERYONE suffer, maybe we can attempt to do her some justice? In exchange for, say....not necessarily a power bump, but perhaps her help in maneuvering around the other characters. Having another set of eyes is ALWAYS helpful.

>>27445818
we dont need a nother Magical girl noir quest. We already have one

>>27445813
World alignment isn't a literal alignment against some entity or group, it's the narrative tone and structure of the plot.

I'd say no, just because of how shady the power source is. -3 and independent power? That's just asking us to become the villain. The plot will have to justify it somehow.

>>27445832
I don't know what that ism but a -3 Alignment isn't bad. We can make this work and get on with our lives and rehab the story back up to a 0 or a pleasant +1

>>27445818
Those are -2. -3 is getting into "making the characters suffer purely for the sake of suffering" territory.

>>27445828
>That said ... we could probably just TAKE the shiny.
Oh anon, you naive fool. You don't even need to specifically know ANIME tropes to understand how bad of an idea that is.

Best that we try to get this vengeful girl as an ally. Say that, while we're not willing to make this setting grimdark, we are willing to help her get justice for what happened to her. We don't even need whatever that thing she's offering us is, just whatever kind of support she can give us.

>>27445798
Accept and spend ALL OUR WAIFU POINTS on keeping the Alignment.

>>27445798
No, we're not screwing over our friend. We have to pass on the deal.

What's more...we got to get rid of Other Konoko, like right now if possible. If she's kept around she'll try lower the Alignment on her own and have this be a 'kill em all' downer show.

I say we not only pass on it, but take the girl out. Absorb her sentience, throw her into the Nothingness, or just finish the job and Write Her Out Of The Story.

It's not nice. She has been hurt, and she reached out to us. But she's gone rabid with hate. We have to take her down.

>>27445833
Ah, so she only wants us to drop it to -3?

I say we run it over with Konoko before deciding. More points can be used to keep both of us alive, and the main reason she wanted happy was for a safe source of points. If she can share these with us she might be alright with it.

Besides, we can recover from -3.

>>27445844
So, Berserk? The descent arc of Evangelion? Madoka?

>>27445844
I'd say Luna Park is a definite -3 and Reservoir Dogs is right damn near that edge of 2/3.

I think it'll provide a better story and be of more entertainment than a sugar glazed holiday.

>>27445842
-3 is pretty bad, according to the pastebin.

And Konoko won't take too kindly to us forcing this change. We should really talk to her. Not that I would really advocate that we take the deal, just that we would talk on how to deal with other Konoko.

>>27445847
So, so naive, anon. So naive. Like. Wow.

>>27445847
We probably have to roll for it, and you know what that means.

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>>27445798
Hell yes.

I for one think little Misakohaku here is offering us a great chance to bypass Anon's bullshit entirely.

Negative world alignment is only bad if you aren't the one intentionally sending the entire world to hell for your own benefit.

>>27445828
I mean, we've DEFINITELY got more narrative strength than she does so we can kick the crap out of her pretty easily.

On the other hand, there's also another niggling question: why doesn't she just use that shiny on herself to reinsert herself into the story?
actually ...

[x]Tell her to use the shiny's power to reinsert herself into the story. She didn't REALLY die. She was ... learning magic or something, and Anon either misunderstood the circumstances, got amnesia, or had to be fooled for his own safety

>>27445856
Worse. Think Clannad After Story with the good end torn out mixed with Berserk.

>>27445845
>Say that, while we're not willing to make this setting grimdark, we are willing to help her get justice for what happened to her
I ( >>27445853 ) am alright with this also

>>27445847
>going back on an agreement
No

>>27445864
Seconding ask this.

>>27445856
Hmmm, Berserk or Eva. To quote the pastebin "-3 = Cruel. Team pets start dying off at this point, or rapidly fleeing to avoid that fate. Antagonists get active, hunting out and killing side characters. The protagonist might be crippled at this point and can hope at most for martyrdom. Protagonist may die here. Rare for the story to continue without him, but it does happen. End of the world could be the close for this story." Kinda bleak and doesn't really bode well for us or Konoko.

>>27445878
It's not going back on an agreement, it's using a mechanic to counteract another.

Pastebin where?

>>27445873
Thank you SO MUCH anon, I really needed that image. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go deep throat my CZ.
>>27445864
She was studying some bullshit shonen style of soccer play. Think Legend of Koizumi tier power-level, applied to soccer.

>>27445798
no no no

>>27445818
fuck off its worse that all of those and everyone will die and you're retarded

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This will end horribly for everyone involved.

Could she give the same source to the other Konoko? It'd be easier in a -3 world to survive with another independent character. Also it would give another target for the Hostiles.

If we can't give Konoko the same kind of leg up and chances of survival in this thing, then no deal. If we can, then let's talk details.

Otherwise I'm still staying with my vote of turning down the deal and taking this Konoko out.

>>27445892
http://pastebin.com/ih8xdrz2

if we can't talk her down or convince her to use the shiny to reincarnate, let's use magical priest girl purification powers to cleanse the darkness from this shade's soul and purify her with holy light (ala Kagome from Inuyasha)

>>27445890
If we take the points we agree to get the alignment down to -3. Doing the opposite would be going back on our agreement.

Once we're at -3, however...

>>27445798
Oh hey, guys. If vengeful ghost girl Konoko is still friendly with us after we tell her our decision, maybe we should ask about that thing sports girl Konoko mentioned to us last thread? I can't remember exactly what it was called, but sporty Konoko mentioned something about some sort of monster (?) "taking care of" Riritu for us?

Maybe ghost girl Konoko knows?

>>27445892
Whoop, sorry. Here you go- slightly updated, but still inadequate.

http://pastebin.com/JPwSvprM

Writing up Q&A session, gonna try to answer questions asked of Konoko.

>>27445910
Is the carrier of darkness dark or evil himself?

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>>27445798
I like that deal.

I mean, how bad could it be?

I'm willing to compromise that we involve Konoko in this decision, but it's going to cost us more waifu points to keep going at it solo from Anon-Kun.

That said, how about a blood sacrifice? We could get rid of Riritu to fuel Konoko-Sister's rebirth AND get our MacGuffin to take over narrative control from Anon-Kun.

>>27445912
-3 is the perfect point for Anon to be killed without the story continuing without him. She's basically asking us to burn down the entire story for her revenge.

>>27445912
No, that wasn't the agreement. That was a side-effect of her offer. The agreement was to make everybody suffer. pcsmai

>>27445798
mite be cool

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>>27445928
>how bad could it be?

HMM, I FUCKING WONDER?

>>27445935
We can't be sure if Riritu was responsible for what happened to dead Konoko. Who knows if our bad mojo sensing ability can differentiate from "story" and "meta" bad mojo.

>>27445948
>>27445948
No~! Not Best Girl~!

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>>27445920
So -5 is about the level of pic related?

>>27445939
>"What price?"
>"She holds up a hand. Alignment down to negative three."

The everybody suffer part was her explanation for why.

>>27445948
>>27445962
Even if it was just a brief moment, you chose me, Tohno-kun... Yeah, in that case, maybe dying like this isn't so bad. All the pain is gone, and the scary emotions have disappeared like magic---
----And, it's a little warm right now.
Ehehe, this must be your warmth, Tohno-kun.
---Sorry. I--- was powerless. I'm the lowest.

>>27445955
I see your words but I'm not seeing any compelling reason not to take care of two problems with one ritual sacrifice.

>>27445964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIJRAcVf5tY

>>27445967
Oh, wait, re-reading it, I think both of us misunderstood.

Taking the offer won't bring the alignment down to -3. Taking the offer means we HAVE to use our points to bring it down to -3, so that everybody can suffer.

She isn't against us bringing the alignment back up again. She just wants to see the people who left her to her fate suffer.

>>27445948
I wonder, is -3 the threshold where someone getting Best Girl'd is likely to occur? Because it sure sounds like it.

I wonder what Saikano or Bokurano would be. -4?

>>27445989
Wait, mistook you for the other guy who said to use the points to bring it all back.

>>27445989
Exactly. -3 is a good alignment to bump out Anon-Kun, generally ruin everybody, and then we being our Quest of Redemption to bring the alignment back up to a +1.

>>27445971
Oh fuck you, anon.
You have that saved in fucking notepad just to fuck with people, don't you?

>>27445995
Saikano the anime would be -5. The manga had a bittersweet ending, more or less, so that would be a -4

>>27445989
>Taking the offer won't bring the alignment down to -3. Taking the offer means we HAVE to use our points to bring it down to -3, so that everybody can suffer.
>She isn't against us bringing the alignment back up again. She just wants to see the people who left her to her fate suffer.
That's what I was trying to say.
>>27446004
Uh. Confused. We all agree now, right?

>>27446008
No, I'm not saying we take the deal. Still against it.

We'd be making everyone suffer indiscriminately. I'm sticking to us offering instead to finding the culprit for what happened to dead Konoko and talking out about what to do from there.

>>27446019
>Uh. Confused. We all agree now, right?
Oh, yes, definitely.

>>27446008
-3 is way too deep to reliably climb back out.

>>27446026
>Oh, yes, definitely.
Good.

I like the counterdeal you suggested. If she won't go for that, we'll need to discuss with Konoko before accepting.

>>27446026
>Oh, yes, definitely.
but agree to what?

>>27446026
>We'd be making everyone suffer indiscriminately.
But nobody would know it was us.

Still, we need to discuss this with the other Knoko, and if we accept make it so that the Alignment change doesn't kill her off.

>>27446038
...based on what evidence, Anon? Have you drilled into Twen's brain and figured it out?

How the hell can you unironically make an objective statement like that?

Rolled 20

Turn down the offer, but tell her we can't because of the narrative implications of us taking such an action. We have an antagonist specifically after us, as well as the plot currently focusing on our narrative. Lowering the alignment to -3 will just mean that the climax of our story arc is guaranteed to be a tragic one-and since it's focused on us...

>>27446008
I imagine grabbing waifu points at -3 could be challenging.

>>27446048
>But nobody would know it was us.
If I had the ability to embezzle an entire company's finances with a guarantee from God himself that I'd never have to suffer for it in any way, I still wouldn't take it because I'd be making other people suffer.

Or, at least, I wouldn't do it in this analogy......

>>27446047
On what the ghost Konoko wants us to do.
>>27446060
But if we take this we have our own source.

>>27446060
Changing alignment only requires points when we're pushing and someone else is pushing back.

Otherwise it's all about them good deeds.

>>27446055
You should link your replies to Twen's posts so that he can see them.

>>27446053
Inference based on the final lines for -4 and -5. But then, I'm the cautious type when it comes to inflicting indiscriminate suffering on anything and everything that exists for the sake of a vengeful ghost.

>>27445798

>-3
>team pets suffer

I will not see my mutant kitten sacrificed for this.


Is revenge really what you want? Isn't existence more important? When I appeared, I gave Anon a reason to narrate about you, and that brought you back to an extent. We can work together to write you back in.

It should be OUR power that gets us free. This is a cheat, a shortcut. And while I'm ALL for taking as many shortcuts and cheating as much as possible, you have to always remember that those things have costs.

This is too pricey.

>>27446094
Yeah, this is pretty clearly what's going on.

Tropes, you guys. Even in the meta-plot, tropes apply.

>>27446073
>>27446072

Excellent point, I had forgotten about that. >>27446060
We no longer need waifu points, as we are no longer a waifu. We have become a Main Character if we accept this deal. We can hook Konoko up to us and feed her Waifu Points until she's fully 1.00 Sentient.

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Right now, every fiber of your being is screaming no.

But, it can't hurt to ask some questions. You stare hard, ignoring the pain in your eyes, focusing on the bundle that she's holding. You've never heard of roles being held on to before, not like this. But just looking at it- you get that feeling. That weird feeling that makes you queasy, that you clamp down on whenever you get those waifu points. That strange feeling of serenity, security, and sickness.

There's narrative power there. No lie. You look back to what you think approximate's this Konoko's face.

"Why don't you use it yourself?"
"Konoko does her best to quash her fury at the red head's implication of her lack of intelligence, and responds simply that she has been stripped of her place in the story. Only where the narrative isn't, can she live, and only here where it is sundered, can she thrive."
"So what," You glance at the bundle, "If it's as good as you say, you can get the narrative to come back, right? Or failing that, force a reaction that'd do your work for you."
"She, irritated, points out that as of now she isn't a character, isn't present in the story. She squeezes the knot of plot threads in barely contained fury, hissing that she has to have a toe hold to take advantage of it. She is beyond the point of return- barring your hunting out who did this to her, and recovering her character. Her disposition turns sunny at the thought. She would be happy, then. She could force her way back. Only thing better would be for the red headed girl to bring the sinner, personally, to this diner. Then, Konoko relishes the thought, she'd have a feast."

"Perfectly sane. So, I bring down the alignment-"
"Then come back for the role, she says. I'll be able to tell, she chuckles."
"Lotta work for me."
"She pouts, you would need a starter then? She drags at the pit- then stops, I can offer you some. But only if you don't break promises."

"Right. Is this related to that Gnaw business?"

>>27446104
Which gets us back to your original point. It's going to be hard for her to get Waifu points at Alignment -3.

"She laughs. The 'Gnaw' is a myth. The notion that something is actively eating at stories- well, that's vanity. She ruminates though, that if ever she saw this, perhaps it would make a better companion than certain redheads."

You bite down the urge to say 'aw Hell naw,' and instead reply, "You're the one that needs help here, Konoko. Would you give me some time to consider it?"

"She twists her once beautiful look of happiness in to a still more beautiful, but terrible facade of rage, more time? To think of a way to trick me? I thought to trust you, you, you, Wendy's look alike! But now you talk of taking time? Why? To betray me? She hisses, drawing on the fell power of the diner."

She's off her rocker. You raise your hands, "Calm down, calm down-" Then notice. The pit grew. One of your feet is hanging over space. You regain your composure, "I, I would need a way to plan. To plan to bring down the alignment. I wouldn't want to deceive you with a promise I couldn't fulfill, right?"

"Konoko pauses, considering the poisoned words of the hag. Begrudgingly, she allows her benevolent side to forgive the ginger. She resumes her protection, of the Miko."

>Despite Konoko's tone, you sense you can safely ask one more bout of questions before having to come to a decision. To delay, and leave the door open to approach Konoko about this deal in the future though, would require a role. Waifu points, at the cost of 0.02 per success, can negate this roll. One success would mean you leave on icy terms, two successes would mean you leave on cordial terms, and three (Only attainable via rolling) would mean you leave on (relatively) friendly terms.

>Your move.

>>27446115
Power of Friendship, dog.

>>27446109
>She is beyond the point of return- barring your hunting out who did this to her, and recovering her character. Her disposition turns sunny at the thought. She would be happy, then. She could force her way back.

This is better, guys. Not as horrible a thing for us to do.

>>27446121
I'm pretty much catagorically against dropping the alignment. Or really raising it above +2. No deal here.

>>27446109

>When I appeared, I gave Anon a reason to narrate about you, and that brought you back to an extent. We can work together to write you back in.

If being written back in is really what you want, it should be easy. Character introduction isn't a zero-sum game, it's all a matter of spending points, and I can get Konoko to talk about you more with Anon, giving you more narrative presense and building up for your reveal. Hell, we could have you kidnapped and placed in the lab I escaped from.

That is, of course, if you really ARE a character. And not, say, some kind of narrative-destroying entity given form.

Rolled 13

>>27446121
"Look, Angry-Dead-Konoko, I have an associate in all of this, Konoko-Who-Probably-Unintentionally-Stole-Your-Name. Let me involve her, and we can figure out a way to kill who need to without sending us into the Bates Motel, huh?"

>>27446121
"You mentioned bringing the one responsible here, to you. Would you be willing to let me leave, on my promise to find them and bring them to you?"

>>27446121
She's lost it. I want no part in this

>>27446104
>>27446115
Can't she take points off us like we can to her?

>>27446109
>>27446121
Would she be equally happy with us finding and killing/retrieving the person responsible instead of -3 alignment?

>>27446121
>Wendy's look alike
Huh.

Anyway, we don't need to kill anyone. Dead Konoko just gave us an alternate offer.

We hunt down the one who did this to her and we bring her to justice.

>>27446135
>>27446144
>>27446146
>>27446147
But, do we really want to exchange one psychopathic nutjob for another? This one even self-narrates.

>>27446121
"Let's say I go hunt down wheover wrote you out and bring him or her here. What will you do to him or her?"

>>27446168
For now, let's say yes.

The one who did this to her may be more dangerous since, apparently, we've never heard of anyone ever doing anything like this before in any of our past lives.

>>27446144

THIS

It should be fairly trivial to reintroduce her to the plot, but she seems corrupted somehow. I don't trust her.

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>>27446168
>This one even self-narrates.
"Self narration adds clarity and helps to avoid misunderstandings, says Misaka with as though explaining a simple fact to a child."

>>27446176
That is entirely true. I still don't trust her, though. It'd be best to eliminate one without bringing back the other.

>>27446168
The psychopathic nutjob we know beats the psychopathic nutjob we don't.

>>27446184
Tell me anon, would you pork a Misaka clone?

>>27446188
Let's see how things develop from here. I'm sure she'll try to involve herself in our investigations in some manner and, the more we get to know and understand her, the better our position will be in deciding whether or not it would be best to bring her back or find some way to eliminate her.

She could be the horribly vengeful ghost character or the creepy, maladjusted (once bright and sunny) friend. The story (the meta-story, that is) can develop in all sorts of ways, anon.