>>28330795
>[x] Whack it with our sword while it's stuck in our shield

>>28330844
Don't forget the roll, please!

Rolled 5

>>28330844
And of course I forgot my bloody dice.
>>28330883
Thank you for reminding me.

>>28330890
Thinking quickly, you slash at one of the six icy portrusions while it's still in that form. A burst of radio waves emanated from it as you slice the appendage off with your Prog-sword; A static most like a yelp was what you heard. The Wulf quickly detaches itself from your shield. You hear Karl running over to you, trees falling as his Einherjar tramples them. For a moment, you did not see the Wulf; only to see it lunging at your Einherjar from a blind side.
And you feel pain.
Your Einherjar's blood falls to the forest floor as the Wulf rips off a piece of armor. Alarms blare as the cockpit shakes, and you got a minor flashback to the events that happened from this morning until now.
>do:
[ ] Fuck, I'm in pain, stabilize
[ ] Where the fuck is that gods-damned Wulf
[ ] Where am I, where is Karl, where is Hilde
[ ] other (fill in)

>>28331205
>[x] Where am I, where is Karl, where is Hilde

>>28331232
Even when you're in pain, even when there is the threat of a gods-damned Wulf ending your life, the first thing you thought was your friends.
Where the hell is Karl?
He is right on top of the beast, having done a sprinting leap; bearing down his twin Prog-axes down on the fierce beast. You faintly remember him yelling, but the adrenaline makes you focus on another thing.
Hilde, sprinting as fast as she can, drove her lance up the side of the beast, as it struggles to free itself from Karl's chops. It marks a glancing hit on the cylindrical core of the Wulf, but the beast still moves.
>do:
[ ] Steady your mind, and finish the job, professionally.
[ ] Adrenaline is flowing, run to it and kill it!
[ ] other

>>28331446
>[x] Steady your mind, and finish the job, professionally.
Fast is fine, but accurate is final.

>>28331457
You did receive orders to kill but not harm it too much, so you steady yourself. While Karl is pummeling the beast senseless and Hilde holding it down, you bear down on the Wulf, prog-sword trained to the cylindrical core; You move your shield just enough to prevent Karl from going overboard with it, and thrust your weapon into a ringlike depression on the cylinder's surface, now exposed due to Karl's persistent bashing. With a flash, you hear more of the wailing static, and then all was quiet on the forest floor. The Wulf froze a ring of ice fifty meters out from its death site; Entire swaths of forest flash-frozen, and some part of the lake as well.
The good thing is that you did it in thirty seconds before your Einherjar's power ran out.
As you come out of your battle-trance, and Karl calms down, you notice that all this time you were hailed by Klaus. "Freja! Our sensors register that the beast is dead. What happened out there?"
>say:
[ ] "I ... I finished it."
[ ] "It hurt my Ein!"
[ ] "I kinda slipped, but it's okay, the Wulf is dead now."
[ ] other (fill in)

>>28331633
Other: Everyone allright? *hears hail again* Yes, we got the wolf. It's dead.

>>28331633
>[x] other
Everything went fine, the Wulf is out, but Ein took some damage

>>28331633
I'll second >>28331674

>>28331633
[x] "I kinda slipped, but it's okay, the Wulf is dead now."

>>28331674
Still somewhat in an after-battle trance, you yelp out, "Everyone allright?"
Then you realize that you've been hailed by Klaus yet again. "What happened out there? Our visuals went down after that last burst of static. What is your situation?"
"Oh, uh, yes, we got the Wulf. It's dead, but not destroyed."
"Good. We can safely stow away the N2 then. Good job, pilots. Extraction crew, stand by to salvage that core."
Klaus' window shuts, and Karl's window opens. "Bjorn! You're okay? Thank the gods you're okay!"
Ugh, what now you annoying yet useful loon?
>say/do:
[ ] to Karl: "I'm fine, you dimwit. Now stop bawling and let's head to base."
[ ] to Karl: "Thanks for the assist, Karl. Don't worry about me."
[ ] to Hilde and Karl: "I'm glad you two are okay too."
[ ] ignore and head to base
[ ] other (fill in)

>>28331818
"Im fine babe, thanks for the assist"

>>28331818
>[ ] other (fill in)
To Hilde: "That was good work, pinning it down like that. I'm looking forward to working together in the future."

>>28331818
[x]Other "Stop bawling, I'm fine, you dimwit. How are you, Hilde? Let's get back to base."

>>28331818
>other
Yeah, I'm fine, how about you?

>>28331633
>"I kinda slipped, but it's okay, the Wulf is dead now."

>>28331818
>>28331868
Seconding this.

>>28331904
Yes.

>>28331857
>>28331868
>>28331870
>>28331871
"Oh stop bawling you dimwit, I'm fine. Good to see you and Hilde fine as well."
Karl sniffles a bit, his face very unmanly. "Thank the gods... I was really worried."
You shift to Hilde, who is still the calm one. "That was good work, pinning it down like that. I'm looking forward to working together in the future."
"You too." That was all she said, as all three Einherjar lose power and shuts down. Automatically, the cockpit ejects slowly, and you breath a fresh air. You see Karl and Hilde exiting their cockpit, and you do too; the sky is now blue and clear, where before thunderclouds rolled overhead.
What do you do while waiting for the extraction crops to come?
[ ] Make small talk to Karl and Hilde via radio
[ ] Discuss the mission with Karl and Hilde
[ ] other

>>28331958
Make small talk with hilde and karl.

>>28331958
>[x] Make small talk to Karl and Hilde via radio

>>28331958
[x] Make small talk to Karl and Hilde via radio
"So, Hilde, how long have you been a pilot?"

>>28331958
>Make small talk to Karl and Hilde via radio

>>28331992
>"also, how long have you been packing an ass that phat?"

>>28331958
Visually examine our Ein, see how bad the damage is. This can be done in conjunction with the other options.

>>28331958
did you die, OP?

>>28332492
Sorry, a thunderstorm and IP block combo waylaid me. Continuing!

>>28331981
>>28331989
>>28331992
>>28332008
While you three wait for extraction...
"So, Hilde, how long have you been a pilot?"
"About ten years."
"Wait, really?" You think she is joking.
"Actual time piloting would be two years. But I have been trained since I was young."
Suddenly Karl pipes in, "Also, how long have you been packing ass that phat?"
You reply, "Gods damn it Karl, and I thought you were kind of awesome for a moment there."
Karl halts. "Wait, really?"
"Nope! I lied! Back to your regularly scheduled ass-kicking from me!"
Then, suddenly a giggle that is not yours or Karl's. "You two sound like an item." Hilde says.
>rebuttal:
[ ] Deny. "No I'm not! Not with such a crybaby!"
[ ] Flabbergasted. "What. No."
[ ] Disgusted. "Eugh, with Karl? You could file a whole folder's worth of sexual harrassment complaints on him!"
[ ] other

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>>28333983
>[x] Flabbergasted. "What. No."

>>28333983
[x] Flabbergasted. "What. No."
The very idea flies in the face of reason.

>>28333983
>[x] Flabbergasted. "What. No."
wat

OP, is yous alives?

>>28334498
Maybe the lightning storm fired his cable modem.
Again.

>>28334516
Thats woulds be disappointings.
Clearlys the Dutch ares responsibles fors this storms.

>>28334001
Flabbergasted, you blurt out, "What. No."
To your surprise, Karl says the exact same line at the same time.
Hilde giggles again. "There's not a lot that can make me laugh, you know. You two are two of them."
"Ugh... just as long as you don't call me and Karl an 'item' again."
As you three were chatting you look down to see the extent of damage done by the Wulf. The forest floor below is colored blackish red, the blood of the Einherjar clotting; while in some places it was blasted cold and dry from the Wulf's final moments. The chest armor is completely torn and mangled on the ground, but you can't fully see the damage.
"Hey Hilde and Karl, can you see the damage on my Einherjar?"
Hilde quickly responded. "Large lacerations to the second layer, first armor layer completely torn off. Massive hemorrhaging to the chest area, but not detrimental wounds."
Karl adds, "Gonna leave a nasty scar."
Just before you were about to blast his ass over the radio waves over nothing, really, the sound of helicopters interrupt you. "Oh hey, the extraction team's here."
>do later when back at base:
[ ] Get ready to noogie Karl. Both for his innuendo and for the assist.
[ ] Talk about more stuff with Hilde.
[ ] Ask both out for pizza, they're your friends after all.
[ ] other

>>28334498
>>28334516
Trying my hardest to switch IPs, it keeps getting the ones that's blocked (I have dynamic IP ISP). I don't know who keeps getting the whole country blocked, but it is quite annoying.

>>28334581
[x] Talk about more stuff with Hilde.
[x] Other: See if we can talk our handler into ordering pizza for us.

>>28334581
>[x] Ask both out for pizza, they're your friends after all.
>[x] Get ready to noogie Karl. Both for his innuendo and for the assist.
Do both. Then discuss Hilde's training and ideas for team tactics that will play to our strenths.

>>28334581
>[x] Talk about more stuff with Hilde.
By the way, the guy who keeps getting the whole country banned? He's probably Dutch. The Dutch are scum.

>>28334620
>>28334641
After the relatively short heli flight, and the barrage of physical tests later, and the short after-battle shower, you find yourself walking down the halls of AESIR HQ with Karl and Hilde. "So, Hilde, Helga said you're an orphan?"
Hilde's yellow eyes glimmer for a bit. "Yes, I was very young then. Lab accident, supposedly. My parents were AESIR members, so AESIR took me in. That was about when I took the training as a pilot."
"That's quite harsh." You empathize with her. You remember your own family life as well, before AESIR chose you; having a pitiful mother and a father that smelt of mead and beer is not a good childhood. But you have strived to be better, to be more mature, to be tough when life gives you lemons. "I had a harsh life too, I guess. But it's fine if you have friends."
Hilde smiles thinly. "Yes, it is good to have friends."
But then, your eyes saw sudden movement. Karl! He goes for an assgrab! His target is Hilde!
So you quickly used your hand to intercept Karl's...
resulting in his hand slamming into yours, pushing your hand to rest softly at Hilde's buttock. But you have no time to register that, you follow up that movement and turn it into a headlock, victim: Karl. Then you give him the best ever noogie yet in his life. "KARL! You pervert!"
In between the "ow ow ow"s Karl emitted, and the little yelp Hilde emitted, you apply your knuckles liberally onto his head. After some rounds of headnoggery, you let him go. "That was for being a pervert." And then a slap behind the head. "That, was for the nice assist. Now who wants to go for pizzas?"
Karl seems a bit flabbergasted from your un-violent end, and Hilde smiles thinly again.
"Okay, I'll go ask Helga about the pizzas."
Karl pipes up. "Dude, Bjorn, you sure about that?" subtly reminding you of Helga's hellish driving.
>do:
[ ] Stick to original plan, ask Helga for pizzas.
[ ] NOPE, not that death trap on wheels. Take a subway.
[ ] Maybe to the AESIR cantina?
[ ] other

>>28334909
[x] other
"There IS such a thing as 'delivery', Karl. What, you thought I was going to have Helga drive us to the pizza place?"

Seriously, just order the pizzas and have them deliver.

>>28334909
>[x] Stick to original plan, ask Helga for pizzas.
Testing out the new-blood. Sure Hilde can handle combat, but can she handle THE RIDE?

>>28335012
>>28335015
"There IS such a thing as 'delivery', Karl. What, you thought I was going to have Helga drive us to the pizza place?"
Karl breathes a sigh of relief. "Oh good, I thought I would have to ride that deathtrap a-"
"Did someone say PIZZA?" Helga's voice startles us. "Come on, I'll give you a ride to the pizza place! It's not that far!"
"Uh, thanks, but we'd think we'd just order delivery."
"No! I know a good place! And delivery pizza is often not that good, you know. We're going to go to Pizza Hall!"
Your mind is now racing for excuses. "But will we have room, COMFORTABLE room, with Hilde? She's coming too, you know."
Helga laughs. "What? Oh, don't worry, I dropped of Lars at his office."
Wait what? Lars the mini-walrus has its own office?
>do/say:
[ ] Accept your fate. "Oh, okay." At least you can view it as some sort of training.
[ ] Argue more. "But I LIKE delivery! It has way less life-threatening events!"
[ ] other

>>28335151
[x] other
"Only if Karl is in the front seat and safely away from groping range."

So, are we going with Helga in order to test Hilde?
Or are we doing it out of spite so that Karl is made to suffer?

>>28335209
Well, that is up to you, questers! I can accommodate both.

Well, since it's getting real late and I think the playerbase has dropped off into sleep, we'll continue the quest in a later date. Watch your local QTG for when! Thank you for participating.
By the way, critique and advice are welcome!

At least we finished our first episode, eh?