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>>28692270

At your question, however, Midori seems to perk up, as if relieved with the opportunity to get this date back into track, and into something much less awkward. "Oh, my hobbies, sempai?"

Yeah. Her hobbies. What does she do in her spare time, for fun?

"W-well, besides drawing and writing for Miracle Midori, sempai, I...I do a bit of cooking, too. I try to learn at least two recipes for each kind of national cuisine when I have the time, and i have the kitchen to do it in." She gestures to the spaghetti you're currently trying to polish off, with one of the oversized meatballs proving to be a bit of a challenge. "Miss Mami was kind enough to teach me how to make proper Spaghetti from scratch, and it's something I've been meaning to learn, so...um."

Midori gives you an awkward smile here, before leaning forward on the table. "D-did you know, sempai, Miss Mami has a really, really nice kitchen? It looks almost like something out from those cooking shows from America, where all the pots and pans are hanging from this elegant rack over a counter, and a really big oven, and...and stuff! Some of the things she has there my dad only dreams about for our restaurant!"

Mami's kitchen? ...Yeah, you do remember something like that. Cooking was something Mami took seriously. It's probably the reason why she can make those awesome pancakes of hers.

"I'd...I'd say so too, sempai." Midori smiles at you again, the same as last time, but you detect the faintest hint of something else behind the familiar gesture. ...Was she jealous of Mami, or something?

"W-well, what about you, sempai? What hobbies do you have?"

How do you reply?

[]Talk about your own hobbies. (Write-in)
[]Deflect the question and go for A instead.
[]Other.

If this thread isn't tagged "MAXIMUM SPAGHETTI" when it gets archived, I will be disappoint.

Not as disappoint as the fact that I have work in an hour or so, though. Why can't you live closer to EST, Decu?

>>28692305
>[X] Titties and beer.

>>28692305
[x]Realize that we have no hobbies aside from drinking and murder
[x]quietly spaghetti about this
[x]ask Midori for help finding normal-people hobbies

Seriously, I don't think any iteration of Homura ever has had any hobbies.

...wait, I just had a crazy idea.

[x]vaguely remember that we liked to knit things, once upon a time

Guess who made Wendy's scarf?

>>28692305
.....we have hobbies????

[X]Deflect the question and go for A instead.
....Aspriations? what does she want to do with her...life...

>>28692332
>knitting
we magical grandma now

>>28692332
That idea was!

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>>28692305

[X]Other.

Point at your head and say "Amnesia, remember? I don't really have any hobbies that I remember. Probably time I picked some up, huh?"

Give her an opening to suggest activities, basically

>>28692305
[x] "Uuhhh...well, not really any at all. But maybe I should try finding some?"

Dat Midori. Choker is hnnnngh tier.

>>28692358
why does Bayonetta have short hair in that pic?

>>28692332
That idea was great

>>28692305
>[X]Other.
"If I ever get some, you'll be the first person I tell."

[x]Gardening, once. Tried to grow bonsai maple trees. To make syrup with.

It...it didn't really work out.

>>28692305
>>28692359
[X] "I haven't had much time for hobbies, in the month and a half I can remember."

Maybe we can make those little ships in bottles? Or we can be canonical and steal things and make explosives.

>[x]Talk about your own hobbies. (Write-in)

Make a joke, "I suppose making a mess of myself doesn't count."

>>28692332
>[x]vaguely remember that we liked to knit things, once upon a time

Then this.

>>28692305
>>28692305
[x]Talk about your own hobbies.
[x]Rattle down the following stuff in awkward hushed deadpan:

"I like.. uh .. Shooting People. Painkillers, smoking, Pancakes, Mami and my Comfy Chair.

Does *Not getting killed* count as a hobby?"

>>28692305
>>28692332

[X] Nope on the magical grandma. Yes to the ask for advice.

>>28692332
We also /v/ideo-game'd at some point, I think. We had a brief flash of it when talking to Jyubey just before the Siberia thing went down... and then we got ripped asunder and rebuilt by our favorite pink haired goddess and got a whole fresh batch of amnesia, so we may not remember. Hell, that may not even be us anymore.

Knitting and video games seem like appropriate hobbies for a bed ridden sick girl, I suppose.

>>28692403

Making explosives should definitely be listed in our answer, hahaha

>>28692396

This. So, so much this.

So...knitting, gardening, vidya and explosives.

...are we some sort of post-modern guerrilla leader?

>>28692413
>not mentioning Midori
why would you play with a young lady's heart like that

>>28692305
[x] "Don't really remember much in the way of hobbies. Did steal some jet fighters recently, though. That felt familiar."

>>28692305
[x]Hobbies
[x]"I.. I think I like weapons. And making Explosives. I dont really remember if I liked other things before."

>>28692446
Now we have to take Midori for a ride in one of our stolen MiGs, you realize.

>>28692439

... Yes? Can always say we pick up and drop things to do in our spare time rather frequently. Like jets, and bear hunting.

>>28692440
Because Chiaki is dense and awkward and it absolutely fits. And I think we should tell her that she souldnt be jealous about Mumi because she got the whole Mami thing wrong in the first place.

>>28692439
Before her memory loss she was a militant hipster!

>>28692440
no, that's the hobby we're hoping to acquire in the near future.

Heart. and maybe... other things. hand holding

Oh, shit. >>28692448
>I.. I think I like weapons.
Of course! Our non-MG friendship with Misaka is built on that.

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>>28692465
"Saving Madoka" is hardly a Hobby. Even if she probably spent years trying to get that single month right.

"I spend a lot of time talking with Misaka about guns." Is an accurate answer, I guess.

Also, Chiaki might be awkward, but she isn't dense enough to miss that Midori is jealous of Mami. She's dodged that one before, no reason to make her slip-up now.

QUICK
WHAT ARE WE WEARING?
What is Midori wearing?

Drawing it now.

For vidya...I bet we liked stuff like Recettear, or the Atelier series.

FPS games, not so much; too much like work, without the satisfaction of killing assholes IRL.

>>28692484
Online RPGs, dude.

What else would a bed ridden girl play? Whole worlds beyond the bed.

>>28692483
>What is Midori wearing?
Uh, anon...
As for we, the image is somewhere. Maybe a kind anon will repost.

>>28692332
This is great, although Moemura DID have an unusual fascination with bombs...

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>>28692483

We are wearing this. Midori is wearing a black dress with a choker and Opera gloved

>>28692482
On the other heand we also didnt bother to tell her so far why Mami is to us what she is to us and the Story of Girl A.

>>28692480
~8 years working on a single project goes a bit beyond "hobby" and straight into "obsession".

>>28692504
...There's a fair bet she knows enough about Murderface that she knows the story. But it might be interesting to find out what version of it she knows.

For that matter it might be interesting to find out if WE still remember that.

>>28692489
An endless repetitive experience where you spend countless amounts of time dealing with the same assholes on a futile quest to achieve something lasting?

No wonder Homura handled the time loops so relatively well!

>>28692484
I suspect she would have had some kind of appreciation for tool-assisted speedruns, but couldn't quite pinpoint why.

>and all the while, somewhere deep down inside, there was much screaming about how much easier things would've been with savestates in addition to slow-time.

>>28692534
Not to mention a thing I'm not going to mention because Rebellion.

>>28692537
If she had savestates she'd probably keep saving over them past the point of no return, given consequences aren't always immediately obvious.

>>28692540
But I'm thinking of the blank faced NPC's inhabiting her version of Mitikihara.

I guess I mentioned it after all.

Stupid cat appears to be asleep at the switch. >>28692429 was the last vote before the 15-minutes expired. Don't have any of the images on my phone, but...yeah

>>28692502
We're bad at this fashion thing.

>>28692537
Remember to quicksave every five minutes, or after each XP gain!

>>28692534
>to achieve something lasting

Oh.. oh poor you.

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>>28692379
This is Bayonetta 2~ Wii U exclusive

>>28692566
Watch your mouth, Mumi picked those for us.

>>28692561
Huh, Knitting, gardening, & video games...

Maybe Murderface isn't as bad at this "being a person" thing as she thought.

>>28692566
That was Mami. She was just trying to get us into real clothes that were close enough to our costume that we wouldn't immediately start itching and tear them off.

>>28692577
She's bad too, then. She probably didn't have much choice to begin with.

>>28692566

It's basically Kirigiri's outfit from Dangan Ronpa. It's stylish.

>>28692307

I'm still at work, occasionally browsing on a shitty PC, will be home in an hour!

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>>28692581
>She was just trying to get us into real clothes that were close enough to our costume that we wouldn't immediately start itching and tear them off.
Makes sense.

Speaking of video games, there's a monster called Midorin in Cave Story.

I was amused.

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>>28692577
White Mami

>>28692587
Kyoko holding an unopened food item without already having some sort of food in her mouth?

What is this heresy?

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>>28692270
>>28692305
filename

>>28692602
Isn't she supposed to be, like, 15? That's ridiculous. The look bigger than they did in the show!

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>>28692602
>Dem Mammies
>Dat Smirk

Homu homu!

>>28692606
>any hobbies, senpai?
>"Motorboating."
>...OH GOD I JUST SAID THAT OUT LOUD

>>28692606
Yes YES YES!

>>28692606
[jelly intensifies]

>>28692606
>dat filename

Brilliant. The look on her face says everything. "...Do I have hobbies? God fucking dammit Kyoko, you did not tell me I would need to be prepared for THIS turn of events."

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>>28692606
Paafecto!

>>28692606
Seems quite accurate on all accounts. Especially Chiaki's table manners.

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>>28692602

>>28692606
T-two new arts in the thread already? Truly we are blessed.

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>>28692645
>Dem Hips

Someone colour Midorin's hair in >>28692305 before I pull out the paintbucket tool and do it myself.

>>28692606
Chiaki should brush her hair, can't have that on a date.

Certainly in character though.

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>>28692645
>>28692602
>>28692587
>>28692574
>Not posting best one from that line

>>28692305
Not to question Decu's art, but shouldn't Midori's breasts be bigger? I think in that pic they are "barely" Sayaka's sized when they should be close to Mami's.
They should also be a bit higher up.

>>28692682

Shoop a cute hat on it

>>28692687
They look perfect to me anon.

>>28692687
She's not wearing a bra, anon.

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>>28692672
>Chiaki should brush her hair
Any opportunity for a hairflip.

While we wait for Decu to figure out what to write from this voting session, here's some shadowruns to keep us busy: back in the idol arc, did anybody notice that Ruri was using the nickname for Kyosuke that only showed up in NECO's profile of him?

>>28692691
>Chiaki vision

>>28692687
She's kind of slouching a bit out of shyness. If she had her head back and her shoulders high, they'd look bigger.

>>28692700
Pft, you think THAT qualifies as Shadowruns?
It was Mami's idea for Midori to take us all the way out to her love shack, right? Well, maybe we should ask Kyouko whose idea it was to leave the Golden Weapons behind.

>>28692715
It was Midori's. Kyouko said so. Midorin didn't want any of that golden shit on our date.

S'probably because of Pinky.

>>28692715
eh, it doesn't matter. We know the Deagle, at least, will find it's way back to the shield, and we're one transformation away from an armoury that contains, at it's least deadly, a flight of Migs.

>>28692715
That actually isn't something to be all that paranoid about, since IIRC we can apparently summon the damn things to us when we want/need them.

Oh, and a thought for when we try to get Kirika and her murdersword under control: wear the Bangles at the same time, so that we can get Yuu's help. Her aura of pure adorable will make Kirika hesitant to go crazy, and she can punch Kirika into compliance if necessary.

>>28692715
>midori gets us all alone
>without our best weapons

>bed-shadowruns intensify

>>28692715
>implying mami would be so rude as to murder us while we're on a date
slander lies and slanderous lies, anon

she'd at least wait until later.

>>28692734
She's just hoping that one of our hobbies turns out to be "getting laid by a buxom younger woman".

>>28692725
I remember Midori agreeing, not suggesting it.
>>28692727
>>28692730
Yes, but can we call them back if someone ELSE is wielding them? Like, say, a certain pancake goddess?
>>28692740
Of course not.
She would, however, attempt to clear up the whole Prophet mess for us.

>>28692725
>Midorin didn't want any of that golden shit in our date
Or rather, she didn't want a specifical golden shit in our date: the Shield.
She either knows that Pinky is dangerous for us, or that she's competence for her. And it makes sense, seeing as she's a Callidus, that she deals in subtle tactics.

>>28692734
Green is the danger!

Of course, if Pinky gets envious....that puts a much less pleasant spin on "Green is the danger".

>>28692748
>buxom

Ah, poor Midori. She has no idea how much danger her ass is in.

>28692756
>Yes, but can we call them back if someone ELSE is wielding them? Like, say, a certain pancake goddess?

A good question

BUT it's not a case of -calling- them back. It finds it's way home even when we didn't want it.

So... we'll see, I guess.

>>28692734

Those bed-shadowruns should continue until it ends up with Chiaki and Midori without any clothes

>>28692332 >>28692359 >>28692446 >>28692448

Your eyes go wide behind your glasses at the sudden reversal of your own, feeling a sudden rush of panic slam against your chest. Hobbies? Do YOU have any hobbies? Any at all?

Besides drinking yourself to sleep on the cold, hard floor of your first apartment, empty Kong bottles strewn around you? Seeing how many days you can walk around in your own costume until somebody actually physically manhandled you into a shower? Or how about collecting empty pill bottles of Interfectum 600, those bitter painkillers you constantly snacked on?

No. No need to tell her about those. You'll just be ruining the night.

"Sempai?" Midori blinks at you, her brow furrowing slightly in concern. "Are...are you alright? Did I say anything--"

You shake your head, swallowing with a painfully dry throat. You take hold of your glass of iced water and take a generous sip from it. It's...it's fine, you tell her. You just had to think about your answer, that's all.

"If...If I'm prying, sempai, I--" The green-haired Callidus tries, working up a smile, but you shake your head again. No, goddammit. It's a question about your hobbies, of course you'll answer it. It's not prying or anything.

"A-ah. Al..alright." Midori blinks again, seemingly taken aback, but for some reason she's smiling. You're not sure why. ...It doesn't look like she's laughing at you, though. Maybe she understands how hard this is for you, or something? You don't know.

You take another sip of your water, before putting the glass back down. It's...well, you don't really remember a whole lot of what you used to do for fun, back then. Amnesia, and all. But you do remember...something about knitting? You might have knitted a scarf for someone, you're not sure. And something about making explosives.

"Making...making explosives, sempai?" Midori's eyes go wide, here. "Y-you mean, um...like bombs, and stuff?"

[1/2]

>>28692783

You nod. It's not something you've done recently, mind - if you needed to blow up anything, Misaka could easily hook you up with whatever you needed. But you do remember spending night after night in a room, sitting in front of a laptop and making explosives from scratch.

"A-ah. I....I see, sempai." Midori nods again. "B-but what about the knitting? That's...I wouldn't have expected it from you!"

You manage an awkward smile here. No, you don't see yourself doing it, either. You probably would use the needles to stab someone in the face or in the kidneys or something. But that's what you remember. So...maybe those are your hobbies, even if you don't...do them anymore?

You shake your head again, before murmuring an apology to the green-haired girl sitting across from you. That's not much of an answer, is it?

"Ah..?" Midori blinks again, before shaking her head quickly, smiling. "N-no, no, it's good, sempai! It's great! I didn't even know about the knitting thing! It's...it's actually really cute! And, and the explosives, they're...um...well...!"

She's trying. She's trying very hard, you can see that.

But you can't help but wonder if she's having second thoughts about...well, all this, now. You're certainly doing a good job of mucking things up, even if you're trying not to yourself, and--

It's here that the whine of speaker feedback interrupts your train of thought, and the both of you turn towards its source. ...It's Kyoko, a few ways away from the table, standing behind what looks like a rather jury-rigged sound system, with what looks to be a DJ sound table propped up against some speakers. The red-haired Eversor clapping a pair of huge earphones over her ears and, grinning from ear to ear, flashes you a thumbs-up sign.

Wait. What the hell is she doing? Is she trying to--

[2/3]

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>>28692795

The speakers under the DJ table thump into life, and you wince, half-expecting a ground-shaking dubstep song to blast out from them and vibrate your dinner off the table - but all that comes out is soft and gentle piano music, with a bit of violin. Not overly romantic or dramatic, but something you'd hear in a really posh restaurant, so that not everything you hear around you are people murmuring about how they're enjoying the tasteless, overpriced mess on their plates.

It's...it's actually a good thing. Something to fill in the holes in the conversation that you'll inevitably dig yourself.

"DJ KYOKO IN THE HOUSE, YEAH!" Kyoko suddenly hollers, apropos of entirely nothing, one hand holding her earphones in place as she bobs her head to an inaudible thumping bass track. It's here that you hear Midori giggle, at the same time that you spot Kumatora hissing at Kyoko about something, which the red-haired Eversor simply waves off, still grinning.

You couldn't help it, you laughed a bit yourself. Well, not a complete laugh, just...maybe you breathed a bit harder and faster through your mouth, if you'll be honest. But as you turn back to your date, she seems to be more relaxed now, smiling through her giggling.

"H-hahaha..s-sorry, sempai. I told Kyoko-san that this would be a serious date, but..." She shrugs helplessly, still smiling.

No. No, it's fine. That's the last thing you should say to Kyoko, you learned. She does what she likes.

[3/4]

>>28692797
GOD DAMMIT KYOKO

>>28692797
TOSHI-, no, wait, SAKURA KYOUKO!

>>28692797

You turn back towards Kyoko, and you see her grin again, before mouthing the words 'YOU OWE ME' at your direction. This is followed by a one-eyed wink, and another thumbs-up.

Hah.

"A-anyway, sempai..." Midori calls your attention again, and you turn to see her leaning forward once more, an elbow on the table. Still smiling, her red eyes staring into yours. Giving you quite the view down her dress, but...that's probably not intentional. "Um, did...did you really mean it? What you said before the mission? That you want me to move in with you..?"

You blink at this. That's...that's a bit of a sudden change of subject. Has she been waiting all along just to ask that again?

How do you respond?

>>28692809

[x] "It was just a silly suggestion. You know, fear of the new rank, and all. But I will be fine."

>>28692809
[x] Of course I mean it. Why wouldn't I?

>>28692809

[x] "It was just a silly suggestion. I kinda like having that much space for me."

>>28692809

[X] Wasn't I emphatic enough las time? Answer is still yes

>>28692809
[x]"Well, yes, I thought it'd be handy if you boobed in with me. Moved in with me." Fuck. Maybe she didn't notice. Maybe nobody noticed. Play it cool. Sweat bullets. "Since.. We'd be working close together and all. It'd be convenient, and it's probably way better than wherever you've been holding up now."

>>28692809

"...I-I meant every word I said.

B-b-besides theres way too much space t-there just for o-one."

>>28692797
Blush a cute.

>>28692809
[x] "Ah, well, it sounds a bit too forward perhaps, in this atmosphere. I completely understand it if you'd prefer to stay somewhere else, I assure you."
>that's probably not intentional.
how naive.

>>28692809

[x] "Uh, not really. It was just a thing of the moment."

>>28692809
[x] Of course it was. I mean, if it is no problem to you, that is. Unless you want me to move in with you. I can do that.

>>28692809
>one-eyed wink
When you only have one eye, isn't that just blinking?

>>28692809
"It was impulsive, poorly thought out, absolutely indicative of the promised Murderface experience... and it's been something I have absolutely no regrets about.

...I mean, if you wanted someplace of your own, it can be arranged?..

>>28692809
[X] Of course we meant it.

>>28692809
"Yes Midori, I really meant it."

>>28692809
[x] "I have no idea what I'll do with all that space. I'll probably end up doing breach-and-clears every day if I'm left alone in there. And I need... someone, to keep an eye on me. Make sure I don't fuck everything up.
It's not like we'll be sharing the bed or anything."

>>28692809

[x] "I think it would be better if you didn't. It's dangerous."

NOIR.

We already had a pseudo-death event, next time it will be for real.

>>28692797
Oh no.

Dancing.

>>28692840
Not the way Kyoko does it.

>>28692809
[X] If you're willing, I stand by what I said. I don't know if I can handle my daily life without your help.

[X] I thought you were already finished moving in?

>>28692809
[x] What, did I stutter when I said it? Yes, I meant it. Though looking at all the boxes with drawing supplies that you brought here it looks like you planned on moving here. What's up with that?

>>28692809
Yes we did. Meant it with all of what we have that could be considered a heart.

>>28692844
[x] this

>>28692851
You can't protect what your not around.

>>28692809

"Ah, that...sorry. It was an impulsive thing, and after thinking it over, I think it's not a good idea."

Oh god, no, do not want more green. Miss a couple of threads and this happens, fuck. Hope she inevitably dies in a horrible manner, with no stupid ressurrection shenanigans this time.

>>28692861
>Though looking at all the boxes with drawing supplies that you brought here it looks like you planned on moving here. What's up with that?
True, we need to broach this topic, and soon.
She can still do her Miracle Midori stuff in our apartment. Hell, we'll even give her some ideas!

>>28692866
Which is exactly why we've left Mami alone.

>>28692809

>"These duds don't lie."

[x] I'd understand if you don't want to.

But, yes.

>>28692844
This.

>>28692809
[x]"Y-You dont want to? I just thought that this is how the whole dating thing works. I-I don`t dislike being around you, is what I am saying."
[x]Maximum Spaghetti

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>>28692783
>Interfectum 600
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFAsOzXSLUk

[X] Yeah, I meant it. Don't you want to?

>>28692877
>Hell, we'll even give her some ideas!
First hand, I hope?

>>28692809
>in a puzzled tone of voice: "Yeah, of course. I don't usually say things I don't mean. Is there any reason you'd think I'd have a problem... with..."
>trail off as we realize what "moving in" really implies here
>eyes go wide
>scream and hyperventilate internally
>nod "yes" while turning redder than Clifford The Goddamn Big Red Dog

>>28692866

Should have her move into one of the rooms outside our office then. She would see us way more frequently that way. And we probably won't be spending a lot of time at home, too much shit to do at work.

>>28692895
This. Definitely this.

>>28692809
[X]yes

>>28692809
[x] Yes
nice and simple.

>>28692809
"Hell yes. I don't think I could manage being a normal person without you with me."

>>28692809

[x] "We probably shouldn't. I need space for me and my insanity."

>>28692895


Chiaki is very princess.

>>28692809
>Yes, with MAXIMUM SPAGHETTI

>>28692895
Fourthing this.

>>28692876
>having shit taste
>being a shit

>>28692809

[x]"I'm not sure myself"

>>28692880
Mami isn't a law tier calidus. She's an experience MG an officio willing to burn the earth to the ground for her sake. Midorin needs us more than Mami, it's us who needs Mami. Also if she and wreck Wendy then I think this prophet isn't going to be able to get her that easily.

>>28692924
Mate, you need to lay off the autocorrect.

>>28692933
More like I need to lay on the proof reading. In a bit of a rush.

>>28692809

[x] "I don't think it's a good idea anymore. What with this Prophet business and me being in the center of a magical version of the hunger games. We shouldn't no, for your own good."

>>28692924
but the real question is, has anyone ever done so much as to be more to look like?

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>>28692809
>>28692797
>>28692795
>>28692783

>>28692924
So tell me, have you ever been far even as decided to use go want to do look more like?

>>28692924
>Prophet can't get Mami that easily
>Thinking she can't use knowledge of future events to just get a nonmagical sniper to shoots her in the back of the head from a half mile away while eating takoyaki in the park on her break

>>28692942
>>28692945
my brain is bleeding

>>28692894
What other way is there?

>>28692797
>>28692943
No matter what else happens on this date, one thing is clear:

Chiaki and Midori have to team up and pull the same sort of DYNAMIC ENTRY the next time Kyoko takes Sayaka on a date.

>>28692943
Awww yisss.

>>28692945
It's like I'm on /int/ again.

>>28692809
[x] YEEEESSSSSSSSSS

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>>28692924

>>28692943
>no eyepatch

Oh shit nigger what are you doing

>>28692942
>>28692945
Have I yes. </shitposting>

>>28692952
>Thinking we have anyway to respond to that besides following Mami everywhere making us both sitting ducks for a double kill via high explosives.

>>28692957
...we could use both hands?

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>>28692924

>>28692958
This man knows what he's talking about.

>>28692969
If she wants, we'll recruit extra hands.

>>28692958
>Chiaki "stealthily" hiding in the bushes occasionally cupping her hands around her mouth to yell 'JUST FUCK ALREADY'

>>28692969
Or the tongue thing.

>>28692969

Probably a necessity

>>28692979
>And then they do. Just to spite her.

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>>28692966
>>28692966
what am i doing

>>28692979
>Chiakis face when they do so immediately.
>Not according to plan.

>>28692809

[x] "We shouldn't. It's dangerous, and will only hurt you, so please...let's not."

>>28692983
We need a Kharn-tier tongue for that.

>>28692993
More like Sayaka keeps trying to find them by shredding the bushes with cake-swords as Midori uses her Callidus abilities to reposition and disguise them both, only for the whole process to repeat itself.

>>28692999
That's not how MG-MG relationships work, dude.

Unlike a normal girl-MG relationship, grief is guaranteed either way, so it's worth the risk.

Simply by being an MG and having associated with us in the past, Midori is already at risk. Pushing her away now doesn't actually make things any safer for her.

It just doesn't feel right without the vote banners... NECO? Hat-chan?

>>28692996
Truly, an eyepatch suits her.

>>28692996
TWO EYEPATCHES
WITH SKULLS ON THEM

Is anybody else noticing the lack of a certain cat in this thread?

>>28693007
With Kyoko laughing hysterically all the while.

>>28693007
One last addition to this before I go:
>Later Kyouko thanks Chiaki with one hundred percent sincerity for being her wingman

>>28693040

And good riddance!


Damn you, thieving cat. I-it's not l-like I m-misses you or anything!

>>28693025

Uh, right. Though I still think that being around Chiaki will increase the danger level as time goes on...

You know, better remediate than let it infect and fester.

>>28693066
Magical Girl Danger Levels are all terminal.

Live as best you can before you inevitably die. Of course, you should try to avoid dying as well, but you can't outrun the inevitable forever. Unless you're in some kind of faustian pact or are a devil or something.

>>28693087
H-how lewd!

>>28693087
MY HEART

>>28693087
Ha ha ha marry me Dan Kim

>>28693087

Midori has engaged green-haired succubus mode!

>>28693066
Universe destruction seems to be inevitable one way or the other.

I don't think the danger level has anywhere to go.

>>28693025
>Unlike a normal girl-MG relationship, grief is guaranteed either way, so it's worth the risk.
Do you also advocate that other people in high risk occupations like police, firefighters, and soldiers also only have relationships with people in similarly high risk positions?

>>28693087

Daym Dan

>>28693095
>unless you're in some kind of faustian pact

But...but ALL magical girls are in some kind of faustian pact!

>>28693114
It's not "high risk", it's literally guaranteed death.

>>28693087
Now how about the other half of the image: what's Midori imagining?

>>28693087
Poor Pinky, Midori's stealing her wingy-schtick!

>>28693118
THEN YOU FUCKED UP YOUR WISH IF YOU AREN'T GUARANTEED TO LIVE FOR FUCKING EVER, DIDN'T YOU, NUMBNUTS?!

>>28693114
All magical girls die or witch out.

I'd prefer to be with someone who likes me than alone.

[spoilerEven if that speeds the destruction process.[/spoiler]

>>28693130
Not really.

Living forever is a real drag if you're not also guaranteed eternal youth.

>>28693124
Probably one or all of the parts in M&M where Mayumi takes advantage of Midori in different situations.

>>28693134
I think youth comes with the package unless you make a deal with a Baatezu without reading the fine print.

Not much of an eternal life as a pile of dust after all.

>>28692895
>>28692844
[x] some combination of these two, while >>28693087 is burned into our head.

I know I'm more than a bit late, but I just woke up. And Goddamn Dan, you are doing gods work. 28 HOURS A DAY

>>28693120
Everyone dies, death is inevitable. And no, dying as a Magical Girl isn't guaranteed since there are girls that live long enough to retire. The 17th had quite a few, and we've never actually checked how many from the 9th are still alive and collecting their retirement grief seeds.

Being a Magical Girl is very dangerous, an probably has the same life expectancy of a Soviet conscript during WW2, but it's not literally a death sentence.

>>28693133
>All magical girls die or witch out.
Indeed, all magical girls dying is a fate they share with the rest of humanity.

>>28693157

That's a bet of long odds. More die or witch out than they retire.

>>28693157
Retiring reduces the danger level, but it doesn't eliminate it.

The contract can't be undone - managing your Grief level is still a thing, and it's done via a grief seed pension.

It's also a fair bet that most QB's don't have a witch in the basement producing grief seeds, so the number of witches who survive to retirement is very low, and anyone who witches out becomes fodder for the rest.

No-one who isn't a Magical Girl already should have to be put in contact with this world.

>>28693124
Things that can't be posted on a blue board without invoking the wrath of Mod. Like holding hands, or cuddling

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>>28693124
BY REQUEST

>>28693184
...but they're cuddling right there.

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>>28693087
This is 100% accurate. I mean, something like this actually happened back in Siberia.

>>28693178
Actually, that's probably an advantage of this being a gritty noir world: more familiars will be able to kill enough people to evolve into witches and thus drop grief seeds when they die.

>>28693170
But how many retire compared to the number that die or Witch out, and what are the ratios between the different Officio's?
They aren't as good as a peace-time soldier's chances to live until retirement, I'll grant you, but I think that they would probably be around a soldier's chances during war time to survive till the end of the conflict.

>>28693187

ohshit this is my headcanon now

>>28693194
Death might be kinder.

Look at what ekatarina had to become in order to claim that pension.

>>28693187
Fukken hell. Now the problem is, how do we fit Mumi and Midori in the same kitchen without becoming fat.

>>28693187
Oh god, I didn't think you'd take me seriously there.

.......AHAHAHA never imagined Midori to be that jealous of Mami. It's also nice that her mind is not constantly filled with MMxMM

>>28693178
>It's also a fair bet that most QB's don't have a witch in the basement producing grief seeds
Decu said that they don't need one because there's an Officio solely dedicated to hunting Witches and farming Grief Seeds, and they sell Seeds to the other Officio's who may need them.

>>28693203
That had nothing to do with it.

>>28693187

Mumi nooooo

>>28693187
>>28693087
Now, what's Pinky thinking about all of this?!

>>28693187
We should do hair flips more.

>>28693187
Frenchiaki

>>28693211
it's the ninth, isn't it?

>>28693218

Watermelon time?

>>28693220
It's a sure way to raise that Midori love meter.

>>28693218
something obscene beyond human understanding that will definately need to be censored on a blue board

>>28693222
No, the Australian one with the monster for a Warmaster.

>>28693218
>>28693227


If it includes wendy.

YES PLS

>>28693232
Sitting everyone down around a table to play a game of FATAL?

>>28693233
Fun fact: there are no poisonous creatures in Australia.

Drop-bears are in fact witches, and anyone dying of "poison" was actually killed by a witch.

'Sall kosher, mate.

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>>28693187
Oh god, Imma dying!

>>28693222
No, we're a well-balanced Officio ( though currently suffering from a Culexus shortage) with diversified portfolio.

I think it was either the African Officio, or the Australian one.

>>28693218

KILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURNKILLMAIMBURN

>>28693246
>African
Well, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been a despair factory IRL for the last fifteen years.

>>28693247
and that's not even her pissed, that's just her idea of foreplay.

the only way i want this date to end is somthing like this....

>reach across the table
>take hand
>confirm feelings for her
>realise we leaned into spaghetti
>try to clean it up
>oh god how is there so much
>make it worse
>"dont worry sempai lets go to the bath and get you cleaned up
>fade to lewd

>>28692819 >>28692828 >>28692829 >>28692844 >>28692848

You nod again after a moment. Of course you meant it. It's...you're not the sort to say something and not mean it. Besides, didn't she see the place for herself? You're not sure what you'd do with all that space! You'd probably end up doing breach-and-clears every day if you're left alone in there.

Besides, it's not like you'd be sharing the bed or anything, you add after another moment of awkward silence, not quite filled by Kyoko's ambient music. But if she really has a problem with that, and she wants her own place, then...well, you can probably see about it. You're not Warmaster for nothing.

You look down on your unfinished spaghetti, a quarter of a recently-demolished meatball still impaled on your fork, idly considering being alone again. It's...well, nothing you're not used to. You're fine being alone.

Being lonely is another matter entirely, though. A matter that you also tried to solve with cheap whiskey and stolen painkillers, besides everything else.

"Chiaki-sempai?" It's here that you look up at the sound of your name being murmured by her. Your own eyes wide from behind your glasses as you see Midori smile a shy, contrite smile. "I'm...I'm sorry if I made it seem that way by asking you that. I just wanted to make sure that I..." She hesitates for a second, before shaking her head and forging on. "I wanted to make sure that I wasn't forcing myself on you or something like that, and--"

It's then that her eyes go wide as she realizes just what she'd said, her cheeks burning. "I-I mean, um...of course not really forcing myself on sempai, b-but I guess I just didn't want to impose...um..."

No, no. You...you got what she said. That's okay. And she's not doing that. You're the one who's asking her to stay with you, and she doesn't need to worry about it being some sort of token offer or what. It was a genuine offer, no strings attached.

[1/2]

>>28693228
>can't think of response
>hair flip
>so cool.jpg
>never spaghetti again

>>28693203
That's just Kharn.
There's the two from the 17th.
We don't see retirees because we haven't looked for them, and why would they be at the Officio instead of enjoying their retirement.
You don't expect retirees to be milling around at an active army base, do you?

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Despite the furious blush on her cheeks, Midori seems relieved at this. "A-ah. Thank you, sempai. I was...I was really getting worried." Another smile, this time definitely not colored by anything else but the emotion it's supposed to convey. "I was thinking that Sempai was only doing it to be nice, and--"

You blink at her, before shaking your head. No, you don't...you don't do things to be nice. You do things because you want to do them, period.

She giggles here again, a sound that you probably wouldn't mind getting used to. "That's my sempai for you. But yes, thank you. I just needed to make sure." It's then that she reaches forward with a soft, gloved hand, across the table - and places it on top of yours. A warm, soft touch.

Behind her, Kyoko is waggling her eyebrows up and down, making a curious gesture with her hands that you don't really understand.

"Sempai?" Midori blinks at you. "Is something wrong?" She turns to look at Kyoko, who suddenly begins to fiddle with her DJ sound table again.

How do you proceed?

[]Ask her about the boxes she had Kumatora bring along.
[]Ask her about her Ambitions.
[]Ask her about the gesture Kyoko just made.

>>28693295

KYOKO SAKURA

[x] Ask her about Ambitions

>>28693280
yeah.

Though I imagine the survival rate is probably weighted heavily in favour of office Meguca.

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>>28693218
BY REQUEST

Bonus soundtrack to Pinky's brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCtQmwJ1WAY#t=13s

>>28693295

Her ambitions.

>>28693295
>[x]Ask her about her Ambitions.
Continuing with the HAD scheme, boxes be next.

Also, Kyoko. lel

>>28693295
>Ask about the boxes
Then
>Ask about the gesture Kyoko just made

>>28693295

[X]Ask her about her Ambitions.

Damn it Kyoko!

>>28693295
[x]Ask her about the boxes she had Kumatora bring along.
Honest curiosity, and DO NOT MENTION THEIR CONTENTS. We aren't supposed to know.
It'll be more funny to see Midorin flounder for an answer.

>>28693295
[X] Keep looking at Midori. Smile, and offhandedly and good naturely lob your knife in Kyoko's direction.

Back to talking about Midori

>>28693327
If we ask Mami to teach us how to knit again, will that get us more Mami Points?

>>28693295
[X] ask about her ambitions.

>>28693295
[x]Ask her about her Ambitions.
Stay on track!
And damn it Kyouko.

>>28693295
[X]Ask her about the boxes she had Kumatora bring along.
"Were you planning to stay here a while?"

>>28693324
Save that to last. It'll put her on the back foot right before the fade to black.

>>28693295
[X]The first two

>>28693316
...well, could be worse! She's even smiling!

>>28693295
>Ask about the gesture
Realize what it means as we demonstrate it. Glare at Kyoko. Then
>ask about the boxes to get away from the previous topic

[x] boxes, its kind of weird to bring people and stuff like that on a date

is she going to draw us like one of her Chinese cartoon girls?

>>28693295
>That's my sempai for you.
[x]Other
[x]Ignore Kyoko
[x]"Its Chiaki, not Sempai by now. Say it."

I find it mildly irritating that she is still calling us Sempai.

>>28693295
>[x]Ask her about her Ambitions.
doo eet.

>>28693295
[x]Ask her about her Ambitions
Stay on task, Chiaki! We'll get Midorin out of her panties yet!

>>28693295
>[x]U-unless you want to share the bed...
>Ask her about her Ambitions.

>>28693371
>"It's Chiaki, not Sempai by now."
I agree with this. It feels like she's distancing herself by that, and it's about time she called us by name.

>>28693371
Oh, actually, that's a good point. That was behavior I kinda wanted to correct.

No-one should be looking to Chiaki as a mentor.

If she insists on using a title, it should be Warmaster. Though Chiaki would be preferable. Especially tonight. Especially every night.

>>28693371
Agreed.

>>28693383
What makes you think she's wearing any?

>>28693295
[x] Yes, do as anon says >>28693371

>>28693295
[x] MAXIMUM SPAGETTI

>>28693401
If she's not we'll make her put some on for the express purpose of getting her out of them.

>>28693295
[]Ask her about the boxes she had Kumatora bring along.

>>28693371
>>28693389
>>28693396
I really don't agree with this because it doesn't mean what you think it means.

And if we're talking about Chiaki being a mentor, Midori is fully aware of her shortcomings and it's Kumatora, who was an actual apprentice to Murderface, that should be more of a concern.

>>28693433
>it doesn't mean what you think it means
then elucidate

>>28693433
When we're alone (despite Kyoko, right now counts as alone), she doesn't need to use an honorific with our name. Really, she's had that right ever since she died in the process of rebuilding our psyche back in Siberia.

>>28693433
Kuma's fine. Mami was keeping an eye over our "apprenticeship", I feel confident she corrected any bad habits that Kuma might have picked up from us from the fact she's not wasted on Kong and painkillers right now.

>>28693461
Or any other kind of title. We should be "Chiaki" to her, and nothing else.

>>28693495
Warmaster is appropriate for appearances sake.

Besides, it lets her use our name when she wants to "pull rank".

>>28693495
That's kind of what I meant. The stuff after the name in Japanese is the honorific, whether it be -san, -chan, -kun, -senpai or what have you.

In public, she should still use the honorifics, or at least she should while we're on the job. Professionalism (aka "not being Kharn") is our watchword.

>>28693506
>>28693525
>The stuff after the name in Japanese is the honorific, whether it be -san, -chan, -kun, -senpai or what have you.
Shit, forgot that part. Still, I approve of that.

>>28693443
Sempai, in this context, is not just a title to indicate a senior, but includes an implication of trust and closeness.
Just calling us Chiaki only has the intimation of closeness without the additional expectation of protection that sempai gives.

>>28693551
True, but notice she just calls us "sempai" without saying "Chiaki". She can call us "Chiaki-sempai" and get both, but she doesn't.

>>28693551
>expectation of protection
I'm still not sure that losing it would necessarily be a bad thing in that case.

And I'm certainly not comfortable with her almost always using the honorific instead of the name.

>>28693551
...she died to save us in Siberia.

She's one of the few things we currently have that connects us to normal relationships.

I think the "protection" aspect kind of goes both ways here.

>>28693551
But do we really want that seniority to be a part of their private life as well? Or rather, it's already an unavoidable part of it, and they'll both be constantly reminded of it, given the situation, so wouldn't trying to limit it a bit be a good idea?

>>28693598
>future
Homucifer

>>28693576
>>28693525
She's not calling us Chiaki-sempai, or Matsuda-sempai, but just sempai.
That changes the dynamic, especially between two people that are potentially entering a loving relationship.

It's not as cut and dried as you make it out to be, and is vastly more complex with the subtle societal undertones that the term 'sempai' has.

i may be getting ahead of myself here but...

for this years maximum christmas(assuming the time of year in game is close enough to christmas) we find out that midori hates christmas. her family was poor so she never got presents, in fact she had to work harder in the restaurant because of the extra business. kyoko obviously will have none of this shit and sets out, with Chiakis reluctant help to teach her the true meaning of christmas by having her visited by three Chiakis, the Chiaki of christmas past(momeura), present(Chiaki), future(???)

>>28693598
>future(???)

present-chiaki, forced to wear a beard by Kyoko because they didn't have enough in the budget for actual time traveling shenanigans.

>>28693592
Culturally, in Japanese relationships, no, it wouldn't.

>>28693625
If I see spirits of christmas past, present and future one more fucking time, I'll drown a kitten.

>>28693641

you'll just have to suck it up and suffer like everyone else.

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>>28693598
>>28693625
>Armored Fragment of Christmas Future
>Come with me if you want your presents.
Followed shooting down Santa with an anti-aircraft gun

>>28693641
What about spirits of alcohol, painkillers and bullets?

>>28693641
Then you'll be visited by the ghosts of kitten past, kitten present and kitten future.

>>28693648
Oh, suffering, truly the reason why Christmas is the most brutal holiday of the year.

>>28693620
All I've got to go on is >>28693551
If my understanding is faulty, blame the explainer.

>>28693657
I prefer spirits of spirits, spirits, and more spirits

>>28693625
So who plays Ignorance and Want?

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>>28693295
Sakura in the background!..

>>28693620
Well, yes, in that context it seems to be more of an endearment (like "honey" or "darling" or whatnot) than an honorific. Being okay with yobisute would still be an important change in the relationship, though.

>>28693577
I'm reminded by someone else who died to save Chiaki.
The first time.

>>28693682
I know, right?

It's two girls. That gesture only works if it's a girl and a guy.

You'd think Kyoko would know that.

>>28693703
tell that to the dojin authors