Sylvie's words hit you like a punch to the chest, and you feel a familiar cold feeling emanating from deep within you...

...he seemed like a decent enough guy from the two times that he helped you out, but all that is thrown out now. THIS MAN is the one who hurt one of YOUR FRIENDS.

Nobody does that.

EVER.

"...so that would make you my predecessor then," you say with a glare of pure hatred.
"Ah, so you're Princess Marianne's current bodyguard?" Milien asks. "It really is a small world," he says with a chuckle.
"Umm, did my husband do something to offend you, Mr. Reinhold?" his wife asks, shrinking back a little.
"Judging from his reaction, I suppose that he's heard about one of my past mistakes," Milien replies, sighing.

>[1/?]

>>28936228
another 15 hour run?

>>28936228
It begins again!

>>28936238
>"Judging from his reaction, I suppose that he's heard about one of my past mistakes," Milien replies, sighing.

Sounds like a reformed man, to me.

>>28936228
It keeps happening!
AND I LOVE IT

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>>28936238
was this the image you were looking for?

>>28936297
You don't just take what everyone says at face value.

>>28936238
>[2/2]

You can clearly see that Sylvie's about to start screaming at him, but she seems to calm down a little when you take her by the arm.

"I certainly hope that you're not planning on approaching Marianne at this party," you say to him, your voice dripping with murderous intent. "After all, it's my JOB to make sure that nothing happens to her."
"Well..." Milien replies, smirking, "...I -was- planning on telling her how I've been doing since my abrupt departure, but I suppose that I might have to reconsider now."

"Milien? What's going on?" his wife asks, clearly distressed by the sudden antagonism.
"Oh, there's no need to worry your pretty little head," he replies, smiling at her. "Let's go get something to eat and give my friend here a chance to calm down some," he says as he takes her hand. "After all, I'm sure that he's like to talk with me about what happened later."

Casually waving goodbye, Lord Milien Girardot and his wife make their way towards the buffet table while you take Sylvie's hand and pull her along with you in the opposite direction.

Don't kill him.

That'll just cause problems for Marianne and everyone else.

No, you need to take a moment to think clearly.

"Reinhold?" Sylvie asks, her anger towards Milien having turned into concern for your angered state. "Are you going to be okay?"

As if sensing the urge to kill THAT MAN that's filling your every thought, the crowd around you parts in order for you and Sylvie to walk through.

Good. You are in no mood to be putting up with their bullshit.

>say something to Sylvie as you walk
>stew in your anger

>>28936238
IT BEGINS

>>28936353

"I need to bite something, hard."

>>28936297
Regretting something that got him run out of the kingdom doesn't mean he's reformed. He could simply be regretting the part where he got run out of the kingdom.

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>>28936353
>while you take Sylvie's hand

>>28936353
>>say something to Sylvie as you walk
"Should I have just run my sword through him?"

>>28936353
Do what Reinhold always does.
Apologize for not knowing, even though it's not our fault - they refused to tell us his name when we asked.

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>>28936353
>>say something to Sylvie as you walk
"I should be fine. Sylvie, please go and tell Nico and Marianne about his presence. It won't do for me to do so as its a secret. If that THING surprises her with its presence, it will not be a pretty scene."

>>28936353
>say something to Sylvie as you walk
Tell her to go tell Nicolette and Melanie.

>>28936353
Attempt to be calm, fail.
I dislike that person

>>28936353

>say something to Sylvie as you walk

>>28936353
Ask for a violent swing dance.

>>28936353
>>say something to Sylvie as you walk
Make sure Marie doesn't know hes here.

>>28936353
"Im fine, just recovering from emotional whiplash and trying to get my head on straight."

>>28936353

"I'm not entirely certain."

>>28936353
>>say something to Sylvie as you walk
"Sylvie, I could use a bit of a walk. Perhaps something to drink. I just about lost it there."

>>28936395
>>28936398
These.

>>28936238
Maybe the guy has reflected on his past mistakes? Maybe?
Or he might just be a charming sociopath.

>>28936395
supporting

turn to granny for advice.

>>28936353
>>say something to Sylvie as you walk
tell her to get the maid and the tomboy now.
Also does luciana know about the situation since i feel like she would introduce him to Marie if she didn't know.

>>28936421
He certainly didn't sound very repentant.

>>28936353
Tell Sylvie to warn Mari about him being here, Gregory too but also to not go directly after him. For us, continue looking to find Citine.

>>28936353
>stew in your anger

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Sorry, I've been busy lately

>>28936438
>Tell Sylvie to warn Mari about him being here
No need to do that.
>>28936438
>Gregory too but also to not go directly after him.
He doesn't know,and would probably just say hi.

>>28936353
>>say something to Sylvie as you walk
Just let it out so you can think clearly.

>>28936398
>>28936431
These. Let's not get Marie involved just yet.

>>28936374
Oh my.

>>28936447
Oh good I was wondering if I was going to have to take up your mantle and start posting it.

>>28936457
We could totally accidentally tell Gregory and let the problem disappear

>>28936353
>stew in your anger

>>28936431
>Also does luciana know about the situation since i feel like she would introduce him to Marie if she didn't know.
That's actually a good question, from what we were told no one knows the truth except for The princess Nicolette and Sylvie.

>>28936431
>tell her to get the maid and the tomboy now.

This. We should probably put our heads together with the in-the-know group and figure out how we want to play this before we tell Marie

>>28936494

Marie still doesn't want anyone to know.

>>28936395

this

>>28936353
have her let Melanie and Nico know, and ask if Luciana knows

>>28936457
There really is. If Sylvie was about to tear his head off just by seeing him then Marianne will flip right the fuck out if she spots him with no prior warning.

There's probably no way for her not to notice him at this party too so its better to warn her at least but we should do so away from her suitors.

>>28936490
You're welcome to do it in my place. I'm not nearly as on-the-ball as the Shadow Quest Doorknob-chewing anon was.
It doesn't matter who posts the reminder, only that it gets out there.
Besides, I have my own quest to take care of. I'm pretty exhausted at Arc's usual start time.

>>28936503
This. Get our head in gear and figure out what we're going to do first.

>>28936494
Marie doesn't want anyone to know, hell she doesn't know we know about the attack.
Also telling any of the monsters would ruin the party and cause with that mans death.

>>28936228
Thanks for running all the time arch.

It makes me genuinely happy whenever I get to read some of your stuff

>marrtyoe certainn

yes captcha, lets make marry!

>>28936353

do >>28936395
>>28936398

>>28936532

exactly, she needs to know. Because that sort of shit is exactly what that scumbag will do.

>>28936532
>then Marianne will flip right the fuck out if she spots him
No your wrong what she will do is freeze up, not flip the fuck out.

Guys, Marieanne doesn't know that we know. If we tell her, she'll be curious as to how WE know.

>>28936395
I vote for something along this line. I do however suggest we add "Nobody does that to my friends." or somesuch though.

>>28936494
he learns, kills the guy, people start asking why, everyone learns about it despite mari wanting to keep it quiet

>>28936395
i vote this

>>28936568
Which is why we're getting Sylvie to do it.

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>>28936395

This.

God dammit arch, you ran so long last night and into the day. What the hell, is this just all you have to do with no classes?

Gotta go read the THIRD quest in archives to catch up ;_;

>>28936568
which is why we tell sylvie to tell her

>writing

>wanting to kill the guy

You people are easily-misled.

Arch is playing with you right now. This is the test to see if you can separate your JOB from your EMOTIONs. So far you are failing.

BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH HIM: play it cool, say it's ancient history, but in secret vividly imagine him being stomped to death by a lindwurm. He plays two faces? So should we.

>>28936353
>>28936532
this is good

>>28936621
This

I kind of wish we didn't lose our shit right there but I understand it's probably out of our control as Reinhold likely has a burning urge to kill above wanting to keep it cool.

Of course it makes no fucking sense for Reinhold to be angrier than Sylvie. I think some tactical thinking is in order for both of them.

>>28936621
i'm honestly surprised we are so attached to our friends after a month.

>>28936353
"Damn, that bastard makes me hungry."

>>28936568

We are telling slyvie to tell marianne.

So through the girls.

>>28936650
>>28936652
Yeah i think arch needs to have time past between his post since this shit is getting ridiculous, on how the relationships are progressing.

>>28936621
>playing two-faces
That's bullshit. Reinhold isn't here to kill the guy but he isn't here to just let him do whatever either. We're making sure he doesn't interact with Marie. It's not that complicated.

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>>28936650
That's why I think

>>28936503
is the best option. Get everyone together, determine the best course of action. Because we sure as hell don't have a level head right now.

And the best course of action in my opinion? Act nice to him, act like nothing wrong has happened at all. Smile and wave, because it's apparent he's burying this issue and would fall apart if it came to light. So just keep it cool, we have more to hurt him than he can hurt us.

>>28936652
As far as we've seen Rein doesn't have any other friends and the only other person he has ever cared for is Citrine, who he killed for, and Volkner, who killed for Rein. To me it makes sense at least

>>28936652
If you had zero friends most of your life you'd probably get attached to the ones you've made.

>>28936672
>That's bullshit.

That's the only fucking way to go. What are you going to do? Get angry? get aggressive?

No wait, we're not here to get angry OR Aggressive, especially with nobles from another land.

It's not that complicated, this isn't our fight, he's not going to hurt Marie in public with a bunch of people and you're a fool if you think he's a security threat. Just tell Marie to stay away and let that be all.

>>28936690
>>28936682
i know, but from his demeanor, he should have made friends with guys in the military, and he was pretty friendly to the gate guards.
>>28936669
I agree with this anon, about arch added some time between post since at this rate we would be marrying a girl before a year passes.

>>28936682
That does make sense in a fucked up way. Poor Rein needs some therapy.

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>>28936672
>not playing two faces

You do realize that to everyone else, he's a perfectly well-adjusted person BECAUSE he is playing two-faces, right? Even Marie didn't suspect him until she really pissed him off.

Right now it's the words of some children vs his. And it sounds like more than a few people are pants-shittingly scared of him. Likely because of that second face he keeps hidden.

If we don't play two faces, we have no way to fight back against him. Acting like an agitated fuckwit to him when we're just a whoreson is only going to trivialize the little bit of information we hold over him because it's going to make us seem like a crazy whoreson who can't control his temper.

Don't let the raw emotion take over.

>>28936707
He's not a 'security' threat he's a serious EMOTIONAL threat to Marie.

>>28936707

He just said he wanted to.

Just by showing up in her face right here will cause either a breakdown or a beatdown.

Thats harm right there.

>>28936718
He was confirmed to not have any friends in the military. He was a lot younger and kind of outside of the group to everyone else.

>>28936737
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

>>28936740
True, but i still find it weird with how skilled we are and how friendly we are that we wouldn't have made some gruff old warrior friends, plus we are somewhat friends with the adults at the castle.(plus i would like a cameo from some one who knew us in the military.)

>>28936734
>we're just a whoreson
we're an eshenwald now and body guard to royalty

though i agree that we need to not openly challenge the guy or anything, no one will question a body guard that appears on edge

>>28936736
He seems like more of an emotional threat to US with the way we're acting. We got to chill and put on the coolface and we need to it now.

>>28936737
Let's assume it wasn't sarcasm, wanting to isn't the same as being able to. He may still think that what he did was a simple mistake that could be forgiven, trying to get angry at him only makes us look like a butthurt retard who has no actual reason for pitching a fit over the guy. We STILL have no reason to be so angry at him except muh trauma.

I'm pretty sure just letting Marie know he's here and to avoid him would be more than enough.

>>28936734
>some children
A princess and her childhood friends who are also royalty. Discounting Rein who has shown to be stupidly honest, their words are way heavier than some random noble

>>28936774
Holy fuck, use some capitalization and punctuation.

>>28936777
Reinhold canonically get's pissed like this all the time when it comes to people he cares about and the one's who fucked with them.

>>28936795
we only have the instance with citrine and she was his only shining light in his life.

Arch, what's the situation on official duels again? I recall that they could be fought to first blood or to the death, but killing nobles was discouraged because their fellow nobles would send assassins after you. This guy was newly-ennobled though, so he probably doesn't have any friends to back him up on this. We get Marianne to give us the go-ahead, kill this fucker, and everyone's happy.

>>28936808
And the thing with Luciana. And when he punched Monique for insulting Nico, or when he got really damn pissed over Miliel back when he first heard about him.

>>28936808
You forgot the kidnappers with Luci we did the same thing. And when we first heard about him Rein wanted to kill him.

>>28936774
>we're an eshenwald now
Still not an Eschenwald

>>28936808
he also expressed the desire to kill his predecessor after Nico and Sylvie told him about that incident with Marie

>>28936818
That's fucking stupid. We're not here to cause an incident or kill this guy.

We're here to keep him from Marie. He doesn't start shit, we don't start shit. We're a guard not a hitman.

>>28936827
Ya know I've been wondering, how do you pronounce Eshenwald?

>>28936818
his wife is a noble and would use her back ground to send assassins at us or our family.

>>28936818
You do realize he is probably pretty damn strong if he was the princesses bodyguard before us right? We are really getting in over our heads here and it might end up getting us killed.

>>28936808
We showed the exact same KILL MAIM BURN type reaction when they first told us about him, and during the Suddenly Ninjas incident with Luci.

Protective bloodrage seems to be a fairly normal thing for Rein.

>>28936842
Eh-shen-walled

>>28936818
The other party needs to agree to the duel.
Considering the safety precautions in dueling situations, the only sure way to kill someone during one is decapitation or a direct stab to a vital organ like the brain or heart.
And doing that shit's an easy way to end up executed yourself.

>>28936842
I've been thinking of it as 'Eh-shin-walled'.

No fucking way I'm looking up the proper way to write pronunciations.

>>28936818
we are not dueling someone at a birthday party you fucking idiot.

>>28936842
i am guessing it's german based name. but that's my 2 cents.

>>28936842
>>28936876
>>28936869
https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#auto/en/Eschenwald

>>28936880
of course not. Quiet dagger to the kidneys, assassin style.

>>28936880
Especially since we have no reason to do it. The girls never brought it up back in the past. What grounds are we going to have to duel him at this point? Nothing.

>>28936872

you said we could go full highlander if we wanted and face no legal repercussions

>>28936842
Esh en Vald.

>>28936899
We're a guard not a hitman.

>>28936902
no we could, but we would need to explain why.

>>28936892
But what if it's Yiddish

>>28936818
We've been over this, we don't want an incident. Our #1 priority should be preventing an incident.

If he doesn't start shit then neither do we. Our best case scenario is to just keep him away from Marie and get through the party without anyone being disemboweled or frozen to a wall. Even if he deserves it, killing him won't benefit us at all.

>>28936920
>Yiddish
what?

>>28936940
There's this thing, Google, that is meant for EXACTLY this type of situation.

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>>28936940
jews

>>28936902
There's a difference between an accidental death during a duel and an obvious murder.

>>28936964
hey archelon, you going for another 3 thread run now?

>>28936964
How old is Lord Girardot?

Or if thats too much how old does he look?

>>28936964
>Duels are seen as a most manly and noble affair, as long as you keep to the rules. That's how Monique's family made it into the nobility, among many others.

>The most respected way to win a duel is to force submission, hitting vital organs is less sporting.

>You can totally go all THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE and cut dudes' heads off and get away with it though, but it makes you like a barbaric piece of shit and you're liable to get assassins sent after you.

your words

>>28937030
Assassins aren't a repercussion?

>>28937002
Nah, this thread's probably going to be shorter.

>>28937003
He's 22.

>>28937030

still a bad way to do this.

>>28937030
#30 post No.27768995

its legit

>>28937030
Going for the head would be obvious of intent.

>>28937030
>>You can totally go all THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE and cut dudes' heads off and get away with it though, but it makes you like a barbaric piece of shit and you're liable to get assassins sent after you.
Exactly.
Do that and you're most likely going to end up deaded.

>>28937030
>wanting to jeopardize the princess safety
>wanting to ruin a party
>wanting to put your family in danger.
Its like you guys can't think things through.

>>28937047

>legal repercussion

sending assassins after someone is outside the law

>>28937081

>>28937075

And thats still arch waving a very big neon sign "LANDMINES THAT A WAY". Stop.

>>28937081
Depends on if there's an Assassins Guild.

This seems like the kind of country that might have an Assassins Guild.

>>28937077
I dont understand why you guys got hostile. He's been a bro to us. Why the 'tude? I'm blaming this quagmire on the waifu idiots.

"I'll be fine," you say, turning to Sylvie as you walk. "Sylvie, could you go and tell Nicolette and Marianne that HE'S here at the party? Considering that its supposed to be a secret, I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to be the one who tells her."

Yeah. Play it smart.

"And nothing good'll come from that... THING surprising her," you say as you glare in his general direction.
"Okay, but let's get to Nicolette first," Sylvie replies. "I don't want to leave you alone when you're like this."

With a nod, you lead Sylvie through the crowd of nobles, finally reaching the general area where Nicolette is. She and Melanie are sitting at a table chatting while Sir Gregory, Elena and Andreas are gathered at the next table over, carrying their own conversation.

>[1/?]

>>28937081
Yes, yes, very good, you can quibble over semantics with the best of them, congrats.

You know exactly what he meant.

>>28936755
It didn't seem as much like sarcasm as it did like he decided to switch over to just deliberately trying to push our buttons.

>>28936795
Seething at him is one thing (and makes perfect sense. cool. be mad; it's in character), but acting on it is another entirely. We'd be perfectly happy to go spit on his grave if he were to die, but we know better than to just up and try and put him there ourselves without an externally justifiable reason.

We're not in the same place we were back when we could just up and decide to brutalize a guy for slighting us or ours. No matter how much we would like to.

My feelings on the matter are as follows:

If he's sorry, cool. That's good. Let him be sorry all he wants.

But he doesn't get to try and atone.

That's the price he pays for fucking up; one girl gets to hate him for the rest of his life. It's a small price to pay, and if even that little thing makes him feel bad, great. He fucking should. And if he NEEDS to atone? If he can't find a way to shoulder that small burden? Then he deserves to be crushed by it.

And if he DOESN'T feel sorry, then at least we're around to make sure he doesn't make things any worse.

>>28936938
And I say: We not only keep him away from Marie, we keep a happy face when around him as well.

At best, it will scare him to see us go from angry one moment to happy the next

>>28937180
Because looking like we're bipolar is a great way to act at a prince's party.

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>>28937180
Bingo. Because unpredictability is a great tool.

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>>28937220
>bipolar

No one except for Sylvie and him know why we are angry right now.

It's called 'putting on a cool face'. If something pisses you off, you play it like it's no big deal. Even if it is a really big deal

Acting like a bipolar would be us continuing to be angry and then saying "No reason!" when Lucy or someone inevitably asks why we're so flustered. Because she will, if she hasn't already noticed.

THAT is how you look bipolar, not putting on the cool face when in public.

Our bracelet is probably stabbing out in all directions right now.

Our bracelet must look all sorts of wierd right now.

>>28937284

>THE MAN-THING'S RAGE FLOWS INTO ME
>IT BURNS
>KILLLLLLL MEEEEEEE

Poor Tina.

>>28937284
>>28937315

what if Rein is inadvertently hurting brace-chan?

>>28937323
I wonder if the girls have noticed it yet, since with it they can figure out our mood easily.

>>28937116

"Nicolette? Melanie?" Sylvie calls out. "Do you have a minute?"
"Hm? Yeah, what's up?" Nicolette says as she gets up from her seat.
"Hey, is something wrong?" Sir Gregory asks, noticing your sullen expression.
"It's nothing really, we just ran into someone unpleasant," Sylvie replies, trying to laugh it off.
"Just tell me if someone's giving you trouble," he says. "I don't want you guys getting caught up in any bullshit."
"Don't worry, we'll be careful."

After waving at Sir Gregory, Sylvie turns to Nicolette and Melanie.

"Umm... let's get a little bit of distance between us and your father, Nicolette," Sylvie says. "I don't want to risk him overhearing this..."
"Uh, what exactly happened?" Nicolette asks, looking at her friend suspiciously.
"We'll tell you in a bit, now come on."

After walking a safe distance away from the others, Sylvie stops and turns to her friends.

>[2/?]

>>28937364
Pretty sure Reinhold normally wears a jacket, so it wouldn't be visible.

>>28937323
>>28937315
>>28937284
>>28937362
>>28937364
What would the bracelet be when we are horny/Going Hans Solo on Darth Vader's head.

>>28937373
aw man nico was chatting with her too...

>>28937362
That would make her best girl for staying by us even in the worst of times.

>>28937388
Lightly pulsing or something.

I'm wandering what did he do to Marie EXACTLY. Because the weight its given it looks like he raped her in her own bedroom, in which case he should be dead. Considering that he's still alive, it must have been a lesser offence. And I'm going to laugh so hard when it turns out he only stole her FAASTO KISSU and we're raging over something so minor an issue.

>>28937390
not really since her father was there with them.

>>28937417
I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned several times, once last thread, what specifically happened. READ.

>>28937417
He got rejected by her and he basically tried to push her down and rape her right there.

>>28937417
We were told what it was by them, but there's no telling who is or isn't telling the truth.

If it is something completely minor, it's all the more reason to put on the cool face.

>>28937417
>Because the weight its given it looks like he raped her in her own bedroom, in which case he should be dead.
nope he at worst lightly molested her, at best just held her down.(he also either made nico or sylvie cry i forgot which one it was.)

>>28937409
Violent hate-sex when, fellow anon?

>>28937417

He beat her against a wall.

>>28937435
>her down and rape her right there.
I don't think he is that stupid, but i do think he molested her/abused her a bit.

>>28937446
But anon, she'd be a ball of spikes then.

You wouldn't fuck that.

>>28937388
Brittle.

Hey Arch, my first time actually tuning in to one of these. Been enjoying reading them for the past couple of months, since maybe #15, and just wanted to say what you do here is absolutely brilliant man, don't even think about stopping :D

>>28937417
He didn't get very far but it seems like he tried.

>>28937462
>:D
>>>/out/

>>28937459
don't tell me what i wouldn't fuck

>>28937459
I'd sure as hell try.

Besides, Tina would be the pissed one, by default, which may not cause spikes. I'm pretty sure Reinhold would merely be annoyed until he got slapped back and a couple spikes snag on his skin.

>>28937373

"Alright, seriously," Nicolette says, sighing. "What the hell's going on? Reinhold looks like he's about to kill someone."
"Umm..." Sylvie mumbles, "...Milien's at this party, and Reinhold and I just ran into him."

Nicolette's expression instantly goes blank, and she simply stares at her best friend.

"...the fuck?" she says, her eye twitching. "I told that piece of shit that I'd fucking murder him if he ever showed his face in front of any of us again."
"A... are you sure that it was him?" Melanie asks, covering her mouth with her hands.
"Yes, it was definitely him," Sylvie replies in a grave tone.

"...no. Fucking hell no, I'm gonna kill him right the fuck now," Nicolette says, clutching her necklace. "I'm gonna kill him and then I'm going to tell Celestino why I killed him and that'll be that."

>[3/?]

>>28937439
>(he also either made nico or sylvie cry i forgot which one it was.)
I think he made Nico cried and it was sylvie who beat him up, i could be wrong though.

>>28937495
Nicolette's reasoning is surprisingly persuasive.

>>28937500
>>28937439
You're mixing things up with that story about Giancarlo.

>>28937495
>"...no. Fucking hell no, I'm gonna kill him right the fuck now," Nicolette says, clutching her necklace. "I'm gonna kill him and then I'm going to tell Celestino why I killed him and that'll be that."
This seems like something to bond over. Everyone should kill him. Together.

>>28937495
Nico rampage imminent

Code red

>>28937500
Nico was the one who beat him up if memory serves.

>>28937512
>up with that story about Giancarlo.
who?

>>28937500
>>(he also either made nico or sylvie cry i forgot which one it was.)
>I think he made Nico cried and it was sylvie who beat him up, i could be wrong though.

You guys are mixing stuff all the way up.

You're thinking of Giancarlo.

The Bodyguard incident report is as follows:
>N:I thought he was an alright guy, and he actually managed to get along decently with Marianne even though she's- anyways, things looked pretty good, yanno? So anyways, I guess he was looking to, uh... further his position. Get in close with Marianne when she's younger, position himself as her only male friend, and then when it's time for her to find a husband, he'd be the obvious choice. So now that Marianne's pretty hot, he decided to put the moves on her. And when she turned him down because she's only into guys who won't let her walk all over them..."
>S: "He didn't take it well."
>N: "Not at fucking all. So he was like pushing her against the wall and shit and Melanie saw and ran and got me since I'm a captain and I so beat the living shit out of him right then and there,"
>S: "Should've called me..."
>N: "Totally should have, then Vincent would've gotten to him and he'd be a smear on the fucking wall. But yeah, that's what happened. Marianne felt all ashamed about it so she begged me and Melanie not to say anything, and I only did on the condition of him getting the fuck out of the country outright, or else I'd get -my- old man to murder the shit out of him."

>>28937459
With how many different ways there are for stuff to magically ascend into other stuff, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of a magic enough object gaining human form. After all those crystals are almost-kinda-sorta alive, in their own non-biological way.

>>28937514
Offer our assistance?

>>28937495
Thaaaaat's Nico for ya.

>>28937495
Well looks like this little problem is going to take care of itself.

>>28937495
>"...no. Fucking hell no, I'm gonna kill him right the fuck now," Nicolette says, clutching her necklace. "I'm gonna kill him and then I'm going to tell Celestino why I killed him and that'll be that."
"Think, Nico.

I could have done that myself. Why didn't I? And no, it's not because I wouldn't get away with it."

>>28937550
>When a problem comes a-loooong...
>You must stab it!

>>28937532
post the one with Giancarlo.

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>>28937495
Nico no, Nico no plz, Nico, Nico calm down plz.

>>28937495
Remind her of the promise she made to Marianne.

>>28937577
Give her a Cooldown Hug!

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guys , you're forgetting the most important part

We need to calm the fuck down right now because Monique is here somewhere, and he will tear our reputation to shreds if he detects our moment of weakness.

Don't act like he wouldn't, he would humiliate us specifically with the intent of beating us without picking up a sword.

>>28937556
Not really, the exact reason we didn't want to kill him was because it would be a huge international incident that would end with people finding out that Marie was sexually assaulted.

>>28937495
>I'm gonna kill him
C'mon Nico don't
>and then I'm going to tell Celestino why I killed him
Nevermind, that is a surprisingly decent, if still terrible and likely to backfire plan. Or we could just tell celestino now, and have him quietly aprehended and then tortured for treason against an ally of the sovereign crown.

>>28937532
so he just roughed her up a bit, so the damage is physiological.ours is both mental and physical

>>28937593
Actually, if Monique had any idea what was going on, I'd be prepared to bet he'd help.

>>28937557
Though she cold totally get away with it in a way that we probably couldn't.

>>28937601
Problem with that is Marianne doesn't want this made public.

This will make it public.

>>28937586
>>28937557
These are good ideas, I vote for these for the general direction of steering the conversation.

>>28937605

I'm inclined to agree.

>>28937593
>We need to calm the fuck down right now because Monique is here somewhere, and he will tear our reputation to shreds if he detects our moment of weakness.
He is not that much of a dick anon.

>>28937591
>implying that wouldn't core meltdown

>>28937593
If Monique has the gall to show himself in front of us now, he'll be lucky if we ignore him, because if we don't, we'll break his heart.

>>28937495
Yeaaaaah, no, don't want to start an incident with Perricone, especially because she's closely related to royalty in both Granache and Marconetti.

>>28937607
It's not getting away with it that's the problem, it's the incidents it'd cause.

>>28937591
>>28937621
Actually this could work since it would be a huge shock.

>>28937495

As Nicolette tries to go wander off to find Milien, Sylvie pulls on her arm.

"Nicolette, you can't!" Sylvie says in a hushed voice.
"The fuck I can't!" Nicolette whisper-shouts back, shaking free of Sylvie's grip. "And how the fuck can YOU be so calm about this!?"
"It was all I could do to keep from hitting him with World Breaker right then and there, but I stopped myself because that'd be an incredibly STUPID thing to do!" Sylvie mutters as she grabs her friend by the wrist.

"Just look at Reinhold, it's obvious that he feels the same way as you do!" Sylvie says, pointing at you. "But he managed to hold himself back anyways."
"D... dammit..." Nicolette mumbles as her arms go limp. "You're right, it would be stupid," she sighs. "I'll just go and tell Daddy what he did and then he'll do it himself."

"No, damn it!" Sylvie says, squeezing hard on Nicolette's arm. "Remember what Marianne said when it happened? She doesn't want anyone to know about it!"

>[4/?]

>>28937574
>Melanie begins, "Prince Giancarlo was visiting from Marconetti, and um... nobody liked him very much."
>"He'd run around the castle flipping all of the maids' skirts, telling lewd jokes, and being an absolute terror. One day he decided to tease me and make me cry, and Miss Nicolette showed up with her practice staff, threatening to, um... bash his skull in if he didn't stop."

>"Prince Giancarlo provoked her some more and disarmed her when she swung at him... and then, um..." Melanie starts blushing.
>"He flipped her skirt too," Sylvie chimes in.
>"Ugh..." Nicolette sighs.
>"Miss Nicolette started crying just as the Princess and Miss Sylvie showed up. Miss Sylvie was really mad that he'd made both of us cry, and promised to avenge us. But he only laughed at her, making fun of her as a girl who didn't even know how to use magic..."

>"And then she snapped," the Princess says, a wide grin on her face.
>"Yes... Miss Sylvie punched him right in the face before he could even react, and then kept on hitting him until her father pulled her off of him."
>"It's too bad that that beating didn't stick," Princess Marianne says, sighing.
>"And then Vincent bought her a fucking cake afterwards, he was so proud!" Nicolette laughs.

Giancarlo is also sort of a shit, for what it's worth, but not as rapey of one.

>>28937634
I'm all for hugging it out if we can't reason with her with just our words.

>>28937591
Voting for
>>28937646
>World Breaker
Well shit what does this do.

>>28937649
At some point, Reinhold must challenge this Giancarlo to a perv-off

It is intolerable that there is someone who is good at something that we have not lost to.

What a bunch of fucktards.
1, Marianne might be ashamed of it because he encouraged him to some extent. Remember, we don't have a clear, objective assessment of what happened, except the reports of teenage girls who guard their vagina like its the Holy Grail.

2, The guy apparently regrets his past mistake. While we don't know if its sincere, the man should at least be heard. You may end up killing a repenting soul, purely based on the screams of teenage girls.

3, Just calm the fuck down.

>>28937591
http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/emiliya-zhivotovskaya/2012032321636
http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/67/4/531.full.pdf+html
It could work, so i'm for it.

>>28937646
You know that shit gets real when Nico plays daddy card.

>>28937669

He'll need to get a new face

>>28937669
I should think an attack called world breaker would be pretty self explanatory.

>>28937682
>The guy apparently regrets his past mistake.
Sure doesn't seem like it.

>>28937669
It's been mentioned before. In excited tones. By the world's biggest ham.

It's probably Excessive Force: The Spell, and judging by the naming scheme, it's also probably a scaled-up version of Shard Breaker.

>"So, what'd you use as the finishing blow? Giga Impact? WORLD BREAKER?" Sir Vincent asks excitedly, doing a different pose with each attack he says.
>"C'mon, you know I still can't figure out the incantations you told me for those..."

It's interesting to note that unless she meant that hyperbolically, she seems to have figured out the incantation between then and now.

>>28937591
>>28937646
Only real answer to cooling down a pissed off person.

>>28937591
>>28937634
>>28937669
>>28937684
Are you guys seriously trying to do this right now? Seriously?

>>28937646
Nico pls, no running to daddy. You're a big girl, you can kill him yourself.
Just do it in a duel

>>28937649
>>"He flipped her skirt too," Sylvie chimes in.
>>"Ugh..." Nicolette sighs.
>>"Miss Nicolette started crying just as the Princess and Miss Sylvie showed up. Miss Sylvie was really mad that he'd made both of us cry, and promised to avenge us. But he only laughed at her, making fun of her as a girl who didn't even know how to use magic..."
So it seems like nico is really weak to teasing.

>>28937591

not infront of everyone, no

>>28937709
I just realized, Vincent is a Kamen Rider.

>>28937709
Possibly.

Though it's quite possible she doesn't have to have them figured out fully - just "enough" for the desired effect of splattering him across the floor.

>>28937682
>regrets his past mistakes
Where are you pulling this from? He was pretty much trying to get a rise out of Reinhold the whole conversation.

>>28937731
Yes, have you not read any of the Nicolette/Sylvie interactions?

She's a huge bitch to Sylvie but when she reciprocates Nicolette melts.

>>28937646
This is seriously the best thing to do and marie would not be this troubled if they didnt hide it from the start. But still, i think lets keep it a secret for now. Not causing an incident is a high priority for us during this trip.

Play the whoreson orphan card, what's the worst that could happen

>>28937754
i didn't think to that extent.
I wonder what her reaction would be if reinhold ever walked in on her.

>>28937754
>teasing a friend is being a huge bitch
Fuck off

>>28937682
Why the hell are you so ready to defend the fuck? If was bad enough that everyone we've spoken to would gladly kill him over it, it must have been bad. And if you think he regrets what he did, you must have been reading a different thread than the rest of us.

So while it's not our place to kill him, it's perfectly reasonable to forcibly remove him from the premises if he does ANYTHING we don't like.

>>28937591
Intriguing. Let's do it

>>28937763
Wait how is that relevant to this at all?

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>>28937646
"Nico, it's clear what you do

You put on the cool face

Think of the most irritating, happy, annoying expression you've ever seen. Like some of the nobles around here are making. Now make that face every time you see him. He will not even get on the same side of the room when he sees someone who promised to kill him making that face at him."

"Trust me, I grew up in a brothel"

>>28937772
You must not keep friends for very long if you think Nicolette is acting normally.

>>28937793
>Projecting
I tease my friends all the time, and they tease me. It's not like we hurt each others feelings

>>28937793
Not that anon, but most of my friends love to crack jokes and are pretty chill.

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>>28937793
you must be a women to say that since all guy friends tease the shit out of each other.

Why don't we go tell Celestino, secrets and making people disappear seem like something he would be good at.

>>28937792
this could work if people don't want the hugging method, though it could be something that requires too much control for her.

>>28937793
i may not have a lot of friends but we rip into each other like hell, we know we're fucking around and know there are certain things we don't joke about

>>28937829
>Hey Mr. King, do me a favor and kill this guy please, alright thanks!
Sure, let's casually ask a king to kill someone for us.

>>28937829
Because we're not telling anyone about it. It's not something we're going to make an incident of.

>>28937646
>[5/5]


"Y... yes, please calm down," Melanie says with a wistful smile. "We just need to tell the Princess that -he- is here so that she doesn't get surprised if she spots him in the crowd."
"A... alright, then I'll go and do that instead," Nicolette says.
"No, you're staying right here until this thing's dealt with," Sylvie says in a stern tone. "You're in no condition to bring this up to Marianne, and Reinhold isn't even supposed to know about it."

"And on top of that, it looks like both of you are about to flip out and murder him, so I don't trust either one of you to be left alone right now," Sylvie sighs.
"I have enough sense not to do that," you reply.
"...no, both of you need to cool off," she says, shaking her head. "Melanie? One of us can go and tell Marianne while the other makes sure that these two stay put, got it?"

>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

>>28937841
When it's about the princess of a kingdom he is trying to unite with and the king also happens to be his friend, I'm sure he would be willingly to do something.

>>28937591
Whats the worst that could happen?

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Meido calm, meido best choice

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Melanie is closer to Marie.

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
it makes more sense if her servant is the one that goes.

>>28937852
You know now that I think about it

would this be considered a murderous conspiracy at this point?

And golly, I can't believe so many of you are already rearing to crucify the guy before even hearing his side of it.

Have we even heard Mary's side of it?

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

Meido is closer to Marie, she'll be better prepared to calm her down if necessary.

>>28937864
Sylvie should go. It'd look a little better than having the maid do it.

>>28937864
We're not their boss, they should decide.
But if we must suggest, I guess Melanie should tell her?

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937897
If he wasn't being an antagonizing cunt to us, I'd be more inclined to take a diplomatic approach, but he was, so fuck him

>>28937864
Melanie. She's closer to Marianne and she's way more calm and down to Earth.

>>28937864
>>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne
Don't leave noncombatants unescorted with a threat about.

>>28937864
>>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne
Slyvie goes.

Because she's got both the firepower to deal with him and influence to get away with it if he's sleazing his way towards Marianne right now.

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

I think Melanie has a better chance of keeping Marie calm, and since this is an international incident in the happening, we could use some calm.

>>28937921
What possible thread are you talking about?

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>>28937897
No, she doesn't know we know.

So that's all the more reason to kill him right now, amiright?

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Melanie's her best bud anyway & Sylvie's better suited to slowing down/stopping/calming either of the stab-happy.

>>28937864
>>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

>>28937921
>>28937925
He's not here to pick a fucking fight.

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
melon is closer to mari and sylvie can actually stop us if we try something

>>28937897
>I can't believe so many of you are already rearing to crucify the guy before even hearing his side of it.
if two of your closest friends tells you in confidence that some guy sexually assaulted another of your closest friends you would not want to hear his side of it. i'm not going to argue whether or not this is logical or smart, but it's a very natural response

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>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

Whatever we do. Make sure Marianne is still in sight. We've still got a job to do and a signal to watch out for.

>>28937947
>sexually assaulted another of your closest friends
not sexually, but he did assault her.

>>28937864
>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

Nico gets someMel Mel time

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Melanie can't stop us, Sylvie can. This is best plan.

>Slyvie walks away
>Sigh slowly, letting the tension get out of your body
>"Ok, now we can kill him."

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Melanie might have a bit of a harder time getting her out of her crowd of suitors, but will have an easier time breaking the news, seeing as they're closer, not to mention that she was the one who went and found Nicolette to bail her out of the situation to begin with.

I would prefer that we accompany Melanie to go get Marianne, since we would be way better at getting her free from the crowd of nobles, and can just say that we came along in order to get her out so Melanie could speak with her, and then leave them to their conversation.

If Melanie can be trusted to keep both us and Nicolette calm while simultaneously, she can be trusted to keep us in line solo.

If we're really still THAT visibly furious, it might blow the operation, though.

>>28937864

>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>Melanie stays and Sylvie tells Marianne
Melanie is the best for keeping Nico in check

>>28937864
>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937975
>>28937962
This isn't the time for your shipping retardation

>>28937975
nico and us?
Also that role fits her best friend not her crush.

>>28937967
Seconding.

>>28937864
>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne
melanie can stop Nico easier and she's even angrier than we are
also, I'm suddenly envisioning Milien as Hans from Frozen

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937975
>>28937962
>>28937990
Are you really trying to play match maker now of all times?

>>28937967
>>28937954
I'm seconding these.

Yeah, we're mad as fuck right now but we should still be able to function.

>>28937864
>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

>>28937864
suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne

>>28937947
>
if two of your closest friends tells you in confidence that some guy sexually assaulted another of your closest friends you would not want to hear his side of it. i'm not going to argue whether or not this is logical or smart, but it's a very natural response
That's true. But what of the Victim's side in this? Would Mary be ok with us assaulting this lowlife?

In fact, wouldn't trying to murderkill a noble open a huge political can of worms and make problems for her?

Both were perfectly minding their own respective businesses until today.

Or is /tg/'s justice-boner acting up because the guy was basically given a slap on the wrist and being told to skip town not enough of a punishment for attempted rape?

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>>28937939
then pic related

>>28937996
The stupidity is pretty impressive, yeah?

>>28937947
It's not "hearing his side"like we think it's some kind of conspiracy, it's hearing his side like maybe he feels like shit about and had been trying to get away from it ever since. Judging by how he treats his wife, I doubt it, but we can't treat him like the devil without knowing the full story.

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Melanie is just better at this kind of stuff.

>>28937996
Nope. Just exploring a person's emotions to stop an international incident

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>>28937864
>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne

>writing

>>28937864
>>suggest that sylvie stays and melanie tells marianne
Because Sylvie is strong enough to stop us and is nicos best friend, plus the maid is the princess best friend.
Messed up there.

>>28937967
it's pretty obvious that we're pissed
>>28937864
>it looks like both of you are about to flip out and murder him,
so if we go it will be obvious that we know, but keep her in line of sight at all times

>>28937864
Send Sylvie, she can break Marianne's suitors off in a quick manner and Melanie can keep us calm.

>>28938006
We're not assaulting him. What are you even arguing about?

>>28937864
>>suggest that melanie stays and sylvie tells marianne
run like the wind melon-pan!

>>28938015
you mean she can stop two pissed off power houses Or that her crush is stronger bond then her friendship to Sylvie?
Also the part where meleine is the princess best friend.

>>28938061
Fuck wrong option. But irrelevant.

>Deploy the Melon

>>28938065
Her best friend is Luci, Melaine is however definitely her confidant

>>28938009
>It's not "hearing his side" like we think it's some kind of conspiracy, it's hearing his side like maybe he feels like shit about and had been trying to get away from it ever since.

Gonna link back to this, I suppose
>>28937152
>My feelings on the matter are as follows:

>If he's sorry, cool. That's good. Let him be sorry all he wants.

>But he doesn't get to try and atone.

>That's the price he pays for fucking up; one girl gets to hate him for the rest of his life. It's a small price to pay, and if even that little thing makes him feel bad, great. He fucking should. And if he NEEDS to atone? If he can't find a way to shoulder that small burden? Then he deserves to be crushed by it.

>And if he DOESN'T feel sorry, then at least we're around to make sure he doesn't make things any worse.

>>28938081
>Melon Gear Solid
THIS IS A SNEAKING MISSION

>>28938043
I don't get that impression from the audience nor Rein and Nico at the moment.

If we don't assault the guy now, what's to stop us later when it's in a more convenient venue?

>>28938009
This guy get's it.

We don't know if the man just made a hasty decision fueled by the emotion of being turned down, and years after the fact regrets it.

or

He was a conniving bastard from the beginning, who thought after thinking Mary was leading him on it would be ok to go ahead with that to further himself

>>28938006
>Would Mary be ok with us assaulting this lowlife?
no, because people would find out about what happened, which is why we haven't done anything, that and we don't want to start an incident.

>>28938009
>we can't treat him like the devil without knowing the full story.
yes we can. like i said, it may not be the smartest thing, but it's a human response. we aren't about to sit down calmly with the guy and talk about him assaulting mari over tea

>>28938090
true, but she is the closest thing to a best friend when Luci is gone.

So, arch, I just want to say, that as someone who has spent quite a lot of time volunteering with rape/molestation victims in a variety of roles, from therapy to prevention, I want to say that A. you are RPing the character's involved perfectly. Marriane's embarrassement and seclussion, Sylvie and Nico's anger, Marianne's refusal to tell anyone, they are all spot on. B. This is fucking painful to read. Like, physically. I was really hoping to finally see one of the shitstains get their cumupence, and while I still hold out hope for that happening, this is bleeding my brain.

I was really hoping not to see this plot point at all, because it reminds me too much of the stories I hear in real life. But I'm going to power through, I promise.