>>32819697

But as distressing as the news of Oriko finally going full terrorist is, it isn't even the most off-putting thing about your situation. Nor is the fact that the meeting itself is taking place in the ungodliest of hours, forcing you to drag your ass out of a very comfortable bed at 3 fucking AM. It isn't even the fact that Mami had a hand in this meeting herself, although that's probably something you should have expected, really.

No, it's the fact that the representative of the Church you're about to talk to is none other than someone from your past. Someone that your amnesia had all but reaved clean from your memory, or buried deep underneath everything else in there, you're not sure which.

Granted, she herself started coming up in your dreams much more often, but you always wondered if she was just a hallucination. A figment of your imagination, more evidence that you've gone off the deep end just like Kharn herself did after Malal died.

But now she's here, in the flesh, looking at you with an expression generally reserved for pensively regarding a pile of rotting, fragrant refuse with. Her entire body language declaring that she'd rather be anywhere else but here.

And she called you Warmaster Matsuda. Not Kong, not Murderface, but Warmaster Matsuda.

Which should be proper, after all. Your rank and last name. If she wants to be formal, then there's nothing wrong with that.

But something inside you twisted up into a hateful spasm of pain inside your chest when you heard her say it.

It felt exactly like how Mami addressed you formally, in the days after you retired Kirika. Complete and utter lack of warmth, of emotion.

Maybe it hurt even worse.

[1/2]

>>32819704

"Warmaster." Mami's voice, soft and warm, the complete tonal opposite of Wendy's, calls your attention, and you turn to look at her. She gives you one of her smiles - the sort that you've always thought that she saved for you and you alone - before bowing to you. "Before anything else, I'd like to apologize for the painfully-short notice. Sayaka-san should have already briefed you, Warmaster, but it bears repeating that this meeting is one of urgent and critical necessity, rather than anyone here wishing to pull anyone else out of bed at such a dreadful time." Your personal blonde goddess of victory smiles again, here, one of her apologetic ones, a smile that could make you forgive her of any sin.

You shake your head immediately. What else could you do? She shouldn't need to apologize for something Oriko did, after all. It's not her fault that Oriko suddenly decided to fast-track her own execution by getting innocent magical girls involved. Besides, well, mailing you body parts and sending assassins after you.

Mami nods at your acknowledgement, her smile fading somewhat into her usual professional look, the look that said that big-girl things were being talked about, now. "You're too kind, Warmaster. Now, please, let me introduce you to the representatives of the Church of the Golden Land joining us today."

She gestures to them one by one, telling you their names and rank in their religious sect. The twins in the Western and traditional maid uniforms are Attendant Jade Nakajima and Apostle Amber Nakajima,
respectively. The green-haired one with the blue snake motif kimono - Himiko Shiraki, Priestess of the Mitakihara Chapter. The shivering blonde girl cocooned in her comforter-slash-oversized down jacket in the corner is their Prognosticator, Yulia Bloodysunday.

"And of course, someone you may remember, Warmaster." Mami gestures to Wendy, finally, another smile on her face. "Wendy Cooldown, Apostle of the Church of the Golden Land."

[2/3]

>>32819712

"In turn, Apostle Wendy, please allow me to introduce my Warmaster and her retinue." Mami turns her smile to the group across the room, and you can't help but notice Wendy also looking at the blonde with...something in her eyes. Adoration, maybe? You can't tell.

"Miki Sayaka, Equerry of the Ninth Warmaster, and Eversor Rank Leader. Sakura Kyoko, Aide to the Warmaster, Eversor. Hanegawa Midori, Aide to the Warmaster, Callidus." It's here, then, that Mami steps up beside you and places a hand on your shoulder. "And of course, the Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum, Chiaki Matsuda."

Now that felt...nice.

"As for myself, I assume everyone here knows who I am -" This gets her a few giggles from either side, as well as a couple of bright smiles. "But for completeness' sake, I am Tomoe Mami, aide to the Ninth Incubator." She bows to each side in turn. "I am very pleased to have your acquaintance today, as well as the honor to facilitate this meeting between my Officio and a sect dedicated to spreading the belief of the Blessed Lady and her Golden Land."

There's a moment of silence here, before somebody from the Church side applauds. ...It's the Priestess, Shiraki, looking as if she's about to burst into tears of joy at Mami's little speech. You hear Sayaka grumbling behind you, and Kyoko mumbling a reply back, before they join in the applause - late, awkward, but still clapping. The rest follow suit, including Wendy.

Mami blushes here, before covering her mouth with a hand, clearly embarrassed at the applause but nonetheless pleased. "O-oh, I wasn't expecting that. You're much too kind, honestly."

The applause dies after a moment, and Mami speaks once more, again in firm, professional tones. Signifying that it's business time once again.

[3/4]

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>>32819722

"Well, in any case, let's begin, shall we?" You feel Mami's warm touch once more, through your Magical Girl costume, as she places one hand on your arm. "Wendy-san, do you want to say anything to start us off?"

Wendy blinks here, with the same kind of surprise that a student may have when being called on out of the blue - before nodding. Clearing her throat briefly before speaking.

"On behalf of the Church of the Golden Land, I, Apostle Wendy Cooldown, thank the Ninth Officio Assassinorum and her Warmaster for granting us audience in the midst of such turbulent times." Her voice is wooden, stiff, as if speaking from rote memory. She probably is. "We pray for the Blessed Lady to look upon your Officio and bestow her grace upon you and those under your command." She finishes with a wince, as if the words themselves physically hurt.

"Thank you, Wendy-san." Wendy-san. Not Apostle Wendy, not Miss Cooldown. Wendy-san. You'll note that as you watch Mami turn towards you once more, the smile still on her face. "How about you, Chiaki-san?"

What do you do?

[]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
[]Tell them to cut the niceties and ask you what they want directly. You're a busy Warmaster, they're a busy bloodthirsty cult. Better to not waste each other's time.
[]Shrug and check for Callidus. Can't be too careful.
[]Other.

>>32819737
>[]Other.
Channel the Dildo, we can put on a show when the occasion demands it.

>>32819737
[]Other.

Be polite, but be professional, and be brief. And check for callidus.

>>32819737
>[X] Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.

Heh

>>32819737
>[x]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
I also like this one;
>>32819776
So why not both?

HA HA
TIME FOR MAGICAL GIRLS

>>32819737
[X]Reciprocate that explanation polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.

>>32819737
>[]Tell them to cut the niceties and ask you what they want directly. You're a busy Warmaster, they're a busy bloodthirsty cult. Better to not waste each other's time.

enough jerking off

>>32819737
[X]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
[X]Other.
"You have my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of so many lives."

>>32819737
>[x]Tell them to cut the niceties and ask you what they want directly. You're a busy Warmaster, they're a busy bloodthirsty cult. Better to not waste each other's time.

>>32819776
[X] This. Dildoes could really help us here. Especially with Wendys presence messing with us.

>>32819737
>[X]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
>[X]Other.
"You have my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of so many lives."
Precisely zero reason to be impolite here, and they did just lose a bunch of their own.

>>32819737
>[X]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
thebesttimeoftheday!

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>>32819835

Oh, and extending on this >>32819830 (my post)
[X]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.

Lets just ask Dildoes for help doing the above the way she helped us at the ceremony, so we don't fuck things up. Maybe we will even get to do a hairflip.

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>>32819737

>>32819846
thanks anon!

>>32819776
A little help from her would be much appreciated right now, and hell why do i feel so nervous right now?,
>>32819737
>[x]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
>[X]Other.
"You have my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of so many lives."

>>32819737
>[x]Other.
"I was brought here believing we're dealing with an emergency. Now we have to do this tea ceremony bullshit? Let's cut to the chase. A lot of people died tonight. A few more need to die before it is over. I am a Warmaster, a weapon. Aim me right and I will do the rest."

>>32819737

[x]Other.
>>32819776

All this stiff protocol talk looks like it's a thorn in Wendy's butt as much as it's in ours. There's still going to be awkwardness, but lets take the pace away from the super-stiff niceness from Mami's conducting.

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>>32819737
[x]Tell them to cut the niceties and ask you what they want directly. You're a busy Warmaster, they're a busy bloodthirsty cult. Better to not waste each other's time.
[x]"Lets cut the crap, good girls died today. I want a list with all the victims that have been identified, another one with those who belonged to the Ninth. And then I want to hear what Clues we have to actually find one of their cells."
[x]Look extra grumpy

Because fuck pleasentries, there is too much death around for that.

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>>32819737
[x]Reciprocate the polite greeting with one of your own, as protocol demands.
"You have my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of so many lives."
[x] Other
"Aren't you.... dead?"

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>>32819858
Oh for fucks sake..

Another post of mine in the trash >>32819869

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>>32819858
Since we got a ton of votes right after the cutoff and it was a LONG OP, I'm gonna count these too.

>>32819864
>>32819866
>>32819868
>>32819869
>>32819874

>>32819874
I think she will answer with "I got better"

>>32819737

[X]Polite but curt response. Don't fuck with social protocol, but we do want to hit the ground running.
[X]Pulse Midori to do a Callidus check. Us doing it would be weird and suspicious. Her doing it would be SOP.

>>32819737
>[]Other.

To Mami: "How long have you known Wendy was alive? And when were you planning on telling me?"

>>32819882
Which one won?

I hope dildoes comes up to play

>>32819886
There's got to be more to it than that

>>32819901
Yes but its the typical set-up, and we are not one to talk about being dead neither is midorin

>>32819912
Bullshit, Kharn would be the one for that. Neither Chiaki nor Midorin was ever really ded, just MIA at best.

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>>32819894

111111 Channel your inner Dildoes.
111111111 Reciprocate with your dry protocol greeting.
11 Be polite, professional, and brief.
1 Check for Callidus.
1111 "You have my sincere condolences."
1111 Enough jerking off
1 Aren't you dead?
1 Pulse Midori to do a Callidus check.
1 Suspicously and cruelly question based Mami about Wendy's alive status.

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>>32819862
No problem, name-fag!

>>32819900
The Three Stooges are always fun. I too hope we get to see Dildoes again.

Also, if we do, we should mention the dream and ask her about the Clara Dolls if we get the chance.

>channeling our gun in a meeting with the first national church of Pinky

How about no?

>>32819892

Yeah ex-girlfriends, not being dead is the sort of thing Mami should really mention to us.

>>32819928
We used Dildoes knowledge to fly a mig, and Braids knowledge to use telekinesis.

Theres no way in hell that Pinky does not know we are in contact with the three incarnations in the gun already, and we could use Dildoes help here.

>>32819931

Yeah, not really. So far as anybody else is aware, we know nothing about Wendy. We're a blank slate. Why would anybody feel compelled to tell Chiaki Matsuda about Wendy Cooldown? It's not like anyone's been forthcoming with anything so trying to make a scene here would just reveal that Chiaki is more aware than people give her credit for.

Personally, I prefer to say only what's needed and keep things close to the chest. It makes people underestimate Chiaki and that element of surprise is what makes her a dangerous Homu.

So long as people keep their big mouth shut, that is

>>32819944

If she knew, Pinky would have talked to us about it. I don't think she would be too happy about us blatantly lying to her face. I have faith that we could talk her down considering we are trying to save her still. Instead of doing what she thinks would happen.

>>32819959

To add, trying to berate Mami, IN PUBLIC, in the middle of negotiations, would just weaken our position and the position of the Officio.

Seriously, don't do it

>>32819959
>>32819977

I agree.

>>32819959
Because they used to be girlfriends? Isn't it generally something you mention when someone's at least had vague contact withthat person, or just a general piece of info, "hey that chick used to be stone cold dead but now isnt, oh and btw you used to fuck?"

I mean come on Hat you can't be this voluntarily tunnel-visioned.

>>32819988
Nah, hes right,maybe we could ask her later if it comes up.

>>32819988
Yeah, I think your point is valid but this isn't really the time or place for it.

>>32819988
>"So, uh... Did we fuck before?"

>>32819988

You missed the point entirely anon. Firstly, Murderface used to be Wendy's girlfriend and Mami, who's in the know here, has already proven her stance to be one of treating Chiaki and Murderface as completely different people.

Why tell Chiaki about someone else's dead ex-girlfriend? Not happening.

Secondly, nobody knows we've had contact with Wendy. Again, why would anybody bring her up?

Finally, we're in negotiations. There is a time and place to ask for answers. This is not it

>>32819988

"You may not remember her, but the love of your life that we thought was dead is actually alive."

As far as most people know in this universe about their relationship, Murderface and Wendy were basically married at one point.

>>32819970
Pinky can only talk to us in time stop though right? I don't think we have used the shield for that after the mission with Oktavias witch core, where the assistance of the three stooges was obviously exposed.

>>32820025
To be fair mami said "Someone you may remember Warmaster"....

>>32820030

She can do the clicky thing with our shield. She hasn't been in contact lately. If she really wanted to talk to us, our shield would be clicking like mad. So I assume that she doesn't know yet.

THIS TENSION

Man, dead waifus coming back to life.
And you have no idea who the fuck they are because amnesia's a bitch.

>>32820025
>t someone else's dead ex-girlfriend?
About 99% of everyone Chiaki met didn't give two fucks about her being a "new person", in fat about every character interaction in this story is about dealing with the massive fallout of having been Murderface before. I know you like to push your Midorin as much as possible but this is getting a little silly.

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>>32819959
>what makes her a dangerous Homu.

Dangerous Homu is best homuhomu.

>>32820025
I sorta agree but also disagree.

Mami does seem to view Chiaki and Murderface as different people, and arguably that viewpoint is quiet justified in that Chiaki does act totally different from Murderface.

However, Wendy probably does not feel that way. The proper thing for Mami to do would have been to warn that Wendy and Murderface were together. Even if Chiaki is no longer Murderface, that does not mean Wendy won't be emotionally compromised by all of this.

And thats the kind of thing Mami should have warned us about.

>>32820042
you need to stop watching telenovelas man.

>>32820049
You say it as if there is any other kind of Homu.

>>32820025
I agree with the Hat, not the time and place anon's, it will only hurt us in the long (and short) run. Most of the most important people on the quest are present, lets not get them killed if it can be avoided.

And Professional! No bringing private life into work if it at all can be avoided.

Anyone else miss Iori?
Who?

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>>32820048
The only thing getting silly here is you pretending to be retarded or declaring ''not 'going for obvious stupid votes'' as Waifushipping.

Your posts are getting more and more bait-y.

>>32820048

Mami did. Kyouko has said before that she's excited that Chiaki is a lot more personable than Murderface. The only one who has repeatedly treated her the same is Sayaka.

The point I'm trying to make here is that trying to bring personal stuff into a negotiation and putting Mami in a rough position of "Why didn't you tell your superior officer?" in public is just going to weaken the position of the Officio.

Again, it's a negotiation. Treat it like one.

>>32820074

It's no fun if you drag it into the open like that.

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>>32820066
There are.

>>32820081
We could ask her after the meeting and once we have some privacy.

>>32820061
What?
Whether its been on mami's or qb's orders people have gone out of their way to not tell chiaki anything about murderface. Mami went the hell out of her way to intercept Wendy and prevent her from meeting chiaki.
Hell, mami is probably present specifically to stop any info of that sort from coming out

>>32820025
>Finally, we're in negotiations. There is a time and place to ask for answers. This is not it

I agree the time to ask Mami about it isn't now.
I would argue the time to tell Chiaki was like weeks or however long ago.
Mami might use the distinction between Murderface and Chiaki as seperate people, but that feels like quite a poor excuse.

>>32820081
You have a point hat, but the other Anon does have a point too, i agree that asking right now is a stupid move, but interrogating mami later on when we are in private can be justified and would help with the "Facade" looking like we dont care about it could be a little suspicious when we have been doing our best to "Regain our past"
>>32820090
She is still Dangerous, just in a cute way.

>>32820093

This would be acceptable, yeah.

>>32819920
cat, maybe no one introduced you to the concept yet but 11 shortens as 2, 111 shortens as 3, etc.

>>32820081
I agree that we shouldn't bright up now but it's something that I think we will have to talk to her later

>>32820118
I'm not really into that web 2.0 stuff

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>Wendy and Midori in the same room.
Pls no

Heh, I just noticed a fun parallel we get to draw.

"Orikos girlfriend isn't actually dead. I figured someone should tell her before she does something crazy... er." Bonus points if we glance at Mami.

Remember these people want Oriko dead, yesterday. We need to convince them to let us try to make sure it's Ahriman in control first, not Oriko.

>>32820100
That works so far as Wendy and Chiaki don't meet. However Mami knew that Wendy would be a part of this meeting. I can accept Mami not telling Chiaki about her past as Murderface before, but in THIS SITUATION, Mami should have informed Chiaki about the thing with Wendy.

I also agree btw that confronting Mami now would be incredibly stupid. Confronting her in privacy after all this and asking why she did not warn us would be pretty justified.

Wendy has all the right to be gloomy right now, awkward reunions aside, if two dozens of the sparklies that went up in flames were ours, seven of so we theirs.
Let's be professional, polite and within possibilities supporting, we can dig in the past later, let's focus at matter at hand right now.

Missed the vote but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

>>32820175
Too late anon

>>32820175
Damn, someone give these two pool of jello and skimpy swimsuits.

>>32820180
>Bonuspoints if we tell Mami off-handedly that Kirika is still somewhat alive and sutck in her sword

Wow, its just like watching one stupid idea chase another! Please tell me more, Master of Conversation.

>>32820175
>Wendy
>calling anyone else a dog
Wuff

>>32820193

Technically all of the girls that went up were 'theirs.' All were devotees to the church, it's not like they got caught in the crossfire.

The question is, why provoke us like this? They must have known it would cause the two groups to join hands. Think a surviving member of the church is compromised?

>>32820217

How else are we going to justify trying to save Oriko?

>>32820175
is it wrong that I really like this?

>>32820217
Hey! why dont we pull QB into Timestop?, hell lets pull Wendy and Midorin into timestop too

>>32820217
Kind of reminds me of a similar fuck up we had a few threads ago.

>>32820217
Better yet,lets mention that we see the blessed lady all the time we are on timestop and shes kinda like our Ex.

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>>32820225
>How else are we going to justify trying to save Oriko?

We are not going to. This is a game changer. She killed some girls from our officio. Playtime is over, I say we use Kirika to get the Staff off Oriko, but once that is over she is pretty much dead meat.

And people have the gall to accuse me of waifushipping when I have every right to be antsy about anon's big ol' blabbering mouth.

>>32820225
>The question is, why provoke us like this?
Perhaps the attacker believes that driving us into rage will make us easier to deal with, angry people tend to act rather straightforward.

>Think a surviving member of the church is compromised?
I'd give that idea 0.25 Shadowrun.

>>32820227
Yes. On couple levels.
But we're rarely been doing right things in this quest.

>>32820247

Gonna be a bitch to sell that to Kyoko. But w/e, the plan was starting to get a bit too complicated now that The Church has been thrown in. Too many moving parts. If she is being controlled by Ahriman, she's either too far gone to be saved or wouldn't want to be saved considering how many have died because of her.

>>32820225
She wants both groups dead, and our actions and investigations have been closing in on her. She just pushed the schedule up, that's all.

As for oriko, we'll figure it out when we get there. Maybe even a straight up 'Am I talking to Oriko or Ahriman' to her face.

>>32820256
The times Homu go into cold rages she accidently Three squads of magical girls,destroy and assimilate the third officio,Almost completely anhilate the incubator race,Kill an idealistic and stronger version of herself wih the full power of the golden weapons.....
take your pick, point is, angering Homu is not a smart idea.

>>32820225
>The question is, why provoke us like this? They must have known it would cause the two groups to join hands. Think a surviving member of the church is compromised?

They probably have something that makes the numerical, financial, and magical superiority of two organizations into nothing. They're planning to smash us all at once.

>>32820283
One of those was chiaki, one of those was kharn, and the rest were things that no one here knows about- not even chiaki.

>>32820225
>The question is, why provoke us like this? They must have known it would cause the two groups to join hands.

This meeting is a prime target. If I were the enemy, blowing up the hotel would take out both the officio and the church.

>>32819712
>The green-haired one with the blue snake motif kimono - Himiko Shiraki, Priestess of the Mitakihara Chapter.

GREEN HAIR IS DANGER!

Shadowruns

>>32820210
A swimming pool with some fight in it is more of a Crunch thing.

>>32820316
Everything with varying amounts of fight in it is a Crunch thing

>>32820316
Pfffffff I forgot about that one.

>>32820256
>>32820225
>The question is, why provoke us like this?

Because its not Oriko who is in charge but Staffbitch.
And Staffbitch has proven to be a retard time and time again.

This is also why she is stuck in the staff. I mean, it takes an exceptional level of stupid to attack Kharn, Malal and a girl you know can stop time at the same time.

On a side note Hisui does exist in this continuity
I like hisui.

>>32820331
>This is also why she is stuck in the staff. I mean, it takes an exceptional level of stupid to attack Kharn, Malal and a girl you know can stop time at the same time.

To be fair, she almost succeeded and only lost because Pinky switched sides at the final moment

>>32820331
>I mean, it takes an exceptional level of stupid to attack Kharn, Malal and a girl you know can stop time at the same time.
She didn't know who Murderface was. It would have involved no negotiation if she had realised.

>>32820339
Me too.
As opposed to a CERTAIN SOMEONE who shall not go named.

>>32820308
>If I were the enemy, blowing up the hotel would take out both the officio and the church.
[rejoicing intensifies]

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>>32820339
Eh, Kohaku is best maid.

>>32820328
It was a good idea and you should feel good about it.

>>32820370

Which, come to think of it, might explain why Ahriman suddenly has a bone to pick with the Blessed Lady and one of her churches.

Huh, I hadn't thought of that before

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>>32820339
>>32820390

>>32820390
I like her too!.
>>32820410
Sadly i have to concede the point to NECO this time.

>>32820404
Yep, I also realized it in the same moment I typed it.

Ahriman is furious at Pinky and her church of derp.

>>32820404
Picture of Ahriman in a 'I sacrificed 100 magical girls and all I got was fucking murdered' T-shirt when?

>>32820410
>you can have both
No
Unless you're not very attatched to your limbs

>all this talk about Blessed Lady
>all niceties and formalities
>all the people dying for their faith
Pardon the expression but Pinky has to be pissing herself with pure delight right now.

>>32820429
Tsukihime fan disc says having both is Fine Too.

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>>32820429
All limbs for Hisui AND Kohaku?

...Good deal, nya.

>>32820445
even the tail?

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>>32820428
>Picture of Ahriman in a 'I sacrificed 100 magical girls and all I got was fucking murdered' T-shirt when?

>>32820445
......you know if they were blonde i think Kharn would have been all over that deal.

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>>32820429
Meh, I dont need limbs if I can have the power of twin-maids.

>>32820470
Jokes on them, Kharn can move about using only her freakishly long tongue.
It's like a goddamn tentacle.

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>>32820492
Thanks for the mental image!
seriously, you hav emy thanks

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>>32820493
What I see here is the face of justice.

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>>32820493
THATS BLASPHEMY!

>>32820493
>ideal endgame.jpg

>>32820493
Drawfags, get on this.

>>32820592

Meidori was already on my list for a while now. I can try to get around to it tonight, but I have other things I'd like to finish first that are almost done

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>>32820493
>mfw

>>32820493
Beuno.

>>32819776 >>32819788 >>32819819

You decide to play the part of the polite Warmaster for now. As much as you're still shellshocked at seeing Wendy in the flesh, well...you haven't forgotten what you're here for, or what you're supposed to be doing here. The subtle weight of the black leather greatcoat draped on your shoulders and the Warmaster Cap on your lap reminding you.

Clearing your own throat as you feel everyone's eyes on you - Wendy's and Mami's especially - you reply with what you think is apt for the situation at hand. Something just as polite, maybe not as dry, but still in line with what they're expecting you to say.

"On behalf of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum and its Incubator, I, Warmaster Chiaki Matsuda, accept the thanks given by the Church of the Golden Land. In turn, I offer my sincere condolences for the loss of so many lives in this tragedy." You pause here, blinking as you suddenly find more to say, the words suddenly popping up in your head. "We mourn their passing of all lost souls, not just those who wore the emblem of the Ninth as they were taken from us. Rest assured, we suffer the Church's loss as keenly as we do our own."

Silence. Just stark, deafening silence in the room, with Mami and Wendy both looking at you with slightly-widened eyes. As if wondering what had gotten into you, the girl who usually went with a snap-shot to the kneecap as an acceptable reply to any conversation.

+ And that one, as they say, is on the house. + Dildoes' cold, smooth voice whispers in your mind, the Golden Desert Eagle nestled in your shoulder holster pulsing warmth for a moment before growing cold again.

...That was her? That...well. That was convenient. You thank her for the boost.

+ This is child's play, Nameless One. + Despite not being able to see her, you can HEAR her doing that annoying flip move with her hair again. + Summon me when something actually important needs to be done. +

[1/2]

>>32820787

"I...um...I see. Thank you, Chiaki-san." Mami replies, obviously taken aback by you suddenly taking the lead in the Dildo Olympics but rallying magnificently. "I'm sure the Church is grateful for our condolences, and feels the same way. Is that correct, Wendy-san?"

More silence, then a nod from your brown-haired ex. "...Yeah. I-I, I mean, of...of course."

The blonde nods, wearing her calming, placating smile once more. "Now, we all know what this meeting is all about, so let's not waste time retreading that. Let's focus on what new information we've found about the attack. Wendy-san, if you please?"

Wendy nods, before turning to the maid to her left - the redhead twin with the amber eyes and the japanese maid uniform. The maid immediately goes into action, efficient and quick, taking what looks like a file from somewhere behind her and holding it out to Wendy with both hands. Wendy takes this file with a nod, glances through it, before placing it on the table between the both of you and sliding it across.

You find yourself glancing at Mami for approval, and she gives her silent blessing with a nod and a smile. With this, you pick up the file and open it - finding a printed picture of what looks like a very burnt, very charred young woman with blue hair and a chinese dress of the same color. Hugging an equally-charred umbrella close to her, as if life depended on it.

"...Miss Tomoe and I found a kid when we were checking out ground zero, couple hours ago." Wendy begins, sounding a bit more relaxed now, yet still obviously tense. "Aki Minaru, Neophyte from the Seventh; seemed like she'd piss herself any second even after we got her out of there. My best guess is she either came in after - not likely, with the state she was in - or she ducked the Culexus, the fire, AND the cops somehow. ...We set her up with a couple of guards in a cheap hotel a district over."

[2/3]

>>32820806

Huh. They found a survivor? After that kind of attack?

What do you do?

[]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[]Ask if this Aki Minaru could, in fact, be the culprit in disguise instead, or an agent of Oriko herself. It's a bit suspicious that she survived while everyone else got barbecued.
[]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
[]Update your journal. This might be important.

>>32820820

[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?

>>32820820
[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
[x]Update your journal. This might be important.
I'm sorry, but we really need all of these.

Especially Updating Our Journal.

>>32820820
>[x]All of the above.

>>32820820
[]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
[]Update your journal. This might be important.
I kinda just wanna see Wendy react to the journal.

>>32820820
>[X] All of the aboce

>>32820820

>>32820835
+1

>>32820820
[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
[x]Update your journal. This might be important.

>>32820820
>[X]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
>[X]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?

>>32820820
>[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
>[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
>[x]Update your journal. This might be important.

>>32820835
Yup,im sure the question of her allegiance went is unsaid but taken into account, this sounds good.

>[]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.

Man, the journal is such a wildcard choice. It could either be somewhat good or turn this meeting into an immeadiate shitstorm.

>>32820820
>[X]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
>[X]Ask if this Aki Minaru could, in fact, be the culprit in disguise instead, or an agent of Oriko herself. It's a bit suspicious that she survived while everyone else got barbecued.
>[X]Update your journal. This might be important.

>>32820848
>>32820836
Really doesn't look like she's the culprit, seeing as our red culexus is apparently teleporting around.
>>32820820
They need to be informed that the enemy leader is a goddamn seer, and that the culexus can detect and interrupt people spying in them.

>>32820846
>I kinda just wanna see Wendy react to the journal.
It MIGHT help to mollify Wendy by physically reminding her that Chiaki/Kong has bouts of amnesia and probably has a good reason for forgetting her promises.

>>32820820
[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
[x]Update your journal. This might be important.

+

[x]"Please excuse the notes, but I am sure everyone in this room has already heard about my rather unreliable long-term memory. "

>>32820820
>[x]Ask if Aki has said anything relevant.
We're the last person to try and interrogate her, but any evidence we can get from her is great. Ask mami to follow up maybe?
>[x]Update Journal
Should be worth it to have Wendy see that.

>[x]"...how long before we can examine the scene ourselves?"
I'm sure Meguca CSI has gone over it already, but golden weapons are in play, I'd want to double check.

>>32820868

Hm, well... There's nothing wrong with taking notes in a meeting or negotiation. It might raise some eyebrows, probably, but it's not really a faux pas.

It might even be good if it's unexpected; making them think we're pulling out a gun, only to write something in a notebook and then storing it away immediately.

It's not my course of action of choice, but it doesn't and shouldn't raise any red flags.

>>32820886
Wendy gave us the journal via dream after torching the dream bar. Amnesia will not be the first thing that comes to mind.

>>32820820
>[]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?

>>32820889
[x]"Please excuse the notes, but I am sure everyone in this room has already heard about my rather unreliable long-term memory. "
I like this idea.

>>32820820
>[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
>[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru could, in fact, be the culprit in disguise instead, or an agent of Oriko herself. It's a bit suspicious that she survived while everyone else got barbecued.

>>32820868
Might get a reaction from Wendy though. I mean did Chiaki not get that journal from her? Or am I remembering wrong?

Then again it might piss her off too, that we are using it after everything.

>>32820820
[X]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[X]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
[X]Update your journal. This might be important.

She can't be the Culexus but she did evade the entire thing which is interesting on it's own.

>>32820914
The barbequeing isn't nearly as suspicious as her not having her soul gem blown out. How does someone protect or resist that, anyway

>>32820902

Hmm... I'd forgotten that the journal was Wendy's... It might make things a little more tense, perhaps a little less. Again, not my course of action of choice, but it doesn't really strike me as a bad one either.

>>32820889

On the other hand, definitely don't explain yourself, less to bring up your faulty memory. Don't undermine your position. The Warmaster doesn't have to explain herself.

>>32820820
>[X]Update your journal. This might be important.
Normally I'd say update the journal immediately, but might wanna hold off on doing it physically until Wendy isn't present, if you know what I mean, and I'm sure that you.

>>32820889
>>32820911
>>32820939
This. We don't make excuses for what we want to do, and we sure as hell don't owe anyone an explanation.

>>32820820
[X]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
[X]Ask if this Aki Minaru could, in fact, be the culprit in disguise instead, or an agent of Oriko herself. It's a bit suspicious that she survived while everyone else got barbecued.
[X]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?

Dildoes is best girl

>>32820939
Its not about explaining yourself, its more of a reminder that we have an issue with amnesiac episodes before people give us dumb looks about the journal.

The excuse is just professional dildoness, because lets face it, Chiaki is not sorry that she needs to write down important details, its just a fact.

>>32820820
>[x]Ask if this Aki Minaru had said anything of importance after she was found.
>[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
>[x]Update your journal. This might be important.

>>32820820
>[x]Was there anything else of note found in ground zero?
>[x]Update your journal. This might be important.

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>>32820955
>>32820939

We voted for going full-dildo, now lets be consistent in our dildoness. A courtesy of explanation is not the same as making excuses, sheesh.

>>32820978
I just realized that Sayaka doesn't just have a thing for redheads; she has a thing for redheads with lickable armpits

>>32820978
Amber is awesome.

>>32820978
If we wanted to NTR Midori with Dildoes, would it work?

>>32820974
Be professional by being cold and analytical. Were the warmaster, not a Japanese businessman. There's no need to bow and scrape over us taking notes.

>>32821000
No, that's just masturbation

>>32820974
If someone does not know about your memory problems already, then they don't deserve an explanation from us.

>>32821000
It would be extremely painful.

>>32821007
>>32821000
I now really want to see an ntr doujin where its just the one person 'cheating' via masturbation.

>>32821019
She's a big girl.

>>32821007
Selfcest is bestcest

>>32820960
I'm assuming that if she had said anything important, that would have been noted.

As to whether it's a possibility that Aki Minaru could be the culprit, of course it's a possibility. There's good odds that why the girl is so nervous.

But that, of course, seems way too neat, which makes sit seem more like she's a rube, or a patsy.

>>32820907
>>32820939
>Wendy gave us the journal
Wait, when was this?
I don't remember it at all.

>>32820974
>>32820992

There's an important point here: one, there nothing unusual about taking notes in a meeting like this. It requires no explanation. Two, bringing up memory problems isn't polite, it's undermining your position. Three, you're Warmaster.

There's a need to be polite, yes, but there's no need to do more than that. If they ask, yes, give an explanation. Otherwise, there's no need to paint a target.

(Sorry, I've gone into full corporate mode, ahahaha, sorry. Nothing personal, but I'm kinda having fun)

>>32821035
I prefer twincest or reverse-gender selfcest where one of them gets raped and the other one gets pregnant

>>32821043
>full corporate mode
We asked for dildoes, we got her.

>>32821040
Dream after the midori cottage date. Showed up to the bird creatures crying and dream Charles bar burning down, the journal was inside at Wendy's seat.

>>32821070
>Dream after the midori cottage date
To be more specific, it was a dream when we were knocked out while training with Sayaka.

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>>32821065

Hey, I'm not that obnoxious! I think...

>>32821154
Hat resembles Braids more than any of the other stooges

Rolled 11

>>32821203

So, moe.

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>>32821203
Hat likes Sayaka?

"Puchimas! Petite Puella" strips for MGNQ, this would almost certainly kill me.

>>32821419
>>32821154
Do you?

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>>32821419

Yes, but not THAT much

>>32821435

I will re-read Puchimasu and look for usable strips

>>32821453
Not fat enough

>>32821453
Oh my god.

You spoil us way too much.

Rolled 3

>>32821453

FOREHEAD BEAMU

>>32821495
Io doesn't really have to change at all, does she?

>>32821572
*Lo

are we still here?

>>32821774
It might be time for a summoning.

>>32821860
Indeed. We must sacrifice Hat-Chan's anal virginity in order to summon Decu

>>32821897
nah man, the ritual is now legs (in stockings, thigh highs.)
Did you not get the memo?

>>32820835

You glance down at the picture of the girl who survived Oriko's attack on the Church - noting, besides her obvious injuries, the look in her eyes. The look that said, pretty much, that she wasn't ever going to be able to sleep properly for the rest of her life. That no amount of counseling or therapy or even alcohol would be able to make her forget just what she saw, just what she lived through.

The look of someone mere moments away from either putting a bullet through their soul gem or turning into an eldritch horror that eats despair and shits suffering.

It's a look you're very familiar with.

Poor kid. She doesn't deserve it. No one does.

Closing the file cover on the printout and placing it back onto the table, it's here that you ask Wendy the questions that come immediately to mind. Two questions - the first being, did Aki Minaru say anything important after she was found, and the second, if there was anything else of note found in ground zero itself.

Bringing out your journal from your inventory as you do so, flipping to the closest empty page and scrawling 'Church Attack' on the uppermost line.

"Yeah, of course." You hear Wendy reply. "When we found her, she kept saying something over and over. We believe it could be something she heard the Culexus say just before she attacked."

You continue writing as you listen. Underneath 'Church Attack', you write certain details about the attack itself that you remember - '100 casualties', 'Kazamino Branch' and 'Red Culexus' to name a few. You circle the last one in particular, and write 'Culprit' underneath the circled word. Underlining the accusation a couple of times for emphasis.

"What was this, Wendy?" Mami asks for you, and you feel her hand on your shoulder again. "What was Aki-san saying over and over?"

[1/2]

>>32821935

"Two words," Wendy returns curtly, now sounding just the slightest bit irritated. Maybe she's taking offense at your note-taking. "'Ahriman Lives'. We have a few ideas as to what that means, but nothing concrete."

...Ahriman. So that confirms that Ahriman's involved in this, it's not all Oriko's fault. You write down her name, then draw an arrow connecting it to another empty space on the sheet, where you then scribble 'Mikuni Oriko' and give it the 'Being Controlled?' subtitle.

"Updated my journal," You murmur to no one in particular.

"...What about Chiaki-san's second question, Wendy-san?" You look up at Wendy just as Mami breaks the sudden silence by positing your next question once more - and it's here that you blink as you realize that the brown-haired American had been staring at you this entire time.

...No, not at you, not directly. At your journal.

"What?" You find yourself asking indignantly. Taking notes isn't weird. Isn't it a proper dildo thing to take notes during a meeting? It is, isn't it?

"Wendy-san?" Mami herself blinks, looking at you, then back at the silent Apostle sitting in front of you. It takes a whispered word from the kimono maid with the amber eyes to snap her out of her little trance - and it's here that Wendy offers you a small, surprisingly warm smile.

"...You always mumble like a jackass when you write, Murderface?" She turns toward her maids. "Whiskey for me and the Warmaster, please. Cigarettes too, when she's done."

The maids nod in unison, moving in dutiful concert like all maids are professionally-trained to do. In mere moments, two crystal glasses of whiskey are placed on the table in front of you, each one poured with care and precision. The one in the maid kimono passes you a single cigarette - well, it's more of a cigarillo, mostly - and the other one lights it for you. They do the same for Wendy a moment later.

[2/3]

>>32821961
>"Updated my journal,"
Erry tiem

>>32821961

"Didn't find anything else either, other than the words 'FUCK THE BLESSED LADY AND HER SHIELDMAIDEN' permanently scorched into the altar wall." The brown-haired girl takes a long drag from her cigarillo, holding it in for a moment before exhaling the smoke off the side. "...We'll be grilling Aki once we're sure it won't make her witch out. In the meantime, she'll be under the Church's protection."

You take a similarly-long drag off your own, holding the cigarillo between your teeth as you continue writing on your journal.

How do you react?

[]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
[]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
[]Could this be an attack made a rival cult? A big one trying to attack or muscle in on some unprotected sects?
[]Other.

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>>32821992
[x][]Could this be an attack made a rival cult? A big one trying to attack or muscle in on some unprotected sects?
[x] How come you're not dead?

>>32821992
>[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32821992
>[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.

>>32821992
[XXXXX]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.

>>32821992
>[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

We need more data. Data data data.

We cannot make bricks without clay.

>>32821992
>[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
Lets see how much they know.

>>32821992
>[x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
Ahriman, just stop.
You are not The Messiah.
Kain is not amused by your shenanigans.

>>32821992
>[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32821992
[x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
We'll offer what we know of Ahriman and Oriko once they tell us what they know.

>>32822015
Save the Wendy stuff for after the meeting. Wendy, Midori, and Chiaki.

All by their lonesomes.

That won't suck.

Right?

>>32821992
[]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
Ask if they've had any luck narrowing down locations, or the identity/origin of the red culexus. They're rate as hell right? If one bailed out of an officio, someone would know.

>>32821992
>[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32821992
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32821992
>>[x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>>[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
well that clears that up.

>>32821992
>[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32822048
It'll work.

Invite wendy to breakfast?

>>32821920
He's just trying to get into Hat's panties.

>>32821992
>[x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.

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>>32822048
Okay, I guess you've got a point.

THAT WILL BE HILARIOUS

>>32822030
>You cannot kill the messiah
>BUT I CAN

>>32821992
[x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.

[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

[x]Ask them to be gentle with Aki - it may be frustrating at first, but it might help do -something- for her.

>>32821992
First off, DO NOT GLANCE AT OUR SHIELD WHEN SHE SAYS SHIELDMAIDEN
Otherqise,
[X]errythin

Oh, and mention that she's ruining our attempts to cut back on smoking.

>>32821992
>[]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
> 'FUCK THE BLESSED LADY AND HER SHIELDMAIDEN'

Ask her about the graffiti.

We don't know anything about their religion, so maybe she could enlighten us.

>>32821992
[x]Other
[x]Present your theory in your trademark analytical murmur.
[x]''Our own Prognosticator look into this case. At first glance that this newly formed terrorist cell is the doing of human girl Mikuni Oriko, however my own suspicions are that the true mastermind behind this is a Magical Girl named Ahriman, formerly known as the Warmaster of the Third before engaged and killed by retired former Warmaster of the 9th Ekaterina Valnikov, Malal and.. myself. It appears that Warmaster Ahriman has no intention of staying dead and somehow, probably through the use of her magical staff, gained control of Mikuni Oriko. These suspicions are further confirmed by most of this terrorist cell being made up by former members of the 3rd Officio that had thus far evaded purging after their Officio fell.
Ahriman was a powerful and dangerous magical girl during her lifetime, how far her powers reach beyond the grave is an unknown variable.
Whether the Magical girls in the terror cell are aware that their former warmaster is guiding them once again into their demise is an unknown variable.''

>>32821992
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives

>>32821992
[x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

If we want Oriko to survive this, we should probably tell them she is being possessed by Ahriman.

>>32821992
[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.

This actually increases out chance to get Oriko out of this alive, if she really is just a puppet for Ahriman there is still hope.

>>32822077
Would pinky be pissed off at Ahriman because of that?

>>32822080
Is Haruka's existence known to the other Officio's? I thought our Prognosticator was something we kept off the books.

>>32822111
We have several IIRC.

We don't have to specify which.

>>32821992

[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.
[x]Could this be an attack made a rival cult? A big one trying to attack or muscle in on some unprotected sects?
[x]Other - Ask about the 'Shieldmaiden', say we're not privy about the Blessed Lady mythology and its sect variants.

>>32822155
Do we? arent they kinda dead? the only other is omegon and she......
well yeah

>[x]Other
[x]Tell them what you about Oriko/Ahriman without sharing where you got this information from
[x]"We might be able to weaken the enemy and thus minimize loses of Magical Girls on both side if we somehow spread the information that Mikuni Oriko is possessed by Ahriman and once again intends to send the remains of her Officio into their doom as she did in the past to fuel her ambitions before we engage them. Ahrimans Influence over Mikuni Oriko might be broken if somehow negating her staff, retrieving Mikuni Oriko, dead or alive, and thus removing the head of the Serpent in one decisive act. Without her Influence the terror cell surrounding her might fall apart in due time entierly on its own. ''

>>32822077
"My theology is not exactly up to spec."

>>32821992
>[]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
That's the million dollar question.

Might need to trade off some of what we suspect about Ahriman for it, but not if we don't need to.

>>32821961
>and it's here that Wendy offers you a small, surprisingly warm smile.
HOPE

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>>32821992
[>x]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[x]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32822238
>pgq/mgnq crossover quest
>chiaki ends up somehow switching places with a slightly powered-up Reinhold
>Melon/Chiaki NTR

>>32821992
>[X]Ask if they know anything about the Prophet. Maybe they know something you don't.
>[X]Ask about their theories about 'Ahriman Lives'.

>>32819697
so im curious, is chiaki dead? why is this the fall of chiaki?

>>32822373
because it's part 2 and we need more max payne references in everything

>>32822373
Pancakes dies.

>>32822373
Because she tried to run in those heels and tripped.

>>32822373

>>32822373
Trade embargo by the 17th.
No more maple syrup shall be allowed to enter the hands of the Ninth.

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>>32822373
Because our track record with decision making is so stunning, Decu decided just to leave the title hanging with the knowledge it'll never not be relevant.

I actually don't know. Have some fanart from the past.

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>>32822373
Because it's all going to shit.

Quick.

>>32822373
"The past is a gaping hole. You try to run from it, but the more you run, the deeper, more terrible it grows behind you, its edges yawning at your heels. Your only chance is to turn around and face it. But it's like looking down into the grave of your love, or kissing the mouth of a gun, a bullet trembling in its dark nest, ready to blow your head off."

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>>32822406
because this

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>>32822408
Pancakes will never be the same again...

>>32822408
It was nice knowing them.

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>>32822408
Thats on the same level of 'WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG'' as trying to kidnap Mumi and we all know how that went.

>>32822408
Very brave of them to give us a casus belli

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>>32822408
>Pic related when

>>32822498
I could just see it now; that fat fuck of a mutant cat, smugly saying how he's rigged the entire Canadian Strategic Maple Reserve to blow if Chiaki so much as looks at the 17th wrong, and he and his Warmaster have a deadman switch so don't think about trying to assassinate him.
And thinking she might be able to score some of that amber ambrosia from America?
Motherfucking 8-Ball, saying "Sorry, bitch, but business is business" as the American maple forests burn.

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>>32821961
>>32821935
Gotta take them notes

>>32822587
Nahhh, Eightball would scab like a motherfucker, and he'd gouge the shit out of prices.

>>32822587
We really ought to pursue an alliance with them. All the premium grade maple syrup we could ever want...

>>32822623
This picture is dildos. You're the best, Dan.

>>32822587
There were no survivors

>>32822623
Midori must have really dildo'd her hard last night.

>>32822623
You could have at least made an attampt at a serious map, I'd have liked to see that. Not that I don't appreciate the laffs but still.

>>32822628
>Eightball would scab like a motherfucker,
Of course he'd scab; he'd just do it after all other sources of maple syrup have been destroyed, and he controls the sole remaining supply outside of the 17th. He doles out little jugs of the stuff to Chiaki who would pay exorbitant prices for it.

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>>32822587
Yeah. That plan won't backfire at all.

>>32822680
Yeah, I get you now

>>32822680
Warmaster salary means he's gonna be swimming in dosh.

...Does Eightball already swim in dosh?

>>32822680
I don't think that that would go very well
In fact I think it's a fast ticket to atmospheric immolation

>>32822623
>Wendy
>Not flat

Ya Blew it Dan.

>>32822698
He has a big Scrooge McDuck money vault underground and he rolls around in it while his bitches do all the real work.

This is canon now. 'Murrca.

>>32822720
Would she really run the risk of the rest of the maple syrup being destroyed?
Is she prepared to accept a level of existence without maple syrup for her pancakes?

>>32822805
If past experience with Homuras is any indication, she'll just rip apart the fabric of reality until she gets her way, nya.

>>32822587
Meanwhile, Chief Director Madaraki developed hydroponic maple plant farm with hyperaccelerated growth and plentiful production. It's safely hidden in one of the storage sections at Battleship Rafflesia.
Chief Director is willing to trade the production with 9th for Warmaster's tissue samples.

>>32822738
I'd have it no other way.
>>32822728
He's just trying to live up to Decu's exacting standards.

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>>32822829
>tissue samples.
Only if Madaraki comes to claim them herself.
Alone.
Midnight.
Chiaki's office.

And she better bring some of those cookies.

>>32822829
"S-sempai, what happened to your left leg?!"
"Traded it for this."
*Thumps a gallon jug of Grade B on the table*
"…You traded your leg for syrup?"
"Don't worry, I got the good stuff."

>>32822864

W-why... Why do I like the idea of this crack pairing so much...

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>>32822826
>Fubey ruins the final timeline over some maple syrup

god damn it Canada

>>32822909
We're sorry.

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>>32822906
It's not crack, it's syrup. Crack is cheaper.

>>32822887
"Madaraki, where'd all the syrup we were making go?"
"I exchanged it for this."
*Reveals leg on the table*
"…You traded the result of our efforts for a bloody leg?"
"Don't worry, I-I-I-I-I got the good stuff."

>>32822906
Anything with a cute, soft and weak doctor added is good. 'specially when she gets all flustered.

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I know who's really behind all this.

>>32822992

I'm dying

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>>32822992
Dan
You're killing me Dan

>>32822992
>*plap*

Heheh

Nice work.

>>32822992
I like you.

>>32822992
>no one is wearing a colander
Dan, do you even Pastafarians?

>>32822992
You are in rare form today, Dan.

>>32822992
Church of the what? I can't read your scribble scrawl

>>32822992
>dat wendy

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>>32822992
Now draw them in this pose

>>32822973
If you know what i mean.

>>32822992
noodly

>>32823042
Transcendent One

>>32823042
Transcendent One. Get glasses.

>>32823086
No need to be rude. I'm wearing glasses and it took me a while before I figured out what it said.

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>>32823064
Or the more recent Lybia edition

>>32822992
>Noodly & Flat

They have potential as some early 20s comedy duo.

>>32823182
Linguini

>>32823114
As am I and it took me no time at all. Check your prescription.

>>32822433
How long until we get this pic, properly MGNQ'd?

>>32822017 >>32822020

"...Ahriman's dead, Kharn offed her years ago. Everybody knows that." Wendy considers the burning tip of her cigarillo, before taking another deep pull from it. "She left a lot of followers behind, though. Sects scattered around the world. Anyone from the Third that turned tail and lived. Her signature golden staff resurfaced with the Prophet, though, from what Bloodysunday and her girls have told me."

Your ex takes another deep pull, and it's here that the kimono maid steps forward with an ashtray, deftly catching the ashes as Wendy flicks the filter tip of her cigarillo over the side. "Some civvie bitch all in white, or dark blue. Orko something or other."

"Mikuni Oriko," The western maid interjects with a quiet voice, and the brown-haired Apostle nods.

"...Anyway, those golden things are all kinds of bad mojo. Everyone knows that too." You see Wendy wince slightly at this, before reaching up with one hand to rub a spot on her neck hidden underneath her scarf. "Probably has something to do with that, or Orko marketing herself as the next Ahriman to get more followers. Maybe both. That's my take on it."

Well. So they know about the golden weapon in Oriko's possession, then. More than that, they know that Mikuni Oriko's the Prophet. That's...well, that complicates things, but not by much. She would've found out anyway, if her Prognosticator was anyone halfway decent.

You just have to make sure that you get to Oriko first before she does. Before anyone from her cult does. Or you'd be explaining to the wrathful ghost in your katana that her ex is about to have a closed casket burial, thanks to YOUR ex.

You write down 'Save Oriko' on the very bottom of the page you've been writing on, and circle it a few times. ...Even if you're just writing it, it sounds like a promise you'll never be able to keep. Like all the rest.

[1/2]

>>32823430
How much experience does Wendy have with golden weapons anyway?

>>32823545
She did find a golden butterfly mask at Nicole's house.

>>32823562

which led to her first death, safe to say she knows what she's talking about.

>>32823430
Okay, so, I have a point to bring up here.

If Oriko is being straight up mindwhammied, then okay, yeah, we can try to save her. But if this is Ahriman telling her to do things and her agreeing, or if she let Ahriman in out of a lust for vengeance, then do we still have to save her? Because that would mean she consciously, with informed consent, killed a hundred people in a terrorist attack.

I'm just not big on risking shit going fanwards to save a terrorist bitch, you know?

>>32823430

You pull your cigarette off your lips and reach for your whisky glass with the same hand, still keeping your eyes firmly on what you've just written. You drain your entire glass, the alcohol burning your throat the entire way down.

"...You're on her shit list, too. Not exactly a secret, after the shit at the concert." Wendy suddenly says, apropos of nothing. "Heard some nasty stories about body parts made up to look like Miss Tomoe, too. ...Twenty-four of yours, Kong. A whole lot more of ours. ...You gonna take that?"

Kong. She's calling you Kong, now. That's...that's good, isn't it?

How do you react?

[]It's Chiaki Matsuda. ...But Kong is fine.
[]Tell me where this is all headed, Wendy.
[]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823585
Saving her is important to several of our allies, so it's at least worth a try.

>>32823586
[x]Tell me where this is all headed, Wendy.

Something feels distinctly off here...

>>32823586
[x] It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823586
>[]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823586
[x]Tell me where this is all headed, Wendy.
[x]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823586
>[X]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.
We did promise we'd try to help her. We promised several people. And we're trying to keep our promises this time.

>>32823586
[X]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

[X] Whoever first receives a Golden Weapon Possesses it after they die - and that includes whomever picks it up after them. That means Oriko. Arhiman is back....because she's got control of Oriko.

>>32823586
>[X]Tell me where this is all headed, Wendy.
>[X]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823586
[x]It's Chiaki Matsuda. ...But Kong is fine.
[x]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823586
>[x]It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

And Wendy is baiting her to attack quick.

[x] It isn't Oriko you should be gunning for. She's being controlled.

>>32823585
I think we've got our best shot after disarming her and shoving the katana in her hands. Either she calms the fuck down or we get a proper melee boss fight.