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"Hmm..."

It seems that you're the only one to have noticed that Citrine's in here... wait, that's not true. Takamaru's looking right at her, but seems to be leaving it up to you as to how to handle this situation.

...eh, you might as well say hi to her like a normal person. As tempting as it is to sneak behind her and scare her, she -is- kind of pregnant and all so you'd rather not risk it.

"Hey, Citrine!" you call out as you walk to the counter.
"Hm?" Citrine turns around to see who's there... and a wide smile forms on her face the instant she sees that it's you. "Reinhold!"

Abandoning the things that she was in the process of buying t the front counter, Citrine races towards you as fast as she can and opens her arms in preparation for a hug...

"Whooooa," you say, holding your hands up before you're trapped in her embrace. "Bear hugs and pregnancy don't mix, remember?"
"Oh yeah..." Citrine says with an embarrassed smile.

And then she settles on a "regular" hug instead, though it's still pretty tight.


>ask her how she's been
>ask her something else
>introduce your friends
>[OTHER]

>>34219108
>ask her how she's been

We should also let her know that we got our sword fixed before we go.

>>34219108
>introduce your friends
>ask her hoe she's been

>>34219108
>ask her how she's been

>>34219108
>ask her how she's been
>introduce your friends
>Other
ask when we have the next time to hit the town, if it's alright to visit her home with Mari. Reinhold hasn't seen it yet.

>>34219108
>introduce your friends

>>34219108
>introduce your friends
>ask her how she's been

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>>34219108
>introduce your friends

Might as well ask when she's expecting the baby.

Also, in time to post this. Someone asked me to draw Karel in a gothic lolita dress. While this probably isn't too gothic lolita enough, it was still fun to draw.

I would've liked to draw pants, but I was specifically told to draw a dress.

>>34219473
haha, cute

>>34219108
>introduce your friends
quick refresher
>ask her how she's been
as we need to know how our little niece/nephew is holding out!

>>34219473
She looks just the right amount of angry and embarrassed about being in that dress. Nicely done, she's adorable!

>>34219473
Very cute.


>writing

>>34220078
what is she doing with our hand?
sounds lewd

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"Still though, it's so wonderful to run into you like this!" Citrine says with a beaming smile. "And you're with your pretty friends, too!" she waves to Luciana and the others.

...oh yeah, you should probably get that out of the way before Citrine ends up blowing Luciana's cover.

"Citrine, this is Violette," you say, pointing to Luciana.
"A new friend?" Citrine clasps her hands together. "Well it's nice to meet you..."

And then she gets a good look at her face.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I get it now!" Citrine giggles. "Well I hope that you're enjoying your time with my brother and his friends here in Granache!"
"I have been, thank you," Luciana replies, meeting Citrine's smile with one of her own.


>[1/?]

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>>34220172

"I hope it hasn't been too rough on you dealing with all these teenaged girls," Citrine says, turning to Takamaru. "I doubt my brother's been much help in that area, he's always been kind of a pushover when it comes to girls..."
"No," Takamaru laughs, "I am used to it by now."
"Well that's nice to hear!"

Turning her attention away from the foreign visitors, Citrine makes a beeline for Nicolette.

"No dress today?" Citrine asks. "You looked so pretty back during the party..."
"No," Nicolette replies with a nervous laugh. "I only wore that because my father made me."
"That's a shame," she pouts. "Your uncle was saying that you walk around in armor most of the time, so when you're out on the town like this you should try and dress more girlish, you know?"
"Uh, I'm wearing a skirt right now..."
"You know what she means, Nicolette," Melanie says, poking her on the cheek.
"Cut it out..."

>[2/?]

>>34220806

"I want to be comfortable when I'm off-duty, that's all," Nicolette sighs. "Big fancy dresses are like the opposite of that."
"I guess I understand what you mean," Citrine shrugs. "Sorry, I didn't mean to nag you or anything."
"It's fine," Nicolette shrugs. "I hear the same thing from my parents all the time.

After some more idle chatter with Melanie, Citrine finally remembers that she was in fact in the middle of making a purchase.

"Oh man, I'm so sorry!" Citrine says, scurrying back to the counter.
"It's no problem at all, Mrs. Lanzmann," the store attendant replies, shaking his head.

Of course Citrine would get special accommodations here, what with her husband being a famous artist and all.


>[3/4]

>>34221092
>[4/4]

After paying for several tubes of paint and a rather large stack of drawing paper, Citrine places them into two bags and then turns back to you.

"So what're you guys up to?" Citrine asks. "Shopping trip?"
"Something like that," you reply.
"This was originally Marie's trip into town, but she got caught up in sudden business and now it's just us," Luiciana sighs.
"Oh," she nods. "Yeah, I can guess why..."

Citrine takes a few moments to adjust the bags in her hands.

"Well I'm about to head back home so I can get this stuff back to Marius, would you guys like to visit for a little while?" Citrine asks.


>how do you respond?

>>34221395
Don't see why not. Mind waiting for a bit so I can buy my own supplies, though?

>>34221395
if everyone is ok with it, sure

>>34221395
Gotta ask the ladies first.
Man, we're so whipped.

>>34221395
ask the others first

its not like we have plans anyways

>>34221395
Sure, I have not seen your home yet.

>>34221395
Why would we not like to visit a famous painter's home for tea and conversation? I really can't think of a reason.

Ask around if everyone else would like to do so, it's only polite.

So how come everyone is children? I've seen these threads here for forever but I always assumed the characters were like, old enough to shave regularly.

>>34221559
Rein is like 17 so i guess he could shave regularly.

>>34221395
>how do you respond?
I'd like to, but it's not up to me to decide.

>>34221559
Because it's more anime.

>>34221559
Those are just the pictures he uses nowadays, I think the youngest character is around 15.

>>34221559
I think Rein is the oldest of the "kids" at 17.

>>34221609
Did Emilio turn 14 or 15? I seem to recall he was younger than Marianne and she's 15.

>>34221559
In the old days, 16-19 was more or less and Adult. Kids had to grow up quickly and this fantasy world isn't much different in that regard.

>>34221559
Sidecharacters aside, the main cast ranges from 14 (Emilio and Karel) to 17 (Reinhold and Rana). This is how it's been since the quest started.

>writing

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So I was playing some of the Atelier games, thought that Gino was a good Reinhold.

>>34221559
For most of human history people were considered adults at like 15ish. The idea that you only become an adult at 18 is a distinctly modern concept.

>>34221982
those are some snazzy shoes

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>>34222020
Same anon, here's more

>>34222029
Why does nobody make nice boots for men in the real world?

...christ that reads gayer than it did in my head.

>>34222016
15ish? i'd have said more like 13ish, but it guess that varies depending on the time/culture

>>34222052
If it can bleed it can breed

>>34222050
They do, but you have to know where to go in order to buy them. Custom jobs and all that.

>>34222050
Mah nigga mah nigga

Pretty jealous of the jacket too, would wear that on a daily basis

>>34222052
You're probably right now that I think about it, I think working in a district where the average 15yr old male is either a tub 'o lard or a runty wannabee gangster has skewed my perception of normal age development.

I hate my job.

>>34222096
I meant in terms of generally available products; you can get pretty much anything if you go for custom stuff after all. If I had the cashflow I'd definitely get a few custom items of clothing, I have a subtly weird frame that makes clothes shopping a nightmare.

>>34222238
Tell me about it. my stupid broad shoulders make shopping for jackets a total bitch, not to mention my stupid gorilla feet...

>>34222286
>>34222238
You think that's bad, try having my face. I have a normal body, so I can find clothes and dress sharp, but no amount of gilding transmutes a turd.

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>>34222358
>try having my face
Try having a little confidence mate, it cant be that bad

>>34222411
Rein is *far* too self-aware for his own sanity.

>>34222411
taka is one with the shadows

"I wouldn't mind," you say, "but I'd probably need to run it by the others first."

The day's already been sidetracked enough as it is, you don't want to end up dragging Nicolette and the others along on an unwanted tangent. Despite the fact that you yourself definitely want to check out Citrine's living arrangements.

"It's fine with me," Luciana chimes in. "If nothing else, this will give me something to brag to Father about when I get home."

Marius is Celestino's favorite artist, after all... he probably would be envious if Luciana actually got to see his studio in person before he could.

"If we're not gonna be bugging you or anything, I wouldn't have any problem with it," Nicolette shrugs when you turn to her. "What about you, Melanie?"
"Sounds like fun!" Melanie smiles.

Great, there's no opposition to your further monopolizing of everyone's time!

>[1/?]

>>34222286
I'm the reverse, slim and with limbs just too long for most stuff, so everything looks simultaneously shapeless and bulky yet too small on me. I'm like an uncanny valley clothes horse or something.

Big feet are indeed a curse, though my problems were put into perspective by a friend who has to get all his shoes from some obscure custom manufacturer for people with hobbit feet.

>>34222480
He has long since accepted the fact that his opinion isn't really counted ever.

>>34222502
I'm sure if he voiced his opinion at least Reinhold would take heed

>>34222620

Maybe he doesn't really have one. Bodyguarding while chicks are discussing art probably isn't much different for him than bodyguarding while chicks are discussing clothes.

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>>34222484

"Well I guess that's settled," you say, laughing nervously. "Just let me pick up the stuff I came in here for and then we can get going..."

With that, you hurry over to where the sketchbooks are and start rifling through their stock in order to pick out the ones which are in the absolute BEST condition. Though you honed this skill in order to keep from accidentally buying rotten produce back when you were little, it's proven to be a pretty good habit to have in more or less every shopping situation you've ever been in.

One... two... three sketchbooks should be more than enough for now. Though you're not sure when the next time you'll be able to come out here is, there's also the fact that you don't go through these things all that quickly to take into account as well.

Plus you'd rather not have to carry too many of these things around with you all day.

Once you have the "what exactly to buy" part of this out of the way, you hurry back to the front counter and pay for everything.

"That's all you're getting?" Citrine asks, looking at your meager purchase. "I'm no artist myself, but I think I've learned enough from buying Marius's supplies to pick out something nice for you if you wanted some help..."


>[2/3]

>>34222939
>[3/3]

"Nah, it's fine," you shake your head. "I'm just replacing some things that got messed up a few days back."

You can FEEL Melanie scowling behind you, there's no need to even bother looking.

"Well okay then," Citrine says with a disappointed frown. "and here I was hoping to get to show off the prowess that comes from being an artist's wife... it could have been a learning experience for certain -future- artist's wives, you know?" she winks at Luciana.

It never ends.

"Well my shopping's done with so let's get out of here," you say, heading towards the door before this line of conversation can get any more awkward.

In the meantime, you can hear EVERYONE laughing at your discomfort. Even Takamaru.

And here you thought he understood your pain...


>talk about a thing as you walk?

>>34223115
>talk about a thing as you walk?
Ask about granny and the trip back

>>34223115
>You can FEEL Melanie scowling behind you

Wait, what did we do?

>>34223128

This.

>>34223146

Mel is scowling about the incompetence of her minions, not us.

>>34223128
second

>>34221675
>>34222016

You know that's not actually true right? Teenagers didn't have the extended childhood we have nowadays but they weren't considered adults really. A 16-18 year old fighting in the army isn't unrealistic and was actually common but being a "master swordsman" or being promoted to the fucking royal guard, especially to a princess only a year younger is absolutely ludicrous.

>>34223128
pretty much this

>>34223168
Well no fucking shit sherlock, magic is also ludicrous.

>>34223115
Let Citrine know that our sword was fixed through the power of magic crystalline parasite thingies.

Ask about places we should visit while we're in town today.

>>34223168
This is a world where magic is a thing, bro.

Also it's basically a government composed entirely of wild adventurers. It stands to reason they'd attract the wild outliers to work for them.

>>34223168

If you start guarding Princesses and kicking ass later than twenty you're probably considered a late-bloomer there.

>writing

>>34223183
>>34223216

I wasn't the one who claimed it was realistic. Because anime is a good enough reason for me.

Maybe their ages are in base 15!

So I've spent the last few days catching up on PGQ and while my interest was at an all time high throughout, I'm at thread 127 and find myself losing interest since locking into our relationship with Luciana. Is this normal and does PGQ get better?

>inb4 waifuing
Yes I was hoping for Marianne but I don't mind Luciana so I dont think that's it

>>34223388

And maybe the planet do a 360° in 500 days or something.

>>34223417

Well, the Reinbowl ending make the tension drop a bit.

The following day is very calm, too. Sorry, dude.

>>34223417
Probably? I enjoyed the quest about the same the entire way through. You might just have burned yourself out on it. Take a break.

>>34223417
Well, to be fair, I am sure we're about to get hit by a big ol' plot twist soon. Why? It's quiet. Way too quiet.

>>34223484
And it has been so for far to many threads now. Something is about to go horribly wrong.

>>34223484
>>34223506
>come back to castle
>blood everywhere
>marianne is dead
>why didn't you do your job reinhold
>why didn't you guard the princess

>>34223484
the plot twist is that Citrine is pregnant with TWINS

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>>34223484
>>34223506

I'm betting on everyone in the castle being murdered by the time we go back.

After leaving the art supply store, Citrine takes a few moments to make sure that everything that she bought is accounted for.

"Ehehe, it's been a while since we've actually had guests over," Citrine says, smiling at you. "Marius is gonna be soooo surprised!"
"Really?" Luciana asks. "Your husband's a famous artist and all so I'd have thought that you'd be entertaining guests all the time."
"You'd think that, but Marius prefers to meet potential clients at places like art galleries and the line," she shrugs. "And I myself don't really have much in the way of friends, so..."
"For real?" Nicolette says, staring at her. "'Cuz you seem like a real 'social butterfly' type..."

Really, it seems insane that Citrine doesn't have tons of friends.


>[1/?]

>>34223529

I imagine Citrine has some issues letting people that aren't Reinhold and Marius get close to her.

Must be hard relating to nobles with that background. And she probably has as much psychological problems as Reinhold himself.

>>34223557
I had that same idea. But also, I worry that she is trying to hide her past as a brothel worker from others.

>>34223634

Pretty much every time we introduced her to one of our friends shemade no mystery of that.

>>34223529

"You know how it is..." Citrine sighs. "I'm low-born and my husband's the rich and talented one so people like to treat me as if I'm some kind of gold digger," she shrugs. "And then there all the rumors and everything else."
"I'm sorry to hear that," Melanie says. "It must get really lonely."
"Eh, you don't have to worry about me," Citrine shakes her head. "I have a great husband, we have a baby on the way... not to mention that Reinhold lives close-by. And then there's Grandma over in Marconetti..." she smiles. "Me and Reinhold both had it pretty rough starting out, but things are looking up!"
"Yup," you nod.

Speaking of which...


>[2/?]

>>34223662
Which is kinda weird, that's not the kinda shit you just blab about

>>34223667
>things are looking up!

DEATH FLAG

>>34223667
>"I'm sorry to hear that," Melanie says. "It must get really lonely."

I get an inkling Melanie will quickly know all of these feels.

>>34223686
That would fucking devestate Reinhold.

>>34223679
Probably a coping mechanism.

Being fucked by dirty old men for much of your childhood/teenage years isn't exactly the most pleasant upbringing.

>>34223722

Says you.

>>34223719

Yeah, Citrine is still pretty much the most important person in his life at this point.

>>34223667


"How was Grandma doing the last time you saw her?" you ask. "I remember that you and Marius were going to visit her the same day that we left the country..."
"She's doing alright," Citrine nods. "I was worried about telling her about the attacks and the traitorous Guard division and all that since she's all old and frail, but Marius figured that it was best to hear it from us instead of through gossip."
"I suppose that would be for the best," Luciana nods.
"So she was shaken up pretty bad when we told her... she was worried sick that you'd gotten hurt during all that, but she calmed down when Marius mentioned that it's her sword that you were defending yourself with."


>[3/?]

>>34223812

Clearly it's thank to that legendary duelling sword that the kidnappers failed.

>>34223812
OOH! Citrine hasn't seen our new sword yet.

We should fix that.

>>34223847

There's probably something to be said about our urges to show our sword to everyone.

>>34223847
Marius hasn't either.

Maybe he could derive some inspiration from it to make another painting after he's finished with "Reinhold of the broken sword gets destroyed by the cool swordgirl and her girl sword"

>>34223886
haha!

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>>34223933

I don't know of any swordgirl hombre.

>>34223964
It's Monique, obviously.

>>34223886
Childhood trauma does lead to promiscuity...

>>34224135
>(their joy and laughter, gone)

We chose, poorly.

>>34224135
>the fine of you

We're the fine one, no question.

>>34223812

"And then I told her that you and a certain -red- haired princess are now an item," Citrine says, glancing at Luciana, "and that cheered her RIGHT up," she laughs. "Said that now she'll have something to hold over the King's head when he gets on her nerves."
"I bet," Luciana sighs. "Umm, would you happen to know how he's doing, by any chance? The King, I mean."
"He seemed pretty agitated by everything that was going down in the castle, but you'd have to ask Marius for anything more specific than that," she shrugs. "Sorry, I didn't really talk to him all that much myself."
"No, I understand," Luciana says, her previous cheeriness having completely faded away.

With the conversation having been killed by the sudden shift in tone, the five of you just kind of follow behind Citrine in silence as she guides you to wherever it is that she's living now.

>[4/5]

>>34224135
>Said that now she'll have something to hold over the King's head when he gets on her nerves

Wonder how that conversation would go over

>>34224185
The weird thing is that Celestino is the one with all the power in that relationship.

Unless Volker's dad was his bastard.

>>34224183
>[5/5]

"Just watch, they're preparin' to ATTACK!" you hear a gravelly voice shout.
"...attack?" Your ears perk up. "Wha?"

Maybe a block away from where you are, you see a man in shabby clothing shouting at a growing crowd.

"Oh God, this asshole again..." Citrine mutters under her breath.
"You know him?" Luciana asks.
"He's been out here all day, ranting about a bunch of foolishness," she says, rolling her eyes. "C'mon, paying attention to him just gives him a reason to keep on making a scene."

Unfortunately, your path leads directly past him. so you can't help but hear the contents of his rant.

"It's Marconetti!" the man shouts. "You SEE how they just up and closed the borders, this's only the first step! Once that old Wizard-king's away from Granache's prying eyes, just watch! They'll start building up their army even more than they already have and then one day BAM!" he slaps his hands together. "We'll get invaded just like that! Why do you think the ancient bastard married Sir Gregory's sister!? It's so he'll have leverage over OUR Royal Family once the attacks begin!"
"God damn it it's gotten worse..." Citrine grumbles. "C'mon, let's get out of her, we don't have much further to walk."

Glancing over to the side, you notice both Luciana and Nicolette looking like they're about to run straight through that crowd and beat the speaker to a bloody pulp.


>how do you react?

>>34224341
Calm them down, tell them to do whatever they are going to do with grace and elegance.
AKA Do it stealthily and lets skedattle.

>>34224341
Can we have him written up for disturbing the peace or something?

>>34224341
"By attacking him, he'll, even by debating him in public you're only going to help legitimize his views. Especially you Nico, since your a member of the ruling authority and everyone likes a conspiracy once it appears that those in power are trying to squash it."

Ok, yes that's barely coherent, but in my defense I'm barely awake at this point.

>>34224341
This man is clearly an agitator trying to sew seeds of distrust between our countries. Send the girls ahead as we get the guards to subdue him and take him in for questioning.

>>34224430
>>34224398

These. We need to make it very clear that the guards are being reasonable and that he's the one in flagrant violation of good conduct.

Either that or ask if Luci knows a subtle spell that she can set the hem of his robes on fire with.

>>34224341
Obviously a spy from Ancoletta or whatever the country with the racist slavers was. Get the group to move along while we send the town guard to take him in for questioning.

>>34224341

I really doubt we'll get bad end for not shutting down a hobo.

Let's just move along.

>>34224341
Get a hand on Luci and Nico's shoulders, we don't want them to draw attention to themselves, possibly giving indication to their actual identities, which would only further complicate the situation.

Try to get them to calm down, or at least direct their anger to more subtle methods of destruction.

Observe the crowd, see how much they're buying into the fucker's rant.

>writing

>>34224459
This is very much how-not-to-be-a-spy 101. Political agitator, sure, but not a spy.

Unless he's causing a distraction for an accomplice.

Or is trying to get brought in for questioning intentionally for something irritating but ultimately harmless so that he can gain access to somewhere he can find sensitive documents.

>>34224527
>Unless he's causing a distraction for an accomplice.

What is that accomplice going to do, steal pocket money?

>>34224549
Or kidnap a princess maybe?

>>34224566

How would they know about our trip into town?

>>34224566
Probably recon on the guards and nobles.

Kidnapping would be both hard and easy though. Hard to get close enough to collar the target but afterwards not so difficult to port the victim out.

>>34224592
The theory is that they either already infiltrated the castle or Marie's excursions aren't as secret as Marianne thinks they are and this guy's just hanging around for an attack of opportunity.

>>34224592
The assassin presumably know what Luci and Emilio look like so all they would have to do is play the waiting game.

>>34224609
Pretty much this

>>34224733
>"You're a ember of the royal family,"

NICOLETTE'S ELEMENT IS FIRE.

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

Better stop them before they do something stupid. Regardless of how much this guy may DESERVE to be punched in the face, drawing attention to yourselves is the exact OPPOSITE of what you want to be doing right now.

"Hey," you say, resting a hand on both Luciana and Nicolette's shoulders, "I know how you feel, but it's not worth it."
"The hell it ain't!" Nicolette shakes you off. "You expect me to just stand here and watch as this asshole talks shit about my-"
"Nicolette." Melanie firmly grasps her hand. "Don't."
"You're a member of the royal family," you say. "If someone recognizes that it's you who's beating on that moron, it'll just make OTHER morons think that the stuff he's saying is true."
"Exactly," Melanie nods.
"But he-" she turns to the man. "....god damn it," she mutters, covering her face with her hand.


>[1/?]

I wonder if Reinhold could (and should) challenge the guy to a 'debate'

And if he would stop himself from revealing a state secret or two.

>>34224862

Reinhold doesn't strike me as a brilliant debater.

He'd probably spill all his spaghetti, especially since he's completely new at this politicking stuff.

According to my spell checker "politicking" is an actual word. What the fuck?

>>34224862
Can't be any worse than Nico, its lucky she's a guard cos she would make a shitty politician

Gotta control those emotions.

>>34224830

One down, one to go.

"And I'm sure you understand why -you- can't just run in there... right, -Violette?-" you say.
"Yes, you should take a moment to calm down," Takamaru says. "That man's insults are nothing more than the ranting of a fool, there is no need for you to pay it any mind."

Luciana doesn't respond to either of you, instead muttering something under her breath.

And now there's Script forming on the ground beneath... her...


>[2/?]

>>34224895
kiss her Reinhold! It's the only way!
It worked last time.

>>34224884

I don't think he'd do that poorly. He certainly doesn't have track record of losing it, so I think risk of spaghetti spilling is very low.

All he could do is calmly point out that Celestino has no reason to attack Granache and let the guy discredit himself with his incoherent rage.

Everyone knows the real reason the borders closed is to prevent further women lost to the Reinbowl.

>>34224915

This. Better get reputation of a cheating manwhore than allow an incident like this.

>>34224895
Intercept!
Hold her head and make her look into our eyes.
"Stop. If you do this it will only support his cause."

>>34224895

Reminder to never piss off Luciana. It would be a shame if we died in front of our kids and traumatized them.

>>34224924
Celestino could easily be painted as an empire-building wannabe by ignorant fuckers.

>>34224915

Half-tempted to ask for this.

>>34224950

That is true, but why would he attack his closest allies when he's got at least one enemy for a neighbor that he hates with a passion? Any conflict with Granache would only weaken him and open him to an attack.

You know, when two guys fight, the third one benefits

>>34224895
... doesn't script form 'above' the persons head?

>>34225020

Moleman attack!

>>34225020
It forms wherever. Above, below, streamingbehind them, etc.

>>34225043

can it form on the peaches?

>>34225043
well alright then.

>>34224895

As Citrine realizes what's going on, she rushes over to Luciana's side.

"Waitwaitwaitdon't!" Citrine stammers. "you can't just blow him up for-"
"Really!" You join in. "That'd just make things WAY worse, and-"
"Hmph," Luciana glances in the direction of the idiot who's still in the middle of his rant.

Breathing a sigh of relief, you take her hand and pull her along while looking over at the speaker and his onlookers...

...and out of nowhere, a thick stream of water falls from the skies and crashes right on top of the man, completely drenching him.

"Thank God, now maybe he'll finally shut up!" a woman in the crowd yells.
"My brother-in-law's in Marconetti's Border Guard and they aren't doing SHIT to Granache!" a young man shouts.
"Quick, someone call a guard to take him aay before he starts up again!"

But it looks like someone already did just that, as Guards appear out of nowhere and accost the would-be rabblerouser.

"No! You can't silence me!" the man screams. "It's all a plot! Marconetti's gonna be the end of us all, just you watch! It's not too laaaaaaate!!"

>[3/?]

>>34225109
The common people are still on our side! Huzzah!

>>34225109

>backtopol.jpg

>>34225109
>[4/4]

"Idiot," Luciana scoffs as she glares in the man's general direction.
"Nice one," Nicolette says, patting her on the back.
"My first thought was to launch him into the sky, but Reinhold and Takamaru convinced me otherwise," she sighs. "I suppose this way worked out decently, though it was decidedly less satisfying."
"I thank you for showing restraint," Takamaru sighs, wiping the sweat from his brow. "Normally when people insult your father..."
"Yes, I know," Luciana takes a deep breath before turning to Citrine. "If you'd lead the way, Citrine?"
"Oh, um- yeah, of course!" Citrine stammers as she resumes guiding you and the others to her house.


>talk about a thing
>just keep walking and hope nothing else stupid happens along the way

>>34225170

Make a lame joke about pissing off Luciana ourselves.

>>34225170
I don't really have anything more to talk about, but regardless what you guys chose I say we
>Don't notice we're still holdin on to her hand

>>34225170
>talk about a thing

Ask Citrine about nice places in town to visit.

>>34225170
>just keep walking and hope nothing else stupid happens along the way

>writing

You continue following Citrine for a few more blocks, keeping quiet out of fear that something else stupid will happen if you open your mouth. Managing to keep your girlfriend from maybe murdering a guy isn't something that you want to have to do twice in the same day, after all.

"Here we are!" Citrine says, stopping in front of a large residential building.
"Wow, the entire place is yours?" Melanie asks, taking a few steps back so that she can get a full view of the whole building.
"No, we just have the loft on the top," Citrine shrugs. "We moved in with the money that Marius made from his first big sale, and we've just kind of stuck around despite being able to afford a mansion by now..." she says as she opens up the door and leads you up a long flight of stairs. "I'm sure that we'll end up moving out sometime after the baby's born, but for now we have more than enough room."


>[1/?]

We should ask Marius about getting a house with a room for us, once he upgrades. That way we have somewhere to crash when Marie finally gets so sick of our shit she wants us to leave for a week.

>>34225482
In that case we could just go full crazy-NEET-artist in our room.

>>34225498
*crazy-NEET-swordmorphingpowerswordie

>>34225498
Yah but man by that time little baby Reinhold should be born. Swording for a week in your room < art with your art bro and playing with nephew.

>>34225137
Dragons did the Sealed Kings

>>34225409

After a short walk up the stairs, Citrine unlocks a door at the end of the stairwell and waves the rest of you inside. Following her, you find yourself in a rather spacious dining room area.

"You can go ahead and put your things wherever, I don't mind," Citrine says as she opens the curtains in the room.
"Uh, alright," you reply as you place your bag on the table. "So this's your place..."
"Yup!" Citrine says with a warm smile. About half the area of this apartment's taken up by Marius's studio, but there's still plenty of space even with that."
"Huh," Nicolette says as she looks out the window. "you have a pretty nice view from up here."
"I thought do too!" Citrine laughs. "Though I'm sure that it's nothing compared to the view that you guys get..."
"Eh, it's got its own charm," she replies. "It's just a matter of if you prefer the city to the woods. And my room back at the castle's in the freaking basement, so there's no view to speak of at all there..."
"Eheh, that is true," Melanie nods. "All she has is a tiny window right up by the ceiling."


>[2/?]

...yeah, I'm going to have to end this thread here. Getting kind of tired, and I'd rather not aggravate my still-crappy health any more than I already have.

The next thread will be False Dendrite on Monday night.


And now I take questions for a little bit.

>>34225664
Cheers for the thread OP

>>34225664
Thanks for running!

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>>34225610
>"Eheh, that is true," Melanie nods. "All she has is a tiny window right up by the ceiling."
and how does she know what her bedroom looks like

>>34225664
Thanks arch

>>34225664
Thanks for running.

>>34225664
You mind removing the "Talk while you walk" option? It only serves to halt the pacing.
Anyways: Thanks for the thread. Mad Luciana is best Luciana.

>>34225664

Cheers. hoping you'll feel better next time.

Does Reinhold's room have a nice view? Marianne's?
Do you know what illness you got?
What was Volker's element? How about Agnes'?
What's Marianne and Karel's most noticeable physical difference?

>>34225681
>and how does she know what her bedroom looks like
Guess.

>>34225700
>You mind removing the "Talk while you walk" option? It only serves to halt the pacing.
I try to give an option for you guys to ask stuff that I may not have considered, though I might overdo it with how often I do so.

>>34225703
>Does Reinhold's room have a nice view? Marianne's?
Both Marianne and Reinhold's rooms have the same very nice niew on accoiunt of being next to each other. Marianne has more windows, though.

>Do you know what illness you got?
Con crud, most likely.

>What was Volker's element? How about Agnes'?
Both Water.

>What's Marianne and Karel's most noticeable physical difference?
They're not identical in the face area, Karel's pretty well-toned as opposed to Marianne being generically "skinny," etc.


And now I sleep before my connection decides to competely kill itself. Thanks for playing!

For further questioning:
http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame

>>34225880

Thanks for the thread OP!

>>34225880
>Guess.

Melanie had to enter Nicolette's room for cleaning duty, is that it?

*snort snort*