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While the others go about checking out whatever it is that interests them, you resume looking at Marius's sketchbook. Turning away from the picture of the traitorous guard captain, you go back to the drawing hat Marius had meant to show you from the start.

"Huh," you mumble as you take a look at the sketch. "What's this supposed to be? It looks kind of abstract."

It's a sketch of what looks like flowers... or are they snowflakes? Their "petals" are drifting off, increasing in shape and darkening the more they move away from the flowers.

Or at least that's what you THINK is going on here.

"Oh yeah..." Marius says, leaning in to see the picture. "That one was inspired by your duel."
"It was?" you ask.
"Yup," he nods. "The way you shattered the outer shell of the other guy's Sealed King to reveal the true blade underneath... that sword's name means something along the lines of 'blue snow flower' so that's where I got the idea to have flowers there..."
"And the dark petals?"
"That was to signify your own sword's shattering, once the ice melted it reminded me of scattered flower petals in the same..."

Suddenly he realizes just what it is that he's brought up.

"...dammit, I'm sorry," Marius says, covering his face with a hand. "I really don't consider what might be offensive when I draw, and that's particularly what got you caught up in that duel to start with," he mumbles.


>now's the time to show off your sword
>let him stew in his shame for a little while longer
>[OTHER]

>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword

Don't be a douche. It's fixed so it's all good

>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword

We can even show off the cool tricks we can do with it.

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>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword

all of the day

>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword

S'all good.

>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword

>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword
Sword time!

>>34400850
>now's the time to show off your sword
Couldn't be more perfect, don't look up from the sketch, draw sword, commence ripples.

>>34401245

Rippling jimmies?

>>34401294
If we control the ripples, we control the jimmies, and if we control the jimmies, we control the rustling. We could be gods.

>writing

>>34401327
Clearly this is our new fighting tactic. We stab the target and ripple said jimmies destroying their structural integrity.

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>>34401384
I think we may be moving into a new fighting style all together bro.

List of shit we got to do
>Show sword to Nico, Citrine and Marius
>Buy cakes and pastries for Marianne
>Buy nice things for the other girls

One down

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"Don't worry about it, I'm not offended," you say, shrugging. "I told you before that I don't blame you for that."
"Still though," Marius sighs. "Citrine told me about your sword, and it..."
"About that," you say, smiling as a certain idea comes to mind. But first, a certain someone should probably be here to bear witness as well. "Hey Citrine!" you call out.
"Huh?" Citrine cuts a conversation with Melanie to turn to you. "What is it?"
"come over here for a minute, I have something to show you!"
"Umm, okay?"

As Citrine walks over to where you and Marius are, Nicolette and Melanie follow her.

>[1/?]

>>34401649
>"c

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Finally caught up to PGQ a few days ago so this is my first time catching one live. I'm so excited.

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so, when does stuff, like, actually start happening?

>>34401789
Seems like a whole lot of people have been catching up lately.

>>34401816
It's a slice of life quest.
Stuff doesn't happen, generally.

>>34401840
It's like the second coming or something

Prepare for the fifth waifu war

>>34401840
There was a discussion about PGQ in QTG the other day.

>>34401887
>the fifth waifu war
Bullshit, we're on the tenth at this point!

>>34401847
even if it was a slice of life quest, that doesn't magically excuse it from being boring as fuck.

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>>34401887
>>34401950

>>34401927
That would explain it. Nice to see some new people to liven things up.

>>34401975
If you find it boring then don't read it.

>>34401975

My God! It's the sword! I didn't expect it to be this powerful... it's already rippling jimmies.

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>>34401649

"Marius didn't show you something weird, did he?" Citrine asks. glaring at her husband.
"No, that's not it," you shake your head. "I just thought that you might want to see this too."

With both people present, you unfasten the scabbard from your belt and hold it up so that the others can see it properly.

"Huh?" Citrine blinks a few times. "Isn't that..."
"Yup!" you say as you fully remove it from the scabbard. "Look familiar?"
"Wh- But how-" Citrine gasps. "It was in pieces before but now it's totally fixed! Did you go to a blacksmith!?"
"...this doesn't look like a repair job, though..." Marius says as he leans in close to the blade's edge.

Though you can understand why he'd want to get a better look, you really wish he wouldn't do something so dangerous.

>[2/?]

>>34402013
Don't feed him.

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>>34402088

"No seam lines..." Marius mumbles under his breath. "And if there were, that would mean that the structural integrity would be compromised so it'd be useless in an actual battle... what did you do, have the metal itself reforged into a new sword?"
"Nope," you shake your head. "Sylvie had an idea to use an experimental bracelet that I had in order to fix it, and then the castle archmage actually did it himself."
"Whoa, really?"
"Reinhold, that's great!" Citrine says, approaching like she's about to hug you only to stop mid-approach because you're kind of holding a deadly weapon.

At least she's being more careful than usual.

"I know you're happy to have it back in one piece," Citrine says with a warm smile. "It meant a lot to you, after all..."
"Yup," you nod. "and now -someone-," you turn to Marius, "doesn't have to feel guilty about it anymore.

>[3/?]

>>34402370
Quick, make it do magic!

>>34402408
FLOWER PATTERN ON THE BLADE

>>34402370
Make it dance! Inspire our bro in law!

>>34402408
Thirded.

>>34402447
We can do that?

>>34402447
Yes!

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>>34402370
Please don't tell me that out sword will become that

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>>34402447
YES!

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>>34402096
>someone brings up valid criticism
>this must be that 'baiting' i've heard so much about!

I stopped reading at the end of the Marconetti arc, but judging from the thread descriptions, literally NOTHING important has happened in like four months. NOTHING.

The pacing used to be okay (even during the aforementioned arc, where events took like 10 - 20 threads to resolve but at least things were happening), but this is becoming like the unholy child of DBZ and like, Questionable Content or something as far as pacing goes.

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>>34402485
FOOL! My legend begins in the very first thread!

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>>34402546
I will kill you.

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>>34402546
Stop that! Stop that right now!

>>34402542
I think the pacing issue is more a component of Slice of Life coupled with the fact that there were quite a few shit storms which ate up the threads.

>>34402542
Things have certainly slowed down but I wouldn't say nothing has happened.

>>34402655
But he seems interesting... I've heard his legend begins in the 12th century!

>>34402370

"Heh, I guess I don't," Marius laughs.
"Oh, but it wasn't just -fixed-," you say as you succumb to the urge to show off.

While the the others watch on in confusion, you concentrate on your sword and try to will it to do a certain thing...

"Huh?" Citrine backs away from you. "Reinhold, what's it doing?"
"I don't know much about swords, but that doesn't seem normal," Marius says with a concerned expression.

While Melanie giggles at the others' reaction to what you're attempting, you resume your work...

"...uh," Nicolette stares at the sword's new shape. "What the hell?"

You were TRYING to make a flower pattern in the blade, but the best you could manage is a single crude flower-ish thing on its center. It looks kind of the kind of thing you'd see from a five-year-old... clearly this isn't the type of art that you're suited to.

>[4/5]

>>34402866
Glorious

>>34402866
For a second there, I was expecting the sword to turn into a... never mind.

>>34402968
That's for when we run into Spinelle

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>>34402968
A what? Hmmmmmmm?

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>>34402866

>>34402866
>[5/5]

"Crap," you grumble as you put the sword back to normal and sheath it. "So much for showing off."

Dejected about your failed attempt to brag, you refasten the scabbard to its resting place on your belt... and are immediately accosted by Citrine.

"OH MY GOD REINHOLD THAT WAS AMAZING YOU SWORD'S LIKE MAGIC NOW I'M SO JEALOUS!!!" Citrine stammers, her eyes speaking with wonder.
"Uh, thanks?" you reply, laughing nervously as your pregnant sister grabs you by the shoulders and rocks you back and forth.
"Th... that was definitely something..." Marius says, smiling in a similar to another glasses-wearing person you know. "How exactly did you do that, anyways?"
"It reacts to my thoughts. But I guess it's a lot less responsive in sword form after all..."
"Er, would you mind letting me try it out? If it responds to the wielder's thoughts, I can only imagine the types of sculptures that I could-"
"Sorry, I can't," you shake your head.

You feel bad for shattering his dreams like that, but some things just can't be done.

"Crap," Marius sighs. "State secret, right?"
"No," you reply. "...well, it might actually be one now that you mention it... but it only reacts to me."
"Oh. So much for that, I guess."

Suddenly, he slaps you on the shoulder.

"But you've given me a TON of inspiration just now, so that's more than enough!" Marius laughs.


>talk about a thing
>goof off in here for a while
>[OTHER]

>>34403223
>>goof off in here for a while

>>34403223
man, think about all the stuff he could do with a bracelet and a big cube of metal

>goof off in here for a while

>>34403305
We could finally bring tina to life

>>34403223
>goof off in here for a while

>>34403223
>goof off in here for a while

>>34403223
>talk about a thing
Marianne in a suit of armor and halbard.

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>>34403223
>goof off in here for a while

I love my shitposting.

>>34403223
You know, I could ask him if he'd be willing to part with a small amount of the metal...he might be interested in what you could do with it.

>>34403223
>goof off in here for a while

>>34403410
Would Nick even be allow to do that?

>>34403440
IF Thierri wants Marius to make a Memory-metal statue, He's gonna get a memory-metal statue.

>>34403223
Wait. What is the chance of Citrine and/or Marious getting a bracelet like we got?

>>34403210
PERFECTION.


>writing

Aww yiss muthaducking princesses work is so much better with reading material. Thanks based Turtle!

>>34403440
Why not? we have Nik give the both of them some rules about use. Citrine will keep him in line

>>34403498
What?

>>34403509
I was thinking about Vincent he seems to take issue with Nicks experiments, don't want to get him beaten up again.

>>34403410
don't you need to be magical to get the metal hoodoo going?

>>34403557
That is... a fair point. Maybe Marius is Metal too?

>>34403596
We need to gather up all the metal affinities in the land and start our own heavy metal group.

>>34403557
>>34403596
While the crystals feed off magical energy, the only actual requirement for this is that the user is able to produce it.

And that applies to every living thing.

>>34403658
thanks for the clarification

Shouldn't it be Niklaus' decision to start giving away bracelets like candy?

They're dangerous, probably expensive as hell, and unpopular with some of the staff. Carelessly advertising them could bring trouble.

>>34403948
Yes. It should be. And He'll probably be a pissed.

>>34403948
And are, probably, a state secret as their original intent is as a security device.

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Though a sword is definitely out of the question, Marius would probably be really happy to get his hands on a bracelet like the one that you and Karel have. Sadly, there -is- that whole possibility of this stuff being a state secret. And even on the odd chance that it isn't, it'd still up to Niklaus whether he'd even want Marius to have one.

Still though, it can't hurt to at least ask if he could have one, right? Better keep that to yourself for now, though... No sense in getting Marius's hopes up for naught, after all.

Putting that idea on your mental "to-do" list, you spend the next hour or so getting a proper tour of the atelier courtesy of the Lanzmanns. Marius gives all five of you a full rundown of each and every piece of art in his studio, including when and where he was when he got the inspiration to create each piece.

And then you get to the wall of Citrine pictures... and he proceeds to embarrass his wife thoroughly by rattling off an exact list of the date and place that he drew or painted them.

It's pretty clear that she's still his favorite subject.

>[1/?]

>>34404227

Reinhold and Luciana better outdo them in the sickening sweethearts department once they're married.

Though I'd be afraid that Marie would never want to marry after that.

'Kay so sword showing off is done (for now, until we run into somebody else)

When we're out of the Lanzmann's we need to remember to buy gifts for the ladies as per Big King T's generous bag o' dosh.

-We're getting pastries for Marianne (anyone remember what her favorite thing was?) might be worth checking in on the Wilhelm's to place our big (or personalized) order and then picking it up fresh at the end of the day. Also might want Luci to help us a pick out a book she'll like or get another plushy llama or something

-I think a few people talked about seeing if there was a grimoire shop for Luci, that would certainly cheer her up after seeing the Clemens Daimler sketches

-Melanie said that she wanted to come into town to go looking at clothes and jewelry, so that's kind of straight forward

-Nicolette's being her usual difficult self because she didn't come into town for anything particular and's only here because Meido made her. Maybe she'd like some jewelry or something, maybe she'd just be happy stuffing her face if we let her pick where we eat. I dunno, she's sort of an enigma, a hard to buy for enigma.

>>34404466

Problem with Nico is that we already got her jewelry early in the quest and that it's kind of her girlfriend's role to give away that now. And maybe Meido doesn't have as much money as ourselves, though she could.

>>34404466
Should we get stuff for the others? Sylvie, Karel, etc? We 'do' have a literal fortune in our pocket.

>>34404466
Just keep an eye out for more prophetic crazies on the street. Something isn't right with that.

>>34404545
What exactly would we buy them?

>>34404545
We need to get Karel something you would buy your little sister. I don't know what that is since I don't have my own imouto but I'm sure there is something we could get to annoy her.

>>34404568
How about a book on how to confess, because she really needs one.

>>34404466
We should probably hit up the pastry shop first if we plan on doing a big ass special order that will take awhile to get done.

>>34404553
>implying it's not business as usual

>>34404553
>>34404568

I dunno, we already got Karel a nice gift... sort of.

>>34404579
Sounds like a good way to get punched in the nads. I say we go for it.

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>>34404227

Once the atelier tour is finished, Citrine proceeds to show off the actual non-art-related parts of their apartment. And just like you suspected, Citrine's the one who's responsible for decorating the entire place. She did a pretty good job of it, too.

"We're thinking of making this room into the baby's," Citrine says, pointing to an unused guest room," but that's a long way off and we might end up moving before then..."
"This place is too small?" you ask.
"Kind of?" she shrugs. "I dunno, it just feels kind of weird to live in an apartment when we have more than enough to buy a big fancy mansion right now... well not as fancy as Grandma's, but you know what I mean."
"Yeah," you nod.
"And if we get a mansion then we have to worry about hiring help to maintain the grounds and all that and I dunno if I want to have to deal with that."
"I dunno, my Mom takes care of all that stuff and our place is pretty big," Nicolette shrugs.
"Your mother also happens to be one of the most powerful mages in the kingdom," Melanie says, shaking her head in embarrassment.

>[2/3]

>>34404521
Yeah, I'm not too sure about jewelry because we might be paying for some if Melanie picks it out anyway and it'd be nice to getting something unique for all of them and because we got it earlier, I wouldn't want it to feel kind of "routine" but I think it's worth considering as an option.
Personally, I'd love to hit up some sort of weapon store with her but I don't see it happening.

>>34404545
>Karel
Heh, Thierri said buy the girls something, I don't think Karel would appreciate us potentially blowing her cover for the sake of being nice. Sylvie's a possibility, though. Elena too I guess but I think we might be pushed for time as is.

>>34404568
Well when I want to annoy my little sister I get her some kind of gag gift that relates to something embarrassing she has done. Like I got her a one direction cd and pretended she was still in her boy band phase.

>>34404650
Well we could just buy something for Karel and secretly give it to her later since we set it up to hang out with them

The amount of doting Reinhold is gonna give his nephew/niece is gonna be insane.

>>34404579

She doesn't know that we know yet, does she?

Maybe we should get Emilio an edition of Traps Illustrated.

>>34404611
Rein should put this into the 'Long term To-Do" list. He'll need a home of his own in due time. We can't live in the castle forever, more so once he marries Luci. We either have one made for us, or buy a pre-made one.

>>34404568
Karel said she was doing magic training right? Maybe a couple of scrolls so she can practice.

We can mask it as being for her 'Bodyguard duties' .

>>34404580
Yeah, I'm saying we go to either the bakery or the clothes shop first in case we need to wait for our big order or Meido's dress (if she's getting a dress) needs to time to be put together.

>>34404704
Wouldn't getting Emilio something without dicks be more helpful? Why not ask Marius to draw up some tasteful tomboy pictures for him.

>>34404768
>Why not ask Marius to draw up some tasteful tomboy pictures for him
Because if Nicolette overhears us making the request, she'll kebab us with fragment lancer.

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>>34403210
Luci? Is that you?

>>34404768
>"Hey Karel, Reinhold had some bigshot artist paint me a bunch of tasteful tomboy paintings. Isn't that the weirdest thing? What's wrong with that guy?"
>"RIP AND TEAR!"

>>34404838
That reminds me, Didn't Reinhold draw Nico some time ago? Did we saved the pic? I know we don't have it with us, but next time, we need to show Marius that.

>>34401789
>Finally caught up
Then you, with fresh mind, should be able to answer this very simple trivia question about our beloved quest.
Who's best girl?

>>34404611
>[3/3]

After Melanie and Citrine bond for a little bit over talk of home upkeep, maid hiring practices and that kind of thing, your visit with your sister comes to an end... not to mention that you're getting kind of hungry.


>ask if citrine and marius know any decent places around here to eat
>you don't want to monopolize any more of the time, you'll go find a place on your own
>go and had to the bakery first, then find a place to eat

>>34404901
The poor lamb won't know where to look. He'll just be flustered and confused, especially seeing as he wants (or thinks he does but we know better) Mari, who's decidedly not a tomboy.

>>34404950
>go and had to the bakery first, then find a place to eat

>>34404950
>go and had to the bakery first, then find a place to eat
Fancy cake ideas go!

>>34404950
>ask if citrine and marius know any decent places around here to eat, go to the bakery, then go eat

>>34404962
>or thinks he does but we know better

Honestly at this point it'd be kind of surprising if Emilio suddenly start reciprocating Karel's feelings right away after the reveal.

>>34404950
>>ask if citrine and marius know any decent places around here to eat

>>34404950
>ask if citrine and marius know any decent places around here to eat
then
>go and had to the bakery first, then find a place to eat
that place Citrine told us about.

>>34404950
>ask if citrine and marius know any decent places around here to eat

>>34405006
should we try pushing him before telling him Karel is a girl?

>>34405019
This.

>>34404950
>>you don't want to monopolize any more of the time, you'll go find a place on your own

>>34405027

Depends - do you think Luciana want children?

>>34405045
I'm expecting us to completely botch the whole thing and land Karel back on the streets without a job anyway, so keeping my balls intact in that scenario does seem like a plus.

>>34404950
>go and had to the bakery first, then find a place to eat

>>34405084

I bet the moment everyone realize Karel is a girl they'll take a good hard look at her and Marianne and go "waaaait a minute".

And then Reinhold has no idea what people are talking about.

The Wilhelm's know what Marianne usually orders but she's pretty bright so she'll be expecting that. What surprise treat should we try and get?
Is a cake shaped like a cute llama too much to ask for?

>>34405045
I believe achelon said in his Ask account said that Luci does want kids.

>writing

>>34405146
>a cake shaped like a cute llama

This has to happen now.

>>34405148

I know that, I was making a joke.

>>34405122
>"Reinhold, you see the blonde hair?"
>"Well, yeah."
>"The purple eyes?"
>"Yeah, it's kinda rare, but..."
>"Indeed. The petite figure?"
>"Don't tell them that, but I see your point."
>"And what element are they again?"
>"Water for both, but... oh my god, they were switched at birth!"

>>34405207
And then Rein would go on a quest to find the fiend responsible, though he wonders why none of his companions want to join him in this most noble of causes.

What are the odds we could get Luciana killed, hook up with Nico and Melanie, ditch Marianne, and go off on adventures?

>>34405708
Not very high

>>34405708

Any major character getting killed automatically leads to Bad End.

>>34405743
A Bad End IN MY PANTS

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"Anyone getting hungry?" you ask.
"YES," Nicolette blurts out the second you're done talking.
"Of course you are," Melanie sighs.
"And I suppose you are as well?" Luciana asks.
"Well I wouldn't have said anything if I wasn't hungry in the first place," you shrug.

Seriously, appreciating the arts builds up an appetite.

"Well if any of you have an idea of where we can go, I'm paying," you say.
"Eh?" Nicolette stares at you. "You don't have to do that, I can pay for my own food..."
"Nope, it's fine," you shake your head. "I've been given a royal decree to show you all a good time, and so I shall," you say, bowing to her with a flourish.

And once you lift your head, Nicolette smacks you.

>[1/?]

>>34405757
So, snapping turtle blowjobs?

>>34405790

And people wonder why we got brain damage.

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>>34405790

>>34405790
Wow, what a... nah, it's not worth it.

>>34405819
I thought it was all the voices arguing with each other.

>>34405790
Did she think we were Monique for a second there?

>>34405819
>>34405856
I thought it was because Spinelle fucked our brains out.

>>34405886
That certainly wouldn't have helped his mental state

>>34406017
The party grows!

>>34406017

And then we discover Marius can outeat Vincent when he wants to and we spend all of Thierri's moeny in one go.

>>34406017
>somewhere goof to eat

>>34406072
Ya dun Goofed

>>34406050
Didn't Aquaman literally give us a fortune?

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>>34405790

"Anyways," Luciana clears her throat, "I'm fine with going to get lunch if the rest of you are, though I wouldn't even begin to know where to get it."
"Oh yeah, since you're not from here..." you nod. "Citrine?"
"Hm?" she turns to you. "Sorry, I was too busy watching your friends there playing around..."

Nicolette's rubbing her side, it looks like Melanie elbowed her in retribution for smacking you. Silently, you nod to her in appreciation.

"Do you have any suggestions?" you ask. "I don't exactly get out much, but you and Marius live in the neighborhood so I'm sure you two know somewhere good to eat."
"Umm, I guess so," Citrine shrugs. "You want Marius to draw you up a map?"
"Why don't you two come along with us instead?" you ask. "Lunch is on me."

Even without the money that Thierri gave you, you have plenty of your own pocket money to spend.


>[2/?]

>>34406078
>Didn't Aquaman literally give us a fortune?
That sounds like a challenge!

>>34406094
Please, arch, have Rein insist if there are objections.

>>34406094
Is lunch really on Reinhold if it isn't actually his money?

>>34406094
>>34406130
We shall pay for ALL the food.

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>>34406130
If it's Thierri's personal gold then refusing dinner is tantamount to treason.
You don't want to go to jail, Citrine, do you?

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>>34406094
>[3/3]

"You don't have to do that," Citrine says with an embarrassed smile. "We'd love to tag along, but we can pay for ourselves."
"Yeah, we're plenty rich as it is," Marius shrugs.
"Nope," you shake your head. "This one's a personal request. You let me poke around your house, I pay for your lunch," you say, crossing your arms and nodding.
"Uh..." Marius laughs nervously. "...Citrine?"
"My little brother can be VERY insistent in his niceness," Citrine says, kissing you on the cheek.

You learned it from the best.

"Since it's decided," you say, "where should we go?"
"Uh..." Marius scratches his head and looks around before stopping on Takamaru. "There's a decent Eastern-style restaurant not too far from here, how about that?"
"Eh?" Takamaru stammers, having been completely caught off-guard.
"I think the owners are from Tenryou or one of those places..." he shrugs. "So how about it?"


>eastern foods ahoy
>something else plz

>>34406338
>>eastern foods ahoy

>>34406338
>eastern foods ahoy
Tangentially, there's a sushi place in my town that has a $75 minimum per person. I don't care how good it is, that's too much to pay for food.

>>34406338
>eastern foods ahoy
for our bro

>>34406338
>eastern foods ahoy
Sigh..................fucking boo's

>>34406338
Eastern foods cool so long as the other girls are up for it.
I mean, I'm guessing Nico would eat pretty much anything but Luci and Meido may have less embracing palates.

>>34406338
>"Eh?" Takamaru stammers, as the camera pans towards the sky.

>eastern foods ahoy

>>34406338
>>eastern foods ahoy

>>34406338
>eastern foods ahoy
Will be interesting to try

>>34406370
You would have an aneurysm at what a lot of fairly mid-range set-menu places charge, then.

>>34406338
>Takamaru stammers, having been completely caught off-guard.
Now we know his weakness. If we ever need to face Taka down, we can surprise him with sushi.

>>34406078

He gave us more than our monthly salary as pocket money for the afternoon.

and our monthly salary is enough to buy a small house.

We could probably buy the entire bakery if we didn't spend it on indulging girls.

>>34404553
>Just keep an eye out for more prophetic crazies on the street.
Sowing the seeds of dissent between Granache and Marconetti?
I smell an Ancelottan plot.

>>34404921
Karel, followed VERY closely by Nicolette. Too bad we jumped on the very first girl to try to kiss us. Should have held out...

>writing

>>34406583
>Too bad we jumped on the very first girl to try to kiss us.

Spinelle?

>>34404921
>>34406583
You fools, we all know that the best girl is actually archelon.

>>34406583
2nd best. Pretty close.
But you're opinions a shit still.

>>34406583
>Karel, followed VERY closely by Nicolette.
That opinion is respectable.
I sort of want to see those two get along, the only thing better than a tomboy is 2 tomboys but they haven't had that much need to interact so far.

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>>34406661
Not when you wear the dress, you aren't.

>>34406680
For all you know arch is a priest.

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>>34406661
Not according to Deculture.

Seriously, though. Thanks for entertaining us with your thoughts and words and whatnot. (Also, you never took me up on my offer of free Steam games. I still have a copy of Bad Rats left though, if anyone wants it.)

>>34406706
>Also, you never took me up on my offer of free Steam games
I actually don't have a Steam account.

>>34406718
Oh yeah, Arch, did you do anything nice for your birthday?

>>34406706
>you never took me up on my offer of free Steam games
>Bad Rats

lol no wonder

>>34406761
I just played Gunvolt, mostly.

>>34406784
I'd offered him a bunch of games I got from various Humble Bundles, actually. He didn't respond, so I just made the list public.

http://puu (dotbecauselolspamfilter) sh/b0971/b747479229.txt

Here it is, by the way. Someone snagged all the ones with links, but the bare keys should be untouched. (At least, nobody mentioned claiming them.)

>>34406843
Already own most of them through humblebundles and steam sales

>>34406879
Not surprised. Hopefully someone'll have a use for these keys, though.

Gotta go to work, don't do anything needlessly dumb while I'm gone.

Try and see if the Wilhelm's can make a llama shaped cake and don't forget to buy stuff for the other girls.

"If you think it's good, sure," you shrug. "So I guess it's just up to the others?" you say, turning to Luciana.
"Takamaru showed me a nice Eastern place back home in Marconetti," Luciana replies, "I wouldn't mind having that kind of food again. And I'm sure that Takamaru himself wouldn't mind..."
"I definitely would not," Takamaru nods.
"So that just leaves Nicolette and Melanie," she says.
"Shit, I haven't had Eastern food since I was like eight," Nicolette laughs. "and that wasn't exactly the best day..."
"you didn't like it?" Melanie asks. "I've never eaten Eastern cuisine before, but if you don't like it..."
"Oh, that ain't it," she waves her hands dismissively. "The food was great, it's what happened that made that day weird."
"Oh?"


>[1/?]

>>34406999

Turns out the restaurant was placed on an Indian burial ground, and...

>>34406999
>"The food was great, it's what happened that made that day weird."
Food related trauma, yay!

What time is it atm?

>>34407044
A little before 11.

>>34407060
I just have this overwhelming fear that we won't have time to get Marianne's cakes.

>>34407096
Two hours left in this thread, we should make it before I call it a night.

>>34407096

I thought we had the whole day ahead of us.

And we'll be assaulted by henchmen next thread so we'll have an excuse anyway.

>>34406843
Thanks, guy. I took Eets Munchies. It also looks like A Virus Named Tom, Swords and Soldiers have been redeemed already too.

>>34407120
Alright, good to know.

Incidentally, it turns out that the 26th is the birthday of a friend of mine. So, I no longer have a spare copy of Bad Rats. Sorry.

>>34406999

Looks like it's storytime. Hopefully this isn't something that ends with her father about to kill someone.

"Yeah," Nicolette begins. "Me and Sylvie went to a restaurant with her parents, and he ordered a TON of these little fish rice things... they were pretty good."
"Sushi?" Takamaru asks.
"Yeah, that's what it was called!" she snaps her fingers. "So Vincent was packing them away while the rest of us ate less, umm... monster-like."
"I find that hard to believe, considering that you and Sylvie were there," Melanie smirks.
"Yeah, whatever," she sighs. "ANYWAYS, these Eastern guys sitting behind us started cracking jokes in their language and Vincent got right pissed off since he's fluent in it."

What?

"Wait, really?" you ask, surprised to hear that.
"Yeah, him and Thierri and the rest of them went ALL over the place back before we were born," Nicolette nods. "So I guess they were calling him a bear since the fish things were salmon and he's huge... but Vincent fucking HATES bears."

Yeah, you can guess how this story ends.

>[2/?]

>>34407171
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>>34407171
Serves 'em right for messing with Vincent.

>>34407171
Kuma Kuma Kuma Kuma Chameleon

>>34407171

"So he gets up and strolls over to their table and starts telling them off in their own language," Nicolette continues. "Freaked them right the hell out that he knew exactly what they were saying, but they still tried to act all macho and so he beat the shit out of them."
"Of course," Luciana sighs.
"And the restaurant got wrecked and Sylvie's mom had to foot the bill and apologize to the owners and that was the last time I had Eastern food," she shrugs.
"Luckily, Sir Vincent won't be joining us this time around," Melanie sighs.


>[3/?]

>>34407308
Aren't all asian resturants wrecked on a weekly basis?

>>34407359
Because of all the Asians?

>>34407359

Coincidentally Vincent also wreck buildings at that pace.

He has a room full of bricks he keep as souvenirs.

>>34407381
All the random kung-fu battles

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>>34407390

>>34407390
Well that's much less racist than what I was thinking

Hell yeah, more Princess Guard Quest. My second thread, almost missed it. Yesterday's was awesome

>>34407435
Still a bit racist, but not too cruel.

>>34407426
WHM have the best stories.

>>34407448

Discussion is rarely that good.

>>34407308
So Vincent wasn't punching bears by necessity when Raoul and Thierri found him?
He kinda just went "You know what? FUCK bears, man." and went into the forest and started punching bears to death?

>>34407475

You mean you wouldn't do exactly that if you had the strength necessary?

>>34407475
It was necessity, he didn't go around trying to exterminating them or anything.
It's just that that necessity fostered a deep hatred for them as time went on.

>>34407460
It was rather surprising

>>34407475
Well if your're gonna punch anything why not a bear

>>34407475
vincent backstory flashback when?

>>34407503

He's probably just this universe's Tarzan. With magic.

>>34407527
>implying that wouldn't be amazing beyond belief

>>34407534

Who said it wouldn't?

So what more do you guys think could go wrong on this trip?
Ranging from mild fuck-ups to worst-case doomsday scenarios.

Worst-case: We return to find the castle in ruins, the King lies dying in the rubble and there's no trace to be found of Marianne.

>>34407503
>You are Vincent, master bear fighter and victor of multiple bear fights. The King was so impressed with your skill, he personally requested that you join him on an adventure! Not bad for an orphan who punches bears for a living.

>>34405708
>What are the odds we could get Luciana killed, hook up with Nico and Melanie, ditch Marianne, and go off on adventures?
You know, if you want to go adventuring then Luciana is your best bet, she's the only one that actually *wants* to go adventuring. Nico just wants to be a Knight and Melanie just wants to be a Meido and Marianne just wants tobe a NEET.

>>34407539
fair point.
Also, the whole tarzan thing is FAR too accurate. Consequently, it is FAR more badass.

>>34407548
>rival character is a snobbish polar bear with frost breath.

>>34407558
Rana or Reya would be shared first with Luciana for adventureing or maybe even push her down to third; Sylvie would probably be fourth.

>>34407308
>[4/4]

After some more laughing about Nicolette's story, you and the rest of your newly expanded party make your way outside.

"Alright," Marius says, stretching his arms, "the restaurant's a couple of blocks this way..."

But just as you're about to start following him, you remember something important.

"Damn," you grumble.
"What's wrong?" Luciana turns to you.
"The bakery," you reply. "I wanted to head there and order something for Marianne since she couldn't come along, but it'll take a while to bake and we're going to that restaurant now..."
"Oh, that's all?" Citrine laughs. "That's no big deal, we can jut head to the bakery and place your order before we go to the restaurant!"
"You're sure about thaT?" you ask. "I mean, I know Nicolette's starving..."
"I'm not THAT hungry, dumbass," Nicolette grumbles. "I can hold out long enough so you can get Marianne a cake or whatever, so don't think that I'll get pissed at you for doing it."
"Oh Nicolette, you're so nice!" Melanie giggles.
"not in front of them, dammit"


>talk about a thing along the way to the bakery
>enjoy the spaghetti instead

>>34407594
Wouldn't Rana be first on that list since she is already an adventurer

>>34407616
>>enjoy the spaghetti instead

>>34407594
Yeah. Marry Luciana then go on an adventuring honeymoon, then form a party with Rana and Reya for more adventuring

>>34407616
>enjoy the spaghetti instead

>>34407616
>enjoy the spaghetti instead
Can't really think of anything I want to discuss at the moment

>>34407616
>enjoy the spaghetti instead

>>34407616
>enjoy the spaghetti instead
Might as well can't think off anything to say

>>34407616
>enjoy the spaghetti instead

>>34407558
>>34407594

It's probably best if the gang don't come all at once.

Reinhold
Marianne
Luciana
Nicolette
Melon
Sylvie
Rana
Reya
Karel
Emilio
Elena somehow
and Thierri, of course

With that many people, I don't see how that's a viable adventuring party.

>>34407616
>talk about a thing along the way to the bakery

Remarks that Melanie seem way bolder now.

>>34407689
Agreed.

>talk about a thing along the way to the bakery

>Remark that Melanie seem way bolder now.

>writing

>>34407594
Adventurelust Fan Ranking:

1. Elena
2. Rana
3. Luciana
4. Reya
5. Sylvie?
6. Nicolette
7. Reinhold
8. Karel
9. Marianne
10. Melanie
11. Emilio

I put Reinhold pretty low because even though some players are very keen on going on adventures, Reinhold himself haven't shown much interest in it.

>>34400823
That is a really awesome Marianne pic
I love it

>>34407891

I'd put Sylvie lower.

for Emilio and Karel we don't have any clue what they think of adventuring.

>>34407929
Sylvie and Nicolette have equal desire to go adventuring.
Nicolette wants to do so after she makes Knight, and Sylvie will join her the minute that happens. That's been the plan since they were tiny little girls.

>>34407944
So if we bump Nico up to 5 the ranking would be pretty accurate?

>>34407959
I'd put Sylvie and Nicoeltte above Reya. While he definitely enjoys the adventirung life, he's living it more out of an obligation to look after his sister than for the love of adventure itself.

>>34407891
Here's my take on
Elena - wants to be a swordie first and foremost, adventuring is just a bonus
Rana - it was her idea to go adventuring, Reya just got dragged along
Luciana - would love to go adventuring and also be a badass all powerful sorceror like Dad Celestino and aunt Ariane
Reinhold - probably wouldn't mind
Sylvie - mage, ???
Nicolette - knight, ???
Karel - swordie, ???
Marianne - hates the idea of adventuring
Melanie - meido supreme
Emilio - really? Dude shouldn't even be on the list

>>34408031
haha, ninja'd by arch

>>34408047
So here is my updated Adventurelust ranking
>1. Elena
>2. Rana
>3. Luciana
>5. Nicolette / Sylvie
>4. Reya
>7. Reinhold
>8. Karel

- these 3 shouldn't be on the list -
>9. Marianne
>10. Melanie
>11. Emilio

how's that?

>>34408031

>Elena - weak but has access to spells unique among the party
>Rana - brawler with dragon feats
>Luciana - pure mage and party face
>Reinhold - master swordie with minor magic feats and bonus to strength
>Sylvie - damage based mage with huge strength bonus
>Nicolette - lancer with magic only available in desperate situations
>Karel - swordie with magic, but with flaming sword and speed over metal sword and strength
>Marianne - mascot
>Melanie - team mom
>Emilio - rogue and speedster

Along the way to the bakery, you notice Marius stealing glances at Nicolette. At first, you think that he's just being a guy and checking out an admittedly cute girl, but that doesn't seem to be it...

"Hey," Marius says, leaning close to you.
"hm?" you turn to him.
"Your friends," he glances behind him, "Celestino's niece and the glasses girl, are they, uh... y'know?"

Is it THAT obvious?


>how do you reply?

>>34408117

Oh, and Reya is the generalist - good speed, strength and magic, but outclassed by at least one other member in every category.

But he has access to unique spells too.

>>34408148

"It took them way too long to get to that point, don't ruin it."

>>34408148
Yeah. They are.

>>34408148
"Hahaha!"

>>34408148
"Yes. Is it THAT obvious?"

>>34408148
"i have no idea what you*re talkinfg about" with a huge smile on your face

>>34408148
"That obvious, huh? Melanie finally managed to make Nico take her out on a date."

>writing

>>34408031
>Elena - wants to be a swordie first and foremost, adventuring is just a bonus
Yup.

>Rana - it was her idea to go adventuring, Reya just got dragged along
Yup.

>Luciana - would love to go adventuring and also be a badass all powerful sorceror like Dad Celestino and aunt Ariane
Yup.

>Reinhold - probably wouldn't mind
Yup.

>Sylvie - mage, ???
Wants to git gud wit magic so she can be as awesome as her addy and then go and have awesome adventures like he used to

>Nicolette - knight, ???
Wants to become a Knight and then go off and have awesome adventures like her grandpa used to

>Karel - swordie, ???
???

>Marianne - hates the idea of adventuring
She's kind of interested, but would rather stay home and read about other people's adventures.

>Melanie - meido supreme
Yup.

>Emilio - really? Dude shouldn't even be on the list
lawl

>>34408297
>Karel - swordie, ???
>???

Karel confirmed for having secret motives and being the man with the mask.

>>34408313
Karel is a boy who pretends to be a girl who pretends to be a boy!

I want Marianne to be the tactician and the healer.

We need glue somewhere in this group other than Reinhold!

>>34408344
ウロボロスは終わらない

>>34408353

If Marianne's bodyguard had been anyone else than Reinhold she still wouldn't be talking to the other girls.

Her social skills are too low to be the heart of the group.

>>34408374
>not "It's turtles all the way down"

>>34408374

Now I'm picturing Karel biting her "tail".

>>34408379
Hear, hear.

Reinhold is the heart of the group. He is the one that ties everyone else together. Luciana might have been had it not been for the whole fracas with Sylvie

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"That obvious, huh?" you shrug.
"Well I just get a real 'couple' feeling from them, but I wanted to make sure..." Marius shrugs.
"Well this is like the first time that Melanie managed to get Nicolette to go on an actual date so try not to mess things up," you reply.
"Don't worry, we artists are known for being openminded," he says proudly. "You have nothing to worry from me!"

And then he turns back and gives Nicolette a thumbs-up while flashing the widest grin he can. Nicolette nearly falls over, she's so embarrassed.


>[1/?]

>>34408435

Luciana has a bit of a mean streak that come up from time to time.

I think Karel could do it because she's clearly ready to go out of her way to get her ward to open up and seem to have quickly made some friends among the guards in Marconetti but she's not as forward as Reinhold and has too many issues to take on so many other people's at once.

>>34408453
hahaha based marius

>>34408453
>[2/2]

With Marius's odd show of approval out of the way, the rest of the walk to the Wilhelms' bakery is rather calm. No weirdoes in the street spouting nonsense, no drunken brawls in the street, just a nice peaceful walk with your friends to buy delicious cakes.

You enter the bakery first, followed by the others... Mr. Wilhelm seems to be really surprised to see this many people enter his store all at once, but then he smiles when he sees just who it is that's come to visit.

"Oh hey, if it isn't mister bodyguard!" he says, waving at you. "Marie's not with you today?"
"It was the plan, but she got caught up with some stuff back home," you say, shaking your head.
"Ah, that's a shame," he sighs. "So what can I do for you and your friends, buddy? The usual order?


>the baby the baby
>I am here about cakes
>[OTHER]

>>34408645
>the baby the baby

>>34408645
>I am here about cakes
>ALL the cakes

>>34408645
>I am here about cakes
But I demand the right to fawn over the baby when I return

>>34408645
>I am here about cakes

>>34408645
>I came for your cakes

No time for babby.

>>34408645
>I am here about cakes

>>34408645
>the baby the baby
ask marius to draw it

>>34408645
OTHAR
>fondle him

>>34408768

With the baby holding the sword while you're at it.

But seriously - stop being so pushy.

Going to have to call it a night nere, guys. MY head's killing me and I need to be up kind of early so this is it.

The next thread will either be Tuesday or Wednesday night, and I'll be running False Dendrite.


And now is question time for a little while.

>>34408793
Thanks for running

>>34408793
thanks arch

>>34408793
Thanks for running, arch.

>>34408793
How much freedom do we have here? Would you override a player choice in the name of good storytelling or let the story follow its course, even if it meant a BAD END?

>>34408793

Cheers. Llamas aren't Marianne's favorite animal, are they? Otherwise it's weird that they aren't Highest Rank.

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Whenever one of these threads runs late (which is every time) I feel like my sleep schedule is playing Chicken with archelon. I usually lose. Looks like it's a tie tonight, though.

>>34408793
Limb regeneration is a thing, but has anyone ever tried any alternatives? Fancy magic prosthetics, per se.

>>34408793
Thanks arch

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>>34408379

Thanks for the thread, arch. See you next time.

>>34408829

I support this question.

>>34408793
How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

>>34408826
>How much freedom do we have here? Would you override a player choice in the name of good storytelling or let the story follow its course, even if it meant a BAD END?
Depends on what it is and if the character would realistically do it.

>>34408827
>Llamas aren't Marianne's favorite animal, are they? Otherwise it's weird that they aren't Highest Rank.
Nope.

>>34408829
>Limb regeneration is a thing, but has anyone ever tried any alternatives? Fancy magic prosthetics, per se.
They haven't fully figured out how nerves work, so no.
And I don't know why one would attempt to make inferior metal limbs when perfect limb regeneration's already a thing, but that's just me.

>>34408882
>How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
I don't got no time for that jibbajabba.


And now I sleep. Thanks for playing!

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

>>34408645
>>I am here about cakes

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>>34408961
>inferior metal limbs
>inferior

>>34409052
I'm not talking about Deus Ex/Metal Gear Rising crazy shit, but clunky unfeeling cold metal arms.

Sure there are people trying to make them, but they're pretty much inferior to the geniune article.

>>34409082
I just felt the compulsion to be a smart ass, don't mind me.

>>34409082

Some people would go far to be unfeeling, man.