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Once the carriage has come to a full stop and you've gotten the okay from the driver that it's safe to finally leave the carriage, you open the door and hop out first, then help the three ladies out of the carriage. After Takamaru's safely out as well, there's only one thing left to worry about...

"Umm..." you say as you peer inside the carriage, "...so what are we gonna do about the cake? Should I bring it out now, or maybe we can ask someone else how we should handle this?"
"It's pretty big, maybe I should help you bring it out?" Nicolette suggests.
"No!" Melanie shouts. "Absolutely not!"
"Huhwha?" Both you and Nicolette stare at Melanie. You're definitely not used to her being this loud or forceful.

...well maybe the latter, but she's never actually tried to boss -you- around before.

"There's too much of a risk of the two of you dropping the cake if you try to bring it out yourself," Melanie says, resting her hands on her hips for extra emphasis.
"C'mon, we're not clumsy," Nicolette sighs. "You just hold on to the wine and our stuff, and me and Reinhold'll-"
"Absolutely not!" she replies.
"Er, then how do you suggest we take care of this, Melanie?" Luciana asks. "Maybe Takamaru could take Nicolette's place in bringing the cake in?"
"Hey, I am NOT clumsy!" Nicolette protests.

Yeah, you can't exactly blame her for being offended in this situation.

"That's not it," Melanie sighs. "Let's get Mr. Arnaud to bring in the cake, okay? We went through so much trouble to even get the cake, and it would be a total waste if someone was to drop it... and Mr. Arnaud's balance is perfect."

Suddenly, you flash back to all the times that he's come in during teatime with a full teaset balanced on his hand in various showoffy ways...

"Yes, I suppose that would be for the best," Luciana nods. "So one of us will fetch Uncle Guillaume while the other goes to find Marianne?"
"Sounds like a plan," you nod.


>offer to go find marianne
>offer to go find arnaud

>>34898757
>>>offer to go find marianne

>>34898757
>offer to go find arnaud

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne
we're her bodyguard after all

>>34898757
>>offer to go find marianne
I'm quite offended by the implication that we can supposedly be entrusted with the life a princess yet can't be allowed to carry a fuckin' cake. Fucking meidos, man.

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne

We're da bodyguard.

>"So one of us will fetch Uncle Guillaume while the other goes to find Marianne?"

We're only two?

>>34898818
Princesses are one thing and cakes are another.

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne

>>34898818
it's just her meido pride
arnaud is a butler so he can help her, the others are either nobles or warriors, that's no good

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne
Oh yeah, when are giving Luci those books we got her as a gift?

>>34898876

Before she leaves?

We also have to hang out with Emilio.

>>34898757
This is going to end with Gregory or Vincent crashing into the person hold the cake I just know it.

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne
She's our charge, so it makes sense to go find her.

>>34898916

Oh noez.

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne
Who won the race?

>>34898757
>offer to go find marianne
>>34898916
And for more added comedy or tragity, some of the cake will be hitting someone else.

>>34898916
This is why Arnaud is going to carry it. He's that good.

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Melanie's really growing on me.


>writing

>>34899227
>Melanie's really growing on me.
Well, gee, it's only taken 1 year and 195 threads.

Also, totally approving new dreamselfys.

>>34898832
>Princesses are one thing and cakes are another
Our lives have been geared towards the purpose of princess defense more so than cake defense.
But I do wonder how Cake Guard Quest would have turned out.
Would Reinhold have still inappropriately grabbed his cake early on?
Would he have gone after the fancy, exotic, foreign cake despite the fact their was already a cake at home that was clearly pining for him?
Would he have told the little cake that it could come along and see his grandma and then tell it to wait in the carriage?
We may never know.

>>34899506
How do you inappropriately grab a cake?

>>34899506
Princess or cake, Reinhold is still Reinhold and will do Reinhold things.

>>34899615
well, you could always dig in with your finger and have a taste

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>>34899615
Babystyle.

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>>34899660
>mfw I faceplaneted my birthday cake on my second birthday
Babystyle is best style.

>>34899615
In a way that reminds the cake of how it was once inappropriately grabbed by your predecessor, thus unfurling a whole side to your cake that you never knew existed.
Ultimately, you and your cake's relationship is stronger for this, though the process is initially very painful.

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"I guess I'll go and get Marianne," you say, shrugging. "It's kind of my job, after all."
"Alright, then I'll go and find Arnaud," Nicolette replies. "Melanie, you've got the wine and our bags and stuff, right?"
"I do," Melanie nods.

After making sure that your own bags are safely in the carriage (there's no way you intend to carry those heavy grimoires around with you while you wander around the castle), you and Nicolette part ways. According to Melanie, Arnaud's usually in the armory at this time of day so Nicolette heads for a service hallway off to the side, but you don't really have any idea where Marianne would be right now.

>[1/?]

>>34899779
Well done guys.
We're about to be crushed to death by speeding Vincent.
This is a bad end, but it's the best bad end.

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>>34899779
>[2/2]


With no other way to go, you make a beeline for the main hallway. She should be with her father since you've been gone all day, so maybe one of the servants or guards would know where they are...

As you pass through the front gate, you hear the sound of cheering coming from your right... sounds kind of like Elena. And her voice is coming closer...

"Oh," you say as you turn to face her, "Hey, ElenaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Elena. Riding on Sir Gregory's shoulder. And he's coming RIGHT FOR YOU. Just as the panic starts to set in, you notice that Sir Vincent isn't too far behind him, and Racquel's riding on his shoulder... what the hell are they doing!?

Time seems to slow down as you're filled with panic... but then experience wins over and you jump back into the adjacent passageway just before you'd end up trampled. Without even a side glance, the two men (and their "riders") race past you.

"...the hell is going on?"


>how do you react to this?

>>34900060
Jump, grab onto the ceiling

Lest we become a red stain on the floor

>>34900060
Oh God! Are we under attack?!

>>34900060
Get the hell out of the way.

>>34900060
"I guess things have been business as usual while we were away."

>>34900060
keep calm and carry on

>>34900060
>how do you react to this?

"ARNAUD! GET YOUR WALLET!"

>>34900060
Stay calm, look down the passageway they came from, reason out that they were having some kind of silly race, and wonder where Vincent's other young daughter is.

Then keep on looking for Marianne, we've got a job to do.

>>34900060
Is Luci with us?

Pick her up and out run them all

>>34900060
>chase after them

We should probably find out what's going on, right?

>>34900060
let's just act as if this never happened
let's not think about what raquel could be thinking right now
let's just see if we can find mari

>>34900060
Find Mari
Grab Mari
Join race

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>>34900220

>>34900220
Ok, this is a terrible idea, that we need to do.

>>34900060
We follow them!

>>34900305
We can at least ask her excitedly if she wants to race before receiving the the most soul puncturing death stare in history.

>writing

>>34900324
But we'll ignore that glare and go along with this anyway.

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>>34900220

I wish I was around to support this post.

This needs to be a thing for sure.

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That was QUITE the shock there.

But you take a few breaths and try to think of this rationally. Elena and Racquel were riding on their shoulders and they didn't seem to be alarmed... aside from the fact that they were about to crash into you. As such, you can come to the conclusion that there wasn't any actual danger afoot.

So the alternative... maybe they were racing? It seems kind of weird for Sir Gregory to be doing, but then you remember how he was doing something similar with Elena back when you were in Marconetti. Yeah, that's got to be it. Some kind of weird little-girl-riding-on-shoulder race that Sir Gregory and Sir Vincent were having. It's weird, but not totally out of the question.

But Sir Vincent has -two- younger daughters, and Valerie is usually with Racquel, isn't she? Maybe she's acting as the referee?

Wondering where Valerie might be, you look off in the direction that the two Knights came running from... and there she is, cheering on her father. And not too far from her is the very amused King Thierri... along with Marianne.

She doesn't look too happy.


>[1/?]

>>34900609
"Marianne! You're not racing too?"

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>>34900609
>She doesn't look too happy.
She must be feeling left out, yeah that makes sense, Reinhold logic.
We can cheer her up.

>>34900609
"What Marie? They wouldn't let you participate in the race?"

Well, it would be unfair to whomever running with you, since you are so much heavier than the girls.

Y'know, picking her up and looking like we were joining the race but then running a different way to take her to her friends just in time for Arnaud to show up with the fuckton of cake we bought would be pretty cool.

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>>34900609
>[2/2]

You approach the three non-racers, waving to them as you walk.

"Reinhold!" Thierri laughs, resting his heavy hand on your shoulder. "You came back just in time!"
"What's going on?" you ask. "Is this some kind of race?"
"Yup," he nods. "Elena was asking who was the fastest out of the three of us, and then it just kind of turned into this..."
"Huh," you say, glancing over in the direction of the two men who are still running. This hallway extends the entire length of the castle, so they still have a ways to go.


>you two aren't participating?
>offer to run with marianne in the second round
>she's clearly annoyed by this, just stand back and wait for them to finish
>[OTHER]

>>34900730
That'd be pretty cute.

>>34900762
>offer to run with marianne in the second round
[excitedly]

>>34900762
>>offer to run with marianne in the second round

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

>>34900762
>You two aren't participating?

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>>34900762
>offer to run with marianne in the second round

Then ask her dad and win anyway.

>>34900762
>offer to run with marianne in the second round

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

I'm done pissing off the princess with big red buttons. Also we don't even have a chance.

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

>>34900762
>>offer to run with Thierri in the second round

Aquaman best waifu

>>34900762
I'm kinda torn, I know she isn't interested and doesn't want to run, but if we got her involved she might have some serious fun.
So might as well offer.
>offer to run with marianne in the second round

>>34900762
Challenge Thierri to a race.

Poking the annoyed Marie is a bad idea, and it's pretty obvious that she isn't going to want to be carried for a race. But we could totally have fun with the King.

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?
There's a difference between curiosity and being a complete idiot about things especially since we do have a girlfriend.

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

>>34900762
>offer to run with marianne in the second round

"You'll win a surpriiiiiiiiiiiise!"

>>34900762
>offer to run with marianne in the second round

>>34900762
>[OTHER]

Offer to race with Thierri since his daughter's being a sourpuss.

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

She's just going to get pissy, and we'll have to wait until next thread for cake because this will definitely take up all the time. So fuck that. When Arch start running more than once a week I'll waste my time with fun again.

>>34900831
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa

>>34900762
Whatever the fuck you do, DO NOT offer to run with her.

That's my vote.

>>34900762
>offer to participate with THierri

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

>>34900762
>you two aren't participating?

>>34900831
Oh shit, we should do this once Mari turn us down!

>>34900762
Challenge Thierri to a race, Marianne isn't going to want to race, if she wanted to race Thierri would have her on his shoulders.

Aquaman would love to be able to race someone.

We sports now?
Is this what Granache does for sport?

How would our cast fare at the inaugural Reinholympic Games?

Nico throws javelin
Sylvie in the boxing ring
Emilio does the 100m sprint
Rein fences
Luci does that dance-gymnastic thing
Mari takes home the gold in competitive pouting

>>34900803
If her dad couldn't get her involved, who she loves more than anyone... yeah.

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>>34900834
>When Arch start running more than once a week I'll waste my time with fun again.
...but this is the second Princess Guard thread of the week.


>writing

>>34900983
Why does Monique get a cape and we don't?

>>34900983
Christ fucking shit, that is one fabulous looking motherfucker.

>>34901003
One of the advantages of being of noble birth.

>>34901003
Capes are good for grabbing. So is long hair. If he didn't have a magic god sword I can see Monique getting murked on 3 against 1.

>>34900762
>Offer to race with Thierri

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"You two aren't participating?" you ask.
"NO," Marianne cuts back. "And I have absolutely no intention of doing so, so don't even ask.
"And there you have it," Thierri sighs. "She thinks that she's too old to act goofy with her old man..."
"Your guilt trips won't work," Marianne replies, glaring at him.

You feel kind of bad for Thierri. Just a little bit.

"Yeah, yeah... ooh!" Thierri peers down the hallway. "Looks like they're finished!"
"It's about time," Marianne mumbles under her breath.
"Hey Valerie, did you catch who won?"
"No, they're too far down," Valerie shakes her head.
"Oh well," he shrugs. "Let's go down and see for ourselves, eh?"
"Okay!" she chirps.

As Valerie starts running down the hallway with her arms extended to either side, Thierri turns to his daughter.

"See?" he points at Valerie. "Valerie was trying to act all stuffy, just like you. But now she's totally into it!"
"Valerie's also twelve years old," Marianne says, rolling her eyes.
"That's only three years younger than you, you know," he sighs. "And age is no reason to hold yourself back from having fun."
"Ugh..." she covers her face with her hands. "Let's just go before I decide to have Reinhold walk me to my room instead."
"Aye aye!"


>talk to marianne about a thing as you walk?

>>34901191
Any news from Marconetti?

>>34901217
>>34901191
Sure I'll second.

>>34901191
>>talk to marianne about a thing as you walk?
whisper to her
"If it makes you feel any better, feel free to make me take your place next time this happens."

Let's not forget to look for Arnaud guys.

>>34901263
+1

>>34901263
+1

>>34901263
>riding through the castle on Aqua man's shoulders
>learning Therri's secret technique so he can win the race carrying Lucinia
Reinhold has his priorities in order

>>34901263
>Reinhold dreams of being carried off into the distance on Thierri's shoulders
He knows which end is best end, though that dialogue is a little too weird for me to actually though my vote behind.

>>34901278
Nico's looking for him.

>>34901263
>>34901217
sure

>>34901263
All in.

I sort of want to see Nicolette explaining that she needs Arnaud to carry a box of cake because her girlfriend won't let her do it herself.

>writing

>>34901263
seconding!

>>34901529
And then we can counter that with that drawing of our own of the princess in armor and pole arm.

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As the four of you walk down the hall to meet up with the "racers," you turn to Marianne.

"I take it that you didn't enjoy this little race?" you ask.
"Not at all," Marianne says, rolling her eyes.
"Well if it makes you feel any better, you can always make me take your place the next time this happens."
"The next..." Marianne stares at you.

Gradually, a smile forms on the Princess's face as she seemingly imagines just what such a scene would look like... but she quickly clears her throat before she starts to laugh.

"...I think I'll do just that," Marianne says, smiling at you. "And then perhaps I'll hire your brother-in-law to immortalize such a scene onto canvas for everyone to see."

You're not sure if that's a threat or just a joke.


>[1/?]

>>34901562
>You're not sure if that's a threat or just a joke.
Neither, it's glorious.

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>>34901562

But the Princess's mood seems to have improved, so you decide to cut your losses while you can and keep quiet until the four of you reach the other end of the hallway. And judging from the girls' reactions, you're pretty sure you can tell who it was that won.

"That was so much fun!" Elena laughs as she lewaps into her uncle's arms. "You're the best, Uncle Gregory!"
"As if there was any doubt," SAir Gregory laughs as he lifts the little Princess into the air before gently setting her down onto the floor.
"Bah..." Racquel mumbles as she kicks the floor. "So much for my Reya hug."
"C'mon, it was just a little race," Sir Vincent shrugs. "And if a hug's all you want, you know you can always ask me."
"Daddy hugs aren't the same," she pouts.
"Reya hug...?" you say out loud.

>[2/?]

>>34901634
Poor Reya.

>>34901634
more like she wants Reya's lap, but nobody tell Vincent ever

Why can't we have Marianne as our waifu instead.
;_;

I know, I'm just being bitter here...

>>34901760
Wait for the VN. 2018 will be a good year.

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>>34901769
>2018

>>34901769
Don't be so optimistic anon.
One typo in the VN and arch will have to trash it and start the whole thing over again.

>>34901802
Hey, I'm not THAT bad.

>>34901810
2018 Release date confirmed?

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>>34901810

>>34901815
I would like to have it out in 2015...

>>34901810
When you finally get to making it we'll give you a hand so it wont take so long, you'll probably need people to code anyway.

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>>34901634
>[3/3]

Given that Racquel's involved in this, you're not all that sure that you want to know...

"Racquel tried to get the Princess to put me up as a bet, but she refused," Reya says with a nervous smile.
"...oh," you sigh. "Figures."
"so who won?" Thierri asks.
"Uncle GregorY!" Elena exclaims, bouncing up and down. "'Cuz he's the best!"
"I -am- pretty best," Sir Gregory nods.

And then he notices that you're standing with the others.

"Oh, Reinhold," he waves to you. "If you're back, I assume that Luciana is too?"
"Yeah," you nod.
"Great, then I'll be able to ride home with her."


>tell them about CAKE? (specify how much or ghow little or whatever you want to do

>>34901760
It's ok anon I feel the same way about Nico

>>34901873
No spoiling, surprises are fun.
Just hint to them that it'd be worth sticking around maybe?

>>34901829
2045, then?
>>34901873
Just vaguely imply you've got something for Marianne.

>>34901890
>>34901899
These.

>>34901899
This.

Also my first PGQ, should I go sacrifice a turtle or something?

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The end of the first chapter of False Dendrite is coming up, and I intend to take a 1-2 week break from that when I get to that point. With any luck, I can burn through some more of Princess Guard by then.


>writing

>>34902010
>Hurting turtles
No, you just pray to them like the gods they are.

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>>34902026
>and I intend to take a 1-2 week break from that when I get to that point
>1-2 weeks of PGQ

>>34901873

Supporting
>>34901890
>>34901899

>>34901829

And you planned to end PGQ in April.

The best laid plans of turtles and men...

>>34901873

Wait, Luciana is going home? And I assume Emilio is too? But we have to give her the books! And hang out with Emilio!

>>34902026
Alberto's looking kind of artsy there. Cool.

>>34902087
Just to greg's house.

>>34902087
>Wait, Luciana is going home? And I assume Emilio is too? But we have to give her the books! And hang out with Emilio!
Back to Gregory's home.

>>34902087
Emilio lives in the castle. Luciana stays with Sir Gregory

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>>34902026
>No FD for 2 weeks.

>>34902087
She's not leaving for Gregory's house until after the cakes.
We should invite Emilio, Karel, Sylvie and Rana.

>>34902124
Sylvie's at her house isnt she?

>>34902118
It's still about a month away, don't worry.

>>34902118

Honestly I prefer when the quests aren't alternated too often. Otherwise everyone but arch forget little details.

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"Actually," you begin, "I've got something for Marianne and I think that the rest of you might want to stick around to see it."
"Oh?" Thierri says, raising an eyebrow.
"...if it's for Marianne, then I should probably..." Sir Gregory makes for the exit, but Elena tugs on his sleeve.
"Aww, can't you stay?" the little Princess begs her uncle. "It'll be more fun if you come to see Reinhold's big secret present too!"
"Yes, you should come too!" Valerie joins in.
"...you too, Valerie?" he sighs.
"And me too, Uncle Gregory!" Racquel says, taking his hand.
"...God damn it..."

>[1/?]

>>34902162
>[2/2]

"Looks like you're even more of a pushover than I am!" Sir Vincent laughs.
"Thank God I only have the one daughter," Sir Gregory mumbles. "Fine, I'll join in the whatever the hell this is."
"Yaay!" the three girls cheer in unison.
"But ONLY for a little while, Ariane's cooking dinner and I don't want to eat cold food," he says, crossing his arms.

So that's... eight more people for caketime. But even with them there should still be MORE than enough so you're not too worried.

"So where is this big surprise supposed to be?" Marianne asks.
"Nicolette and Arnaud are taking care of it right now," you reply. "I should actually head back over there to see how it's going..."


>ask marianne if she wants to come along
>ask thierri to take care of things here while you go and check it out

>>34902248
>>ask marianne if she wants to come along

>>34902248
>>ask thierri to take care of things here while you go and check it out

>>34902248
>ask marianne if she wants to come along or if she'd prefer to get the surprise along with the others

>>34902296
this

>>34902248
>ask marianne if she wants to come along

>>34902142
You have smoked yourself retarded.

>>34902296
Might as well ask yeah.

>writing

100 threads later and you guys are still a llama?

>>34902248
>>ask marianne if she wants to come along

>>34902387
It's where Reinhold belongs.

>>34902387

46 threads later.

>>34902387
We might break that in the next day or two.
The biggest problem is that we haven't made much time in universe.

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"Umm..." you turn to the Princess. "Do you want to come along with me, or would you rather find out along with everyone else?"
"I suppose I can wait until Father and the others can see whatever your big reveal is as well," Marianne replies, shrugging. "And that's how you'd prefer to do it, isn't it?"
"Pretty much, yeah," you shrug. "Umm, I'll be right back!"
"Try not to keep us waiting too long!" Thierri laughs.

With a slight bow, you take your leave and hurry back to the castle gate where the carriage is waiting. Luckily, it looks like Nicolette's already back.

"Were you able to find Arnaud?" you ask.
"Yeah," Nicolette nods. "He's carrying the cake down to the dining hall while Melanie acts as his eyes since the thing's so huge."
"I wanted to have it brought to the courtyard instead," Luciana says, "but it's getting dark so that option was knocked out."
"Hey, what's wrong with the dining hall?" Nicolette asks, turning to her cousin.
"Nothing, I just thought it would be nice to have the cake out with the flowers. It would have made for a nice scene, that's all."
"Looks like some of Reinhold's artsyness is rubbing off on you," she laughs.


>[1/?]

>>34902412
I wonder what the next rank is.

>>34902481
Cat?

>>34902481
>>34902490
Worm -> Ant -> Lizard -> Snake -> Rat -> Rabbit -> Ferret -> Cat -> Dog -> Wolf -> Llama
-> ???

>>34902490
>Cats over dogs
Kek

>>34902513
>Implying cats aren't better
Come on mate, I bet you're pro-skub too.

>>34902512
The only people who would put wolves over dogs are city-folk who doesn't live close to them.

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>>34902513

>>34902524
>Ranking cats above dogs
>Ranking cats above anything
Pls stop shitposting

>>34902512

Plus Millien's Special Rank.

And there's at least four Ranks where you're considered a person.

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>>34902478

"Now that Reinhold's here, I guess we should go and meet up with Melanie and Arnaud," Nicolette says.
"We're not going to get Marianne and the others first?" you ask.
"I was thinking that we could have Uncle Guillaume fetch Marianne and her father while we made sure that everything was going right... wait, 'others?'"
"Yeah, I kind of invited Sir Gregory and Elena and Sir Vincent and Valerie and..."
"Way to make this into an event, Reinhold," Nicolette sighs. "And I sure as hell wasn't expecting to see my father today."
"What, you're too embarrassed to explain to him why you won't be coming home tonight?" Lucians teases.
"...shut the hell up," she mumbles as her face rapidly turns red.

>[2/?]

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>>34902551
Friend->Family->Loving Husband->Dad->Mum

>>34902567
So no matter what we can never beat aquaman?

>>34902567

Nah.

>Elena
>Sylvie, Nico
>Arnaud, Vincent, Luciana
>Thierri, babies, husbando

>>34902567
>Loving Husband->Dad
>implying they won't be the same in Marianne's case

>>34902512
The answer is obviously going to be turtle, for maximum self-indulgence.

How much thought went into the exact progression of Marianne's animal rankings anyway, on a scale from "tore up a bunch of old ZooBooks and threw the scraps into a harukasan to draw them out at random" to "hours and hours of man-on-the-street polls compiled into a definitive animal superiority matrix"?

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>>34902590

>>34902590
Please, she'd always be comparing him to get father.

>>34902600
>http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame/answer/113946191837
>Also, those title descriptions should be taken with a grain of salt.

I guess we can't predict much.

>>34902512
Dog seems to be pretty high I though Mari hated dogs.

>>34902634
>Mari hated dogs
Clearly she is worst girl

>>34902634
>If Marianne is afraid of dogs, why isn't that mentioned in the Dog Rank description?
>It's possible to think that dogs make a good pet in general while also wanting them to stay faaaaar the hell away from you.

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>>34902561
>[3/3]

"Perhaps we should hurry down there now," Takamaru says. "I don't think that you want to keep them waiting, after all."
"That's right," Luciana nods. "Let's hurry up before Marianne starts getting impatient... you did tell her to wait, right?" she says, turning to you.
"Yup," you nod.

Before you leave, you glance over at the carriage... your books are still there, along with the grimoires that you got for Luciana. Maybe the cake reveal would be a good time to give them to her?

...though giving her a gift while the others weren't around would be more romantic... well, as romantic as it could get with Takamaru hovering around as always.


>bring the bag with you
>leave it in the carriage for now

>>34902685
>leave it in the carriage for now
At least if we know it will be there when we get back.

>>34902685
>leave it in the carriage for now
Go for romantic alone times

>>34902685
>leave it in the carriage for now

We don't want to look like we don't give a fuck about Celestino's rules, or take a private matter in front of everyone.

Plus, Gregory would want to know why we have to make amends.

>>34902685
>leave it in the carriage for now
We can do it alone so when we give it to her we can also give the D to her

>>34902704

Newfag detected.

>>34902662
Ah

>>34902685
>leave it in the carriage for now

>>34902704
a dictionary?
but we didn't get one of those

>>34902685
>>leave it in the carriage for now
It isn't even about being romantic or anything; it's just kind of weird to give someone else a gift in the middle of doing a surprise thing for someone.

>>34902704
Not likely to give her the D, considering the years and years of rape Reinhold went through.

>>34902746
Well, not before Marriage and a ton of trust-building.

>>34902746

Also the fact that we would be dead by morning if we tried that.

Luciana is a proper lady.

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>writing

>>34902773
>white clothes
>not Celestinoduringhisglamrockyouth.jpg

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Nah, you should probably leave them up here for now. After all, this is a thing for Marianne, and it'd be kind of weird to spring one surprise in the middle of someone else's surprise event.

Yeah, that can wait until she's about to head home.

"What's up, Reinhold?" Nicolette asks. "You leave something in the carriage?"
"Yeah, but I can get it later," you reply. "C'mon, let's go."
"It's cake time..." Luciana giggles. "I can't wait to see the look on Marianne's face when she finds out!"
"If Thierri's there, you know he's never gonna let her live this down."
"And that's half the fun!" she laughs.


>[1/?]

>>34902847

Is Lucie going to keep the wig?

>>34902847
inb4 Reinhold bought some crappy grimoires ;_;

>>34902874
>it's all "enlarge your penis" and "find out what your baby's name will be"
>we give it to Nico

>>34902874
No. They awesome grimoires.

>>34902881
Is nico a trap?

>>34902874
Please let us give her the grimoires before the end of the thread. That's all I'm looking forward to.

>>34902900

Now we'll never know.

>>34902903

We will die in a sudden attack and Luciane will find them after that.

>>34902904
We could always pin her down and check

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>>34902847

Not wanting to keep Marianne and the others waiting any longer than you have to, you hurry down to the dining hall as fast as you can. Once there, you find Melanie and Arnaud busy adjusting a massive box at the center of the table.

"I'm not tall enough, so maybe you should have Reinhold or Mr. Takamaru help with the unveiling," Melanie says.
"Yes, I suppose you're right," Arnaud replies. "And speaking of which, here they come right now."
"Hm?" she turns to the door. "Oh, so they are!"
"Hey, Melanie," Nicolette waves to her girlfriend. "How're the cake plans going?"
"Well enough," she replies. "When the Princess gets here, we'll have someone lift up the box and that'll be the big reveal."
"Sounds good," you say.
"And while everyone's getting their slices of cake, then we'll also show her the llama cookies that Mrs. Wilhelm made as well."

>[2/3]

>>34902922
>[3/3]

That was a pretty nice touch... and she made those on her own too, they were a surprise when you came to pick up the cake.

"So everything's set?" Luciana asks.
"It seems so," Arnaud replies. "I'll go and fetch the Princess now..."


>ask if he can go and find emilio and karel too
>don't bother
>[OTHER]

>>34902912
No, he's going to crawl, bloody and bleeding, to the carriage and hand hand over those grimoires just before he dies. That's the way I want to go out.

>>34902941
Better ask him to go find them, they'd hate to miss out.

>>34902941
>don't bother
It will only make her mood worse

>>34902941

Huh.

We should probably have asked what the others thought of that one before.

Do we even have enough cake for everyone?

Also why not invite Sylvie and Rana?

>>34902941
>ask if he can go and find emilio and karel too
Is there enough for everyone?

>>34902941
>don't bother
He wants to be left out, he hates these sort of things

>>34902966

Sure you're not confusing him with Matthias?

>>34902941
>>ask if he can go and find emilio and karel too
We forget to ask him about coming to Greg's house, might as well invite him here.

>>34902974
No, Emilio is quite anti-social

At the rate we're going I wonder if we'll reach the end of the day before October.

It worries me.

>writing

>>34902999
I think we might, but don't hold me to it

>>34902999
We can make it anon, we can make it.

"If it's not too much trouble, could you go and find Emilio and Karel too?" you ask. "It doesn't seem right to leave them out..."
"Oh, certainly!" Arnaud laughs. "Some social interaction might do him some good, especially since he's been in such a foul mood as of late."
"Thanks."

With that, Arnaud heads off to fetch the others, leaving the rest of you down here in the dining hall to wait for their arrival.

>[1/?]

>>34903043
>"Some social interaction might do him some good, especially since he's been in such a foul mood as of late."

It's just because his bodyguard is too kareless.

>>34902992
"socially awkward" definitely isn't the same thing as "antisocial". He doesn't avoid socializing; he's just kind of weird and antsy about it.

>>34902960
>Also why not invite Sylvie and Rana?
Would be nice, yeah. Kind of contingent on Sylvie being able to tolerate ~20 minutes of Luciana exposure, I guess. Would've been a good place to start.

>>34903054
This pun is double-good because -ess means "a female _____"

>>34903076
Is she gonna be mad we doesn't invite her?

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>>34903076

I wonder if it's not too late to invite Sylvie yet.

We haven't really hold up on our promise to stay in touch.

>>34903084
It's hard to keep track of these things. It feels like we haven't spent any time with her in months because we haven't, but it's only been a day or two.

>>34903084
Is she even at the castle? I though she Rana were at home.

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"If it's not too much trouble, could you go and find Emilio and Karel too?" you ask. "It doesn't seem right to leave them out..."
"Oh, certainly!" Arnaud laughs. "Some social interaction might do him some good, especially since he's been in such a foul mood as of late."
"Thanks."

With that, Arnaud heads off to fetch the others, leaving the rest of you down here in the dining hall to wait for their arrival.

"That was really nice of you, Reinhold!" Luciana says, kissing you on the cheek as a reward. "I'm surprised you even thought to ask about Emilio!"
"I'm surprise you didn't," Nicolette replies. "He's YOUR brother, you know..."
"Yes, well..." she mumbles. "He's been avoiding me lately so what was I supposed to do?"
"That's a flimsy excuse, you know," she replies.
"C'mon, Nicolette..." Melanie sighs. "You're not one to talk, considering that you're forgetting someone as well."
"I'll have you know that I did no such thing," Nicolette sticks her tongue out at her girlfriend. "Syvie's at her house with Rana, and I doubt she wants to come over here to have cake..." she glances at Luciana. "...er... dammit, now I feel like an asshole."
"You're not the only one," Luciana mumbles.


>talk about a thing as you wait
>no talking, only anticipation

>>34903134

Maybe ask their opinion about Emilio getting a girlfriend who isn't Marianne?

>>34903134
>no talking, only anticipation

>>34903134
>no talking, only anticipation
To get on with the story

>>34903134
>no talking, only antici

>>34903134
No talking, party time.

>>34903144
Get Karel to help him

>>34903134
>no talking, only anticipation
At least Luci isn't mad at us anymore

>>34903158

SAY IT!

>>34903144
If only he had an attractive woman interested in him.
Maybe one who shares his interest in swords.

>>34903144
This.

>>34903178
RHPS pls go. Racquel is already bad enough as it is. We don't need her getting any worse.

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>>34903179
Who also is a Granache noble

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>writing

>>34903216
All those belts

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>>34903197
>bastards
>noble

>>34903216

Why haven't him and >>34902773 formed a band yet?

>>34903216
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN

>>34903228
They can be easily legitimized

>>34903192
Which musical would the PGirls prefer?

Wicked for Luciana?

>>34903228
>Why haven't him and >>34902773 (You) formed a band yet?
They'd probably get along pretty well, come to think of it.

>>34903271

Giancarlo must have been around 10 when Raoul was last seen, no?

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You don't have to wait for very long... barely five minutes pass before Arnaud returns with everyone that you'd asked him to bring.

Even Emilio and Karel!

"Umm..." Emilio waves to you. "...I thought that you wanted to hang out after you got doing the stuff that you had to do today, Reinhold."
"C'mon, quit being all weird," Karel sighs. "He's trying to be nice and not leave you out, you oughta be appreciative of it."
"That's right," Luciana joins in, scolding her brother in a motherly tone. "This surprise might be for Marianne, but I'm sure that you'll get some enjoyment out of it as well."
"If you say so," he mumbles. "I was just gonna say that he didn't have to go out of his way for me like this, not that I was being ungrateful..."

>[1/?]

>>34903263
I suggest Spamalot for Reinhold

Mamma Mia for Marianne

Maybe Man of La Mancha for Nicolette

Sylvie gets Cats

>>34903306

Reinhold would get How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

>>34903336
We still have to read those books about economics, don't we?

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>>34903297

"Now, now..." Thierri rests his hand on Karel's shoulder, much to her discomfort. "This is a happy occasion so let's all enjoy ourselves!"
"I think that we'd have to actually know what the surprise is before you can say that," Sir Gregory remarks.

Huh, Elena's back up on his shoulder.

"I take it that your grand reveal is whatever's inside that box?" Marianne asks.
"Yup," you nod, unable to keep from smiling.

Everyone's here, right? Yup, everyone's here. Giving the cue to Arnaud and Takamaru, they slowly lift the box up from off the table, revealing what it was hiding underneath.

>[2/?]

>>34903351
Waiiit, didn't we buy a wedding cake?

What if people think we eloped and this is the reception dinner?

>>34903349

Yeah. The Reinlist:

1. Start our swording school.
2. Get our duel with Karel.
3. Get back to lessons from Arnaud.
4. Find out more about the history of the world.
5. Hang out with Sylvie just like before like we promised.
6. Make sure Karel doesn't get beheaded when the truth come out.
7. Find whatever is up with Tina.
8. Establish that Adrien=Raoul.
9. Brush off our painting skills.
10. Gain moar Ranks.

>>34903374
Bump 3 to 1 and 1 to 10

And remove 7

>>34902600
>How much thought went into the exact progression of Marianne's animal rankings anyway, on a scale from "tore up a bunch of old ZooBooks and threw the scraps into a harukasan to draw them out at random" to "hours and hours of man-on-the-street polls compiled into a definitive animal superiority matrix"?
More thought than I should have.
Though in the end, it's still completely arbitrary.

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>>34903351

"What in the..." Marianne gasps.

One by one, the multiple tiers of the ornate cake that you had custom-ordered are revealed. Mrs. Wilhelm used colored frosting to draw pictures of llamas all along the sides of each layer of the cake, and even went so far as to make little llama-shaped decorations along the terraced edges made of donuts. With a whopping six layers of pure confectionery goodness, you couldn't have wished for it to have turned out any better than it did.

And Marianne... she's standing there in shock with her hands covering her mouth.

"Oh wow!" Thierri laughs. "This is the big surprise you had prepared?"
"Yeah," you nod. "We got it from a bakery that Marianne likes, and then I asked for the llama decorations since I know that she thinks that they're cute..."
"That's right," Luciana nods. "This entire thing was Reinhold's idea."
"But the King's the one who paid for it," you say, giving him his credit. "So, uh... what do you think of it, Marianne?"

Regardless of how proud you are of your handiwork, it doesn't really mean much if Marianne herself doesn't like it.

"I..." she mumbles. "...I can't believe that you'd actually go through the trouble of..." her voice starts choking up. "And then there's the decorations, too..."
"Your father and me felt bad that you weren't able to come into town with us, so we thought that this would be a good way to cheer you up," you explain. "Since you like sweets, and there was that lla-"

Before you're able to even finish speaking, you find Marianne's arms wrapped tightly around you.

"Reinhold, you..." Marianne sobs. "Thank you..."


>how do you respond?

>>34903472
>Try to hug back
It's my pleasure, Marianne. Let's hope nothing gets in your way the next time you plan on going to town.

>>34903472
Hug the princess! She's too adorable not to!

>>34903472
Headpats.

>>34903472
Headpats.

>>34903472
Return the hug, tell her it was the least we could do etc.

>>34903472
hug and headpat

>>34903472
Hug her back
Rank up get???

>>34903472
Now imagine how much better this scene would be on Marianne Route

>>34903472
Headpats and hugs.

>>34903472
Head. Pats.

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>>34903472
>Before you're able to even finish speaking, you find Marianne's arms wrapped tightly around you.
>
>"Reinhold, you..." Marianne sobs. "Thank you..."

That was pretty much above and beyond all my expectations. Glorious display, Arch.

Am I the only one that finds headpatting someone two years younger than you really patronizing? It'd be fine if she were 12 or something.

>>34903472

Stiffens, then embarrassed headpats.

>>34903534
Yes, yes you are.

Oh noes. Is this the end of the llama reign?

>>34903539
No, we just made Lama the top rank.

>>34903472
Nothing goofy, nothing patronizing, nothing about it being our job so of course we got her something.

Just get over our surprise, return hugs and say that we're glad she liked it.

>>34903534
I agree, but it is seen as cute in anime stuff so I just tend to go along with it.

>>34903534
No, but /tg/ doesn't know anything about dealing with girls other than hugs or headpats according to every single quest. So try to not think about it too much. It'll probably be fine. Although it is pretty embarrassing at this point that it's always their go-to.

I have trouble thinking of anything better than Llama that isn't Turtle.

Maybe it's Turtles all the way up?

>>34903534
Karel was ok with it.....kinda

>>34903539
We've achieved llama king rank.

>>34903563
she loved every second of it. She'll never admit it, though.

>>34903567

Llama Neeson.

>>34903559
Meiolania -> Megalochelys -> Archelon


>writing

>>34903567
Yes, I approve of the Great Llama King rank.

>>34903559
Llama < Turtle < Friend < Best Friend < Bestest Friend < Brother < Sister < Father < Mother < Husbando?

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>>34903567
Hail to the king

>>34903567
>Congratulations! You have reached the Llama King rank. You can spit farther and prance faster than any other llama, but you're still not a human... you're better than that.

>Reinhold starts headpatting
>reminisces about doing it to Karel
>"this feels *too* familiar"
>"..."
>"WAIT A FUCKING SECOND"

>>34903603
"Your head feels just like Karel's. Just with a bit more hair."

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You're not sure how you should react to this... so you just do what comes naturally and hug Marianne right back.

"I'm just glad that you liked it," you say.
"I really do, it's adorable," Marianne replies.

Once she's gotten her fill of hugs from you, Marianne lets go and moves on to her father.

"Since Reinhold said that you're the one who footed the bill for this cake, I owe you thanks as well," Marianne says as she hugs her father.
"I had to make up for ruining your trip somehow, you know?" Thierri laughs. "And I got you to actually hug me in front of everyone, so-"

And before he can even finish talking, Marianne lets go of him and pushes him away.

"I should've kept my big mouth shut," Thierri sighs.

>GUARD RANK UP!
>Congratulations, Reinhold is now a fearsome DIRE WOLF!
>Far larger than their the other types of wolf, the Dire Wolf's size also means that they are far more dangerous.

>Though she didn't want you to be stuck back at the castle with her, your offering to do so really meant a lot to her!
>And the llama-themed cake was so thoughtful on your part that not even the stone-willed Princess was able to hold back her tears.

>The Princess considers you to be her dear friend!
>But while dire wolves are massive, they don't -quite- stand on the same level as people.

>>34903662
>not a Dire Llama

Bah.

>>34903662
>DIRE WOLF
I did not expect that, but I don't mind.

>>34903662
>DIRE WOLF
Mari likes wolves doesn't she

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>>34903662
>>The Princess considers you to be her dear friend!
YAY!
>>But while dire wolves are massive, they don't -quite- stand on the same level as people.
And there goes my happy.

>>34903662

Can she warg into us now?

>>34903662
hey arch, what rank would we be at now if we went best princess route?

>>34903689

arch said you need Highest Rank to have her reciprocate feelings.

We've reached a pretty decent place to end this thread, I think. And at long last, the Guard Rank has finally gone up!

I have a paper to write so I'll be skipping Tuesday night, but I'll be back on Wednesday with a return to False Dendrite. It's sure to be filled with both spaghetti and Happenings!


And now it is time for a short question taking time thing.

>>34903680
It's just a coping mechanism. Marianne finds it easier to trust animals than people. People rank is probably below worm.

>>34903703

Cheers.

Who among the cast is at Dire Wolf Rank? And was it the highest Rank Millien ever reached?

>>34903701
Well if we'd gone princess route we'd be a higher rank by now.

>>34903703
Have any of our guesses at the later ranks been any close to the truth?
Is there a Dragon Rank?

>>34903725
Dragons are people too so probably not would be my guess.

>>34903703

What do the girls think of this little display of affection?

>>34903735
I'm guessing Dragon would be one of the highest ranks.

>>34903703
What thoughts went through Luciana's head right now? What about Emilio?

Alternatively what did their faces reveal?

>>34903670
sadness :(

>>34903689
>hey arch, what rank would we be at now if we went best princess route?
Higher than this one, that's for sure.

>>34903719
>Who among the cast is at Dire Wolf Rank? And was it the highest Rank Millien ever reached?
Milien was one rank higher than Dire Wolf prior to the incident.

>>34903740
>What do the girls think of this little display of affection?
They think it's totes adorbs.
Reinhold was kind of worried that Luciana would feel jealous about him hugging on another girl, but she's too busy choking back sympathy tears to act bitchy.
and she wouldn't care anyways


>>34903756
>What thoughts went through Luciana's head right now? What about Emilio?
>Alternatively what did their faces reveal?
Emilio is the jealousest.


And now it is time for me to sleep. Thanks for playing!
For further questioning:
http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame

>>34903662
and thus the glorious llama reign comes to an end

>>34903766
>Emilio is the jealousest.

>we do something nice by bringing him along
>it only depresses him further

Being Emilio is suffering.

>>34903766
"Hey Emilio come join us, I want to show you something."
Eheheheh.

>>34903774
And after this finishes we promised to hang with him.

>>34903766
Thanks arch

>Emilio is the jealousest.
Well us hanging out is gonna be awkward

>>34903785
>he confronts us about the NTR
>we hint at Carol loving him as much as we can

>>34903787
Eh. Just be a cool big bro. Not pushy like Karel or Lewd like Giancarlo.

Abide, man.

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To think I saw the end of llama!

I think it's time to devise a keikaku to have Emilio get a hint.

>>34903792
But how do we do that without giving away that she's a grill.

>>34904332
Emilio could be bi

>>34904453
Yeah but then what happens when he finds out that he's a she.

>>34904467
He will feel betrayed but that can be dealt with easily enough

>>34903687
lewd

>>34904453

arch just confirmed on the Ask.fm that Emilio isn't attracted at all to dude!Karel.

>>34904332

Either says that Karel cares very much about him, or that there's a chance he has already caught the attention of one girl and just don't know it.